Posts Tagged ‘Steve O’Day’

November 2, 2011 0

Inside the Winners Circle

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On November 1, 2011, Steve O’Day was a featured guest on “Inside the Winners Circle” radio show, a program of Atlanta Business RadioX. The show features leaders from all segments of the American landscape to pinpoint their “X” factor—whatever it is that leveraged them from ordinary to extraordinary. The show also offers innovative tips and [...]

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June 3, 2011 0

Win for SGR and the River: Judge Invalidates County’s Discharge Permit and Orders Less Pollution into the Chattahoochee River

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Via the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Website

Yesterday afternoon, Judge Kristin Miller of the Office of State Administrative Hearings issued a final decision in Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s (UCR) appeal of a permit issued by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to Forsyth County, Georgia to discharge six million gallons daily of treated wastewater into the Chattahoochee River [...]

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May 23, 2011 0

SGR Secures Summary Judgment for Client in Environmental Clean-up Litigation

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SGR’s defense team of Steve O’Day, Chris Bowers, Jessica Lee Reece and Josie Nackers secured summary judgment for its trucking client in a long-running claim against it for clean up costs at a site in Dalton, Georgia.  Barrett Properties, LLC, et al v. CCL Enterprises, Inc., et al, Superior Court of Whitfield County, Georgia (Order, [...]

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January 26, 2011 1

Chinese and American Officials Meet to Discuss Clean Energy Cooperation

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Posted by sustainability@sgrlaw.com

Last week, top Chinese and American officials – including Chinese President Hu Jintao – met to discuss clean energy cooperation among the two countries.
China and the United States are the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Chinese representatives also report that, by 2020, China plans to have double the economic output it did [...]

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January 10, 2011 1

Separate Reporting of Biomass GHG Emissions Required by EPA

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U.S. EPA recently published a final rule reversing its prior position on reporting so-called biogenic GHG emissions–emissions created from burning plant-based fuels.
Beginning this month, industries that are large emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs), or those that are planning to build new facilities or make major modifications to existing ones, must obtain air permits and implement [...]

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November 4, 2010 0

Courts Continue to Narrow Superfund Liability

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In 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the consolidated cases of Shell Oil v. U.S. and Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. U.S. (“Shell Oil“) that narrowed the scope of “arranger” liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”). 
That decision reversed a lower court decision that had [...]

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October 5, 2010 0

More Challenges to EPA Greenhouse Gas Rulemaking

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Posted by Jessica Lee Reece (jreece@sgrlaw.com)

Beginning last December and continuing through this past May, EPA has issued four main rules regarding regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Since that time, more than 150 businesses, advocacy groups, trade associations and government entities have challenged EPA’s decision-making. With so many litigants involved, and with Senator Kerry announcing a [...]

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September 27, 2010 0

Impact of Ag and Forests on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Posted by Jessica Lee Reece, jreece@sgrlaw.com.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that agriculture and forestry could play a prominent role in U.S. efforts to address climate change “if farms and ranches undertake activities that reduce [GHG] emissions or take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.”
In a recently-released report, “The Role of Agriculture in Reducing Greenhouse [...]

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September 6, 2010 0

O’Day to speak at Upcoming AIA Conference

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Steve O’Day will speak on “LEED-ing Edge Liability” at the AIA South Carolina 2010 Fall Conference entitled, “Sustainable Planet Sustainable Profit: SYNERGY BY DESIGN.”
The conference will be held October 21-23 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
For more information, please click here

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August 17, 2010 0

Corporate Sustainability: The Game Changer.

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Posted by Steve O’Day (soday@sgrlaw.com) and Jessica Lee Reece (jreece@sgrlaw.com).

SGR attorneys Steve O’Day and Jessica Lee Reece have co-authored an article in the current issue of Business to Business magazine. 
Their article, Corporate Sustainability: The Game Changer, explains the concept of corporate sustainability in an environment with rapidly changing fiscal and corporate policy. Here is an [...]

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