Two of Liskow’s environmental justice blogs authored by attorneys Greg Johnson, Lou Buatt, Clare Bienvenu, Emily von Qualen, and Cherrell Taplin were featured in an InsideEPA article titled, “Louisiana’s ‘Public Trust’ Doctrine Tests State’s EJ mandates In Permitting.” The article discussed a petition filed by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) that asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision that would make it required to conduct an environmental justice (EJ) analysis in air permitting decisions under the state’s public trust doctrine.
Within the post, the September 2022 blog, “Louisiana State Court Reverses Issuance of Air Permits, Citing Environmental Justice Concerns,” and the January 2024 blog, “Louisiana Appeals Court Finds Environmental Justice Is Part of the Louisiana Public Trust Duty,” from Liskow’s The Energy Law Blog were referenced in the discussion concerning the doctrine’s tolerance in the court challenge regarding whether or not the EJ analysis is required and what standards apply to it. The article continues to describe the court’s ruling under the doctrine and the later reversal by the Louisiana Court of Appeal First Circuit that still required the analysis and the adequate duty of the LDEQ.
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