A Definitive Resource for Practicing Environmental Lawyers in Pennsylvania

Couldn’t make it to the Environmental Law Forum this year? Don’t worry — you can still access all the cutting-edge content from the 2025 Forum in one professionally compiled, searchable e-book.

This digital volume brings together all written materials from the event’s sessions, featuring updates and analysis from the forefront of federal and state environmental law. With contributions from top practitioners, judges, policymakers, agency officials, and scholars, the 2025 Environmental Law Forum E-Book offers deep, timely insight into the challenges shaping environmental law in Pennsylvania and across the country.

Across two volumes, this e-book captures essential developments and practitioner-focused analysis in areas such as:

• Federal & State Environmental Forecasting

Insights into regulatory priorities under the new presidential administration, including projected rollbacks, energy independence initiatives, and environmental justice trends.

• PFAS & Hazardous Substances

Stay informed on legal, regulatory, and scientific developments concerning PFAS contamination and CERCLA/RCRA enforcement, including pending litigation and evolving federal policy.

• Litigation & Enforcement Trends

Coverage of environmental litigation in 2025, including climate change cases, administrative law upheavals post-Loper Bright, and Supreme Court activity impacting air, water, and rulemaking standards.

• Energy, Infrastructure & ESG

Examine the legal implications of the IIJA and IRA, carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen law, and the future of ESG compliance and greenwashing litigation.

• Administrative Law & NEPA Reform

Get expert analysis of new rules from the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), significant agency authority questions, and third-party challenges to PADEP decisions.

• Climate Change, Environmental Justice & Equity

Deep dives into national and Pennsylvania-specific efforts to advance environmental justice, as well as new approaches to resiliency, equity-centered rulemaking, and climate litigation.

• Plus: Zoning updates, water law impacts on development, the latest in Act 2 remediation, emerging contaminants, real estate environmental risk management, and more.

The 2025 e-book includes written contributions from over 50 leading voices in environmental law, including in-house counsel, law professors, DEP and EPA officials, and seasoned litigators — offering a diversity of perspective on complex regulatory, policy, and compliance topics.