
PRESENTATIONS
JOSHUA BLOOM
Moderator and Speaker, Ethics and Environmental Law 2022,” San Francisco Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, January 14, 2022
Speaker, “Ethics in Environmental Law”, Environmental Law Institute Western Boot Camp, March 2021
Author, "The Clean Water Act: A Study in Contradictions," EGC Blog, April 25, 2020
Author, Supreme Court OKs Non-CERCLA State Law Claims, EGC Blog, April 20, 2020
Moderator and Speaker, “Rollbacks in Wetlands/Federalism & Water: Shifts in State/Federal Roles and Relations”, 16th Annual Water Law Conference, California Water Law Symposium, February 2020
Speaker, “Ethics in Environmental Law”, Environmental Law Institute Western Boot Camp, March 2020
Moderator and Speaker, “Ethics in Environmental Law”, California Lawyers Association. January 2020
Presenter, “Ethics in Environmental Law,” Environmental Law Institute’s Annual Western Boot Camp on Environmental Law, March 26, 2019
Author, “EPA’s New PFAS Action Plan: Urgent Next Steps for the Regulated Community,” Meyers Nave Client Alert, February 19, 2019
Speaker, “Prop. 65 Freshman Orientation”, Prop 65 Clearinghouse Annual Conference, September 2019
Presenter, “Ethics and Environmental Law 2019,” San Francisco Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, January 15, 2019
Author, “The Next Turn For ‘Waters of the United States,'” Water Online, January 2, 2019
Author, “’Waters of the US’ Would Alter Environmental Reg As We Know It,” The Hill, January 1, 2019
Quoted, “3 Takeaways From The New Trump Water Rule,” Law360, December 11, 2018
Author, “Storm Water Citizen Suits – Discharger Beware,” Industry Today, December 5, 2018
Author, “How Is California Affected By The Clean Water Act Mess?”, Water Online, October 5, 2018
Author, “Proposition 65 Meets Common Sense,” Daily Journal, August 3, 2018
Quoted, “Sugar, Cream and a Prop 65 Warning Label With Your Coffee?” The Recorder, March 30, 2018
Author, “Practitioner Insights: The Never Ending Saga of Defining Waters of the U.S.,” Bloomberg BNA Environment & Energy Report, March 22, 2018
Author, “Proposition 65 After 40 Years: Public Benefit or Enrichment for a Few?,” The Recorder, December 22, 2017
Author, “Practitioner Insights: Challenges Ahead for Clean Power Plan as EPA Eyes Repeal,” Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report, November 24, 2017
Author, “Is ‘Repeal and Replace’ on the Horizon for the Clean Water Act?”, ACC Docket, November 2017
Presenter, “Ethics Considerations for the California Water Law Practitioner,” 25th Annual California Water Law Institute Conference, November 13, 2017
Quoted, “Tainted: Can California solve pot’s pesticide problem?” East Bay Times/The Cannifornian, September 25, 2017
Author, “Bills Leave Unresolved Cap-and-Trade Issues,” Daily Journal, August 2017
Author, “Prop 64: Don’t Ignore Existing Environmental Laws,” MG magazine, August 2017
Author, “Bill is the Next Phase of Cap-and-Trade in California,” Daily Journal, June 7, 2017
Author, “California’s Next Big Act On Cleaning Chemical Disclosures,” Daily Journal, May 8, 2017
Presenter, Environmental Law Society Symposium, University of San Francisco School of Law, March 1, 2017
Author, “Forecast for the ‘Waters of the US’ Rule? Murky,” ACCDocket.com, March 20, 2017
Presenter, “Ethics and Environmental Law 2017,” San Francisco Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, January 17, 2017
Author, “Chemical Regulation Enters the 21st Century: A New Day for the Toxic Substances Control Act,” ACC Docket, November 2016
Quoted, “High Court Ruling for Landowners a ‘Double-Edged Sword’,” Greenwire, November 1, 2016
Quoted, “TSCA Work Plan Methodology to Inform Prioritisation Rule,” Chemical Watch, August 4, 2016
Quoted, “Calif. Rulemaking Targets Flame Retardants in Foam Pads,” Greenwire, July 21, 2016
Q&A Interview, “What New Chemical Regulations Mean for California,” The Recorder, July 7, 2016
Author, “Regaining Your Wetlands,” The Registry: Bay Area Real Estate, June 30, 2016
Author,”The High Court’s Logical Approach To Clean Water Act Jurisdiction,” Law360, June 17, 2016
Author, “The Never-Ending Saga: Defining ‘Waters of the U.S.’,” The Environmental Forum, May/June 2016
Presenter, “Ethics and Environmental Law 2016,” San Francisco Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, January 26, 2016
Presenter, “Allocating the $$$$ in Private Settlements: For Whose Benefit?,” Prop. 65 Annual Conference, September 28, 2015
Author, “New Water Rule Is Not The End Of The Story,” Daily Journal, June 9, 2015
Author, “Competing TSCA Reform Bills: A Break in Partisan Fever?” Corporate Counsel, May 27, 2015
Author, “EPA Proposes Greater Scrutiny of Nanoscale Chemicals,” Nanotechnology Now, April 16, 2015
Author, “New Prop. 65 Regulations Being Considered in California,” Natural Products Insider, March 17, 2015
Moderator and Presenter, “Ethics and Environmental Law 2014,” Bar Association of San Francisco, California, January 27, 2015
Author, “Prairie dogs vs. Congress,” Daily Journal, January 12, 2015
Author, “Utah Prairie Dog Could Narrow Endangered Species Act,” Law360, December 15, 2014
Author, “Work Plan Signals Expanded Calif. Green Chemistry Program,” Law360, October 15, 2014
Moderator and Presenter, Prop. 65/Green Chemistry Clearinghouse Annual Conferences, San Francisco, California, September 15-16, 2014
Author, “Endangered Species Acts New Mission: Not Just Survival,” Law360, May 20, 2014
Author, “The Safer Consumer Products Regulation,” The Recorder, November 13, 2013
Moderator and Presenter, “Ethics and Environmental Law 2013” conference, Environmental Section of The Bar Association of San Francisco, 2013
Author, “Green Chemistry Law Has Lawyers, Industry on Alert,” The Recorder, January 27, 2012
Moderator and Presenter, “Ethics and Environmental Law 2012,” Bar Association of San Francisco, California, January 26, 2012
Author, “Green Chemistry Initiative – Once More,” The Recorder, November 16, 2011
Presenter, Prop. 65 Clearinghouse Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, November 29, 2011
Author, “Green Chemistry Initiative is Down But Not Out,” The Recorder, April 28, 2011
Presenter, “Pioneering Approaches to Citizen Enforcement,” State Bar of California Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite, October 23, 2010
Presenter, “Water Supply, Public Health and Infrastructure: Challenges Facing the Nations Principal Cities and the Bay Area Delta Communities,” U.S. Conference of Mayors, Regional Meeting of The Mayors Water Council, Pleasanton, California, October 14, 2010
Presenter, “Res Judicata: Deja Vu All Over Again,” Prop65 Clearinghouse Conference, 2010
Presenter, “Navigable Waters: The Legacy of SWANCC and Rapanos Cases,” California Water Quality & Supply Conference, 2010
Author, “Endangered Species Act Requires Enforceable Mitigation,” Washington Legal Foundation Backgrounder, May 2, 2008
Author, “Defining ‘significant nexus after Rapanos,” Trends: ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, March/April 2008
Author, “High Court Addresses Interplay Between Federal Water and Species Acts,” Washington Legal Foundation Backgrounder, August 24, 2007
Author, “What’s Next After Rapanos?” Natural Resources & Environment, Summer 2007
Author, “Environmental-liability Buyouts: How to Know When It’s the Real Thing,” Natural Resources & Environment, Winter 2006
GARY LUCKS
“2020 Environmental Legislative Update: Pandemic Paralysis, August 2021
“2019Environmental Legislative Update: Change of the Guard”, February 2020
“2018 Environmental Legislative Recap—The End of an Era,” February 2019
“2017 Environmental Legislative Recap--The 2017 Environmental Legislative Recap: Facing an Unprecedented Risk to California’s Environmental Legacy, March.
“The 2016 Environmental Legislative Recap--An Unconventional Election Year Defending a Legacy, March.
“2015 Environmental Legislative Recap-- Settling in and Taking a Breath,” California Environmental Law Reporter, March.
“2014 Environmental Legislative Recap--Election Year Drought,” California Environmental Law Reporter, March.
“2013 Environmental Legislative Recap: A Break in the Perpetual Gridlock,” California Environmental Law Reporter, March.
“2012 Environmental Legislative Recap--The Calm Before the Storm,” California Environmental Law Reporter, March.
“The 2011 Environmental Legislative Recap: A Touch More Green,” California Environmental Law Reporter, March.
“2010 Environmental Legislative Recap—Public Policy Paralysis,” California Environmental Law Reporter, Matthew Bender Publisher, February.
“2009 Environmental Legislative Recap—A Nation-State on its Knees,” California Environmental Law Reporter, Matthew Bender Publisher, February.
Guide to California Environmental Law and Policy: A Practical Guide, Solano Press Publisher.
“Environmental Auditing in California,” California Environmental Law and Land Use Practice treatise.