Jennifer Hijazi

1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Ellen M. Gilmer |Jennifer Hijazi

The new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has a clear message to employees: All decisions go through him. David Richardson, who took charge in a surprise shuffle Thursday, told staff in an all-hands meeting he alone will speak for FEMA and interpret President Donald Trump’s vision for the agency, according to three employees who spoke anonymously because the meeting wasn’t public. Anyone who gets in the way of change will be sidelined, Richardson said, according to the employees.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ellen M. Gilmer |Jennifer Hijazi

The new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has a clear message to employees: All decisions go through him. David Richardson, who took charge in a surprise shuffle Thursday, told staff in an all-hands meeting he alone will speak for FEMA and interpret President Donald Trump’s vision for the agency, according to three employees who spoke anonymously because the meeting wasn’t public. Anyone who gets in the way of change will be sidelined, Richardson said, according to the employees.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Jennifer Hijazi

Louisiana parish officials from one of the most polluted areas in the US want an appeals panel to revisit a lawsuit from residents who allege officials purposefully put heavy industry in predominately Black neighborhoods. St. James Parish’s April 23 rehearing request, which was docketed Wednesday, asks the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to pick up the case again and clarify what allegations made by residents are considered timely in its April 9 decision.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Jennifer Hijazi

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1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Jennifer Hijazi

Remanding the EPA’s traveling ozone rule wouldn’t be the right move without adequately considering its merits, according to a statement from D.C. Circuit judges. Judges Neomi Rao and Justin R. Walker of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit justified the panel’s decision to pause litigation over the Biden-era Good Neighbor rule, which places stronger restrictions on emissions that contribute to wandering pollution that harms air quality in other states.