by Williams Cedar, LLC | Jul 24, 2025 | Firm News, Environmental Law
Williams Cedar Partner Says Proposed Policy Reversals Put Millions at Risk from Pollution
HADDONFIELD, N.J., July 23, 2025 — A prominent environmental attorney is sounding the alarm over a newly proposed EPA rollback that could sharply weaken America’s ability to fight climate change — and seriously endanger public health.
Gerald Williams, partner at the environmental law firm Williams Cedar LLC, says the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to rescind a long-standing scientific finding — known as the “endangerment finding” — would undermine decades of progress in curbing greenhouse gas emissions and open the door to increased air, water, and land pollution.
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by Williams Cedar, LLC | Jul 23, 2025 | Environmental Law
According to a study recently published in Environment International, communities located near military bases in Pennsylvania had elevated levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their blood. Moreover, more than half of all tested wells used for drinking water had PFAS contamination, with some having levels thousands of times higher than the maximum recommended levels issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). An investigation into the health impacts of this exposure is still ongoing.
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by Williams Cedar, LLC | Jul 18, 2025 | Environmental Law
As time has gone on, there has been a growing level of concern over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known collectively as PFAS. This is due in part to how prevalent these chemicals are, not only in the items we purchase every day, but also in the environment. But what exactly are PFAS, and why are they potentially dangerous?
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by Williams Cedar, LLC | Jun 27, 2025 | Environmental Law
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently announced that it would be re-evaluating its decision to ban chrysotile asbestos, the last form of asbestos still in use in the United States. At the time, the EPA hailed it as a victory to end the use of the highly carcinogenic substance. However, under the new administration, it is reconsidering this ban, saying that the ban may have overreached the authority granted to the EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
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by Williams Cedar, LLC | May 2, 2025 | Environmental Law
In a set of two recent executive orders, President Donald Trump began an effort to end a wide variety of environmental regulations. The executive orders enact a new set of legally questionable requirements that would make all environmental regulations related to energy production automatically sunset after one year, unless otherwise extended by Congress. Legal experts have noted the move is unlikely to hold up when challenged in court, but it could create significant chaos as the impact of these executive orders gets resolved.
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