In an episode of PetroNoia hosted by Daniel Romito, Marcella Burke discusses the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding” on greenhouse gases, how Massachusetts v. EPA (2007) set the legal framework for treating CO₂ as an “air pollutant” under the Clean Air...
Marcella Burke was quoted in Bloomberg Law’s coverage of the Trump Administration’s effort to strike permitting agreements with Western states to accelerate project approvals. The article reported on the Trump Administration’s initiative to negotiate agreements with western states, modeled on...
Marcella Burke co-authored an op-ed with Connor Mighell in the Oil & Gas E-Report (Issue 2, June 2025) published by the Institute for Energy Law. Their article, “It’s Time to Modernize PHMSA,” posits the U.S. Department of Transportation’s request for...
Marcella Burke spoke at the 37th Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, a premier event drawing 500+ environmental law professionals from across the country, where she co-presented on incident response and investigation ethics for lawyers.
Marcella Burke was featured in Bloomberg Law’s coverage of the Trump Administration’s new permit fee program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act intended to accelerate environmental reviews.
Marcella Burke delivered the keynote address for the Massachusetts Family Institute on “The Legal Landscape of DEI in Corporate America,” highlighting emerging issues at the intersection of diversity, equity, inclusion, and corporate law.
Marcella Burke participated in a panel hosted by the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law examining the Department of the Interior’s April 2025 announcement of unprecedented measures to accelerate permitting for oil and gas and critical minerals projects. The...
Marcella Burke was quoted in Bloomberg Law on the Trump Administration’s renewed focus on Superfund cleanups and the policy shift to accelerate remediation of contaminated sites nationwide. The article, “Trump’s EPA Shifts to Make Superfund Cleanups a Central Mission,” reported...
Marcella Burke was quoted in Bloomberg Law regarding President Trump’s memorandum directing federal agencies to maximize the use of modern technology, including artificial intelligence, in environmental permitting reviews. The article, “Ex-Agency Officials Praise Trump Bid to Add AI to Permit...
Marcella Burke was quoted in Bloomberg Law’s coverage of the Council on Environmental Quality’s rollback of National Environmental Policy Act regulations, a move intended to ease permitting for large-scale projects such as mines, factories, and pipelines. The article, “End of...
