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·       Inside PFAS Policy “Order Could Propel EPA Action on Rule Rescinding Limits for Four PFAS” (February 2, 2026)

·       “Wisconsin DNR Cites its Supreme Court-backed PFAS Authority in Town of Stella Responsible Party Notifications” E&W Law Blog, co-authored with Heather A. Davis (October 7, 2025)

·       “EPA Fuels the PFAS Storm and Moves to Keep CERCLA Rule in Place” E&W Law Blog, co-authored with Heather A. Davis (September 19, 2025)

·       “The PFAS Regulatory Hurricane Shifts Course: EPA Seeks to Partially Vacate Safe Drinking Water Act Standards,” E&W Law Blog, co-authored with Heather A. Davis (September 16, 2025)

·       “Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds State Cleanup Program and WDNR Authority to Regulate PFAS,” E&W Law Blog, co-authored with Heather A. Davis (June 25, 2025)

·       “United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin makes a Statement with PFAS Press Release,” E&W Law Blog, co-authored with Heather A. Davis and Karen Bennett (April 28, 2025, 2025)

·       “Preparing in the Eye of the Hurricane: PFAS-containing Firefighting Systems,” E&W Law Blog, co-authored with Heather A. Davis (April 7, 2025)

·       Inside PFAS Policy article “EPA Data Shows Broad PFAS Exceedances, Complicating SDWA Rule Review” (April 4, 2025)

·       Inside PFAS Policy article “Experts Warn of Reporting Liability From PFAS Data Collection Efforts” (March 27, 2025)

·       “Assessing the Present Shift in Federal PFAS Regulation,” E&W Law Blog (March 19, 2025)

·       Inside PFAS Policy article “Wisconsin High Court Will Review Landmark Ruling Voiding PFAS Listing” (September 24, 2024)

·       Participation in PFAS Remediation panel at “The Future of Water” conference, sponsored by RBC Capital Markets (May 17, 2024)

·       “Bombshell : EPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances,” Godfrey & Kahn law firm Insights & Events, co-authored with William J. Nelson (April 19, 2024)

·       Lightbox Holdings, LP article “USEPA Issues Expected Rule Designating PFAS as CERCLA Hazardous Substance” (April 19, 2024)

·       “Finalization of Epic PFAS Settlements Delayed,” Godfrey & Kahn law firm Insights & Events, co-authored with William J. Nelson (April 3, 2024)

·       Inside PFAS Policy article “Wisconsin Court Voids State’s ‘Hazardous Substance’ Listing For PFAS” (March 8, 2024)

·       “PFAS: Wisconsin Court of Appeals Affirms Spills Law Decision,” Godfrey & Kahn law firm Insights & Events, co-authored with William J. Nelson (March 6, 2024)

·       Remediation of PFAS in Groundwater - In Situ Cleanup Approach Lessens Downstream Liability Risks for Airport Operators (September 12, 2023, Aviation Pros)

·       Chemline: Inside the Chemical Distribution Industry (July 31, 2023, National Association of Chemical Distributors)

·       PFAS: EPA proposes enforceable drinking water regulations for 6 PFAS; more stringent than Wisconsin Godfrey & Kahn law firm Insights & Events, co-authored with William J. Nelson (March 14, 2023)

·       Environmental Due Diligence (February 1, 2023, The Municipality)

·       Environmental Funding for Municipal Projects, co-authored with William J. Nelson, The Municipality (the Wisconsin League of Municipalities) (December 28, 2022)

·       EPA to Designate PFOA & PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances co-authored with William J. Nelson, The Municipality (the Wisconsin League of Municipalities) (November 7, 2022)

·       Accelerating PFAS Regulations co-authored with William J. Nelson, The Municipality (the Wisconsin League of Municipalities) (August 1, 2022)

·       PFAS: Wisconsin DNR and EPA developments; update on Spills Law litigation Godfrey & Kahn law firm Insights & Events, co-authored with William J. Nelson (July 11, 2022)

·       Benefits of “Superfund” Law Exemption co-authored with William J. Nelson, The Municipality (the Wisconsin League of Municipalities) (June 20, 2022)

·       PFAS: Waukesha court finds for private party and WMC regarding PFAS under the Wisconsin DNR spills law; state to appeal Godfrey & Kahn law firm Insights & Events, co-authored with William J. Nelson (April 20, 2022)

·       Reducing PFAS Liability and Risk for Fixed Class B Firefighting Systems (March 24, 2022, American Bar Association Litigation Section Journal)

·       PFAS: NRB kills groundwater rule, amends the drinking water standard and approves surface water standards Godfrey & Kahn law firm Insights & Events, co-authored with William J. Nelson (February 23, 2022)

·       PFAS: NRB to decide fate of significant rules in upcoming meeting Godfrey & Kahn law firm Insights & Events, co-authored with William J. Nelson (February 14, 2022)

·       PFAS: Key takeaways from WMC’s suit against DNR Godfrey & Kahn law firm Insights & Events, co-authored with William J. Nelson (January 31, 2022)

·       EPA launches process to regulate PFAS under CERCLA (January 12, 2022, G&K Alert)

·       Bench order allows DNR to temporarily proceed with PFAS initiative, with limits (April 5, 2021, G&K Alert)

·       WMC sues DNR again and secures TRO in effort to block PFAS sampling program (March 31, 2021, G&K Alert)

·       WMC challenges DNR’s regulation of PFAS as a hazardous substance (March 22, 2021, G&K Alert)

·       Managing PFAS in Environmental Due Diligence: The Future's Uncertain (March 16, 2021,  Hydrovision Magazine)

·       Warning...PFAS investigation ahead: Tips for navigating the challenge (October 14, 2020 G&K Alert)

·       Managing PFAS in environmental due diligence: The future’s uncertain (April 2, 2020, G&K Alert)

·       Federal Delays in PFAS Regulation Frustrate States (March 10, 2020, WXPR Radio Interview)

·       PFAS: Why the hysteria? (October 30, 2019, G&K Alert)

·       Comprehensive PFAS legislation introduced in Wisconsin (May 28, 2019, G&K Alert)

·       A PFAS Primer for the Lending Community (April 1, 2019, Wisconsin Banker Magazine)

·       Municipal utilities need to be concerned with PFAS (March 12, 2019, G&K Alert)

·       U.S.EPA Announces National “PFAS Action Plan” (February 14, 2019, G&K Alert)

·       "PFAS: A Contaminant of Emerging Importance" (December 20, 2018, State Bar of Wisconsin Environmental Law Section Blog)

·       PFAS and emerging contaminants: risk, regulation and due diligence (November 29, 2018, G&K Alert)

·       Wisconsin industrial hemp and CBD: 2019 licensing update (November 5, 2018, G&K Alert)

·       Ned Witte "The ‘Next Big Environmental Threat’ Is Already Here" (September 28, 2018, Risk & Insurance Magazine)

·       Ned Witte was mentioned in "Not just another restaurant: The Tandem redefines family, empowers staff" (September 18, 2018, OnMilwaukee Magazine)

·       Non-Point Pollution Control (The Clean Water Act Handbook, Fourth Edition, June 7, 2018)

·       "The Dirt on PAHs: New DNR Guidance Proposed for Assessing Soil Contamination" (July 18, 2017 Wisconsin State Bar Environmental Law Section Blog)

·       President Trump signs executive order directing federal agencies to scrap Obama’s Clean Water Rule (March 23, 2017 G&K Alert)

·       EPA approves Wisconsin’s innovative phosphorus variance program (February 9, 2017, G&K Alert)

·       Renewable Energy Digesters get a funding boost from the Public Service Commission (PSC) (January 25, 2017, G&K Alert)

·       Supreme Court Clean Power Plan stay order and new loan program for renewables (G&K Alert)

·       Motion to stay Clean Power Plan denied (January 21, 2016, G&K Alert)

·       Clean Power Plan litigation/implementation and climate change update (January 13, 2016, G&K Alert)

·       Knowledge is Power": Important strategies discussed at Godfrey & Kahn's recent Clean Power Plan  (December 11, 2015, G&K Seminar)

·       Obama's Clean Power Plan final rule will bring challenges and opportunities (August 3, 2015, G&K Alert)

·       U.S. EPA seeks to clear the air on the definition of waters of the United States (May 29, 2015, G&K Alert)

·       United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues guidance to clarify supplemental environmental projects (SEP) settlement policies (May 12, 2015, G&K Alert)

·       U.S.EPA’s Audit Policy: The Benefits of Coming Clean (ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources In-House Counsel Committee Newsletter, May 2012)

·       Energy Infrastructure and Siting, 2011 and 2014 Annual Report (ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Year in Review)

·       Management and Protection of Environmental Contingent Liability Information Under FAS 141R-1 (Environmental Disclosure Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association, December 2009)

·       Wetlands Rules Were For the Birds (The Real Estate Finance Journal, Summer 2001)

·       Environmental Lender Liability: Searching for Safe Harbors in the Wake of Kelley v. EPA (Wisconsin Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 1994)

·       “The Cost of Clean,” The Deal, Vol. 7, No. 5 (April 18, 2010)