Environmental Law 
YOUR VIEW: University of Alabama System should take stance against Shepherd Bend mining – Everything Alabama Blog
Meanwhile, since 2008, the Black Warrior Riverkeeper and the Southern Environmental Law Center have been pursuing an appeal of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s wastewater discharge permit for the mine, which will allow 29 …
EPA Must Close Gaps in U.S. Chemical Security, Ex-Chief Says – Bloomberg
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must close “gaping holes” in chemical-plant security that put millions of Americans at risk, former administrator Christine Todd Whitman said. The agency should use existing laws to bolster its …
Engine-idling laws get little enforcement and not much respect across US – Orlando Sentinel
That leaves environmental groups complaining that idling restrictions are the Rodney Dangerfield of state and local laws — they don’t get much respect. “Why isn’t this the law of the land? It’s such a no-brainer,” said Diane Bailey …
Rolling Back CEQA for High-Speed Rail Sets a Terrible Precedent – Huffington Post
California Governor Jerry Brown is angling for a variance on the state’s landmark environmental protection law to push through a project cherished by environmentalists. But the move isn’t just an attempt to rob Green Peter to pay Greener Paul …
Under The ‘Nuclear Shadow’ Of Colorado’s Rocky Flats – NPR News
Weapons production ended there after FBI agents raided the plant in 1989. Its operators later pleaded guilty to criminal violations of environmental law. But during Iversen’s childhood, the people living near Rocky Flats had no idea that …
MoEF rejects defence ministry’s proposal to exempt projects from clearance – Hindustan Times
The government’s bid to exempt application of environmental laws on infrastructure projects around border areas has faced stiff resistance from wild life enthusiasts and environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan. Non-official members of National …
Idling limits the ‘Rodney Dangerfield’ of laws – msnbc.com
That leaves environmental groups complaining that idling restrictions are the Rodney Dangerfield of state and local laws – they don’t get much respect. “Why isn’t this the law of the land? It’s such a no-brainer,” said Diane Bailey, a senior … Continue reading
Uranium mining foes take aim at Va. study panel – CBS News
Two environmental groups opposed to ending a 30-year state … that they’re going to go with them behind closed doors and come up with a uranium mining law and a set of regulations,” said Rob Marmet of the Piedmont Environmental … Continue reading
Environmental group responds to OSM’s letter to DEP – The State Journal
Yesterday, we reported on a letter from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement that said the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection … how the DEP is willing to violate the law for the convenience of coal … Continue reading
Bill C-38: The Law That Will Break Nature’s Back? – huffingtonpost.ca
Canada’s environmental laws are under attack by both the federal and Ontario governments. In Ottawa, the government introduced Bill C-38 to implement far-reaching measures announced in its budget. Ontario’s government introduced a similar omnibus bill with …
