Environmental Law 
EPA’s ‘Crucify Them’ Former Admin Skips House Hearing – Article.nationalreview.com
… former regional Environmental Protection Agency official who ignited a firestorm by comparing enforcement of environmental laws to crucifixion, will not be testifying as planned before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday …
Toal: DHEC’s approval of Savannah River dredging broke the law – The State
During a two-hour hearing in Columbia, Toal said state regulators did not follow the law when they cut a deal with Georgia to approve the more than $650 million project last November. The Department of Health and Environmental Control should … Continue reading
Law center: River deepening would waste public money – Charleston Regional Business Journal
The Army Corps of Engineers produced a flawed study to deepen the Savannah River, and the project would waste money, according to comments filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center for the project. “The corps’ report sinks itself, under the … Continue reading
Conflict in the Air: U.S. Will Keep Reporting on Pollution in China – Time
Vice Minister of Environmental Protection Wu Xiaoqing told a press conference Tuesday that foreign embassies posting information about Chinese air quality was a violation of Chinese law and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
Maryland Passes Asbestos Worker Protection Law – WebWire
Beginning October 1, 2012, asbestos remediation workers in Maryland will be facing a fine five times larger then the maximum amount currently allowed by law for violating any environmental laws relating to asbestos in the state. Leaders of the Laborers … Continue reading
Australian Groups Protest Business ‘Attack’ on Environmental Laws – Environment News Service
CANBERRA, Australia, June 5, 2012 (ENS) – In a united front on World Environment Day, environmental groups across Australia are challenging what they call “an unprecedented attack on Australia’s environmental laws” that would shift approval for …
Maryland’s Asbestos Worker Protection Law Hailed – Occupational Health Safety
LIUNA and the Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America say the new law significantly increases penalties for violating environmental laws related to asbestos remediation. A contractor who violates environmental laws pertaining to …
Editorial: Bullet train support fading as Brown schemes – Orange County Register
Jerry Brown schemes to specially exempt his pet train from environmental laws. Meanwhile, the number of lawsuits increases challenging the plan to construct hundreds of miles of tracks through communities from Anaheim to San Francisco.
Environmental report for NFL stadium in downtown L.A. blasted – Los Angeles Daily News
the state’s landmark environmental law governing land use. Natural Resources Defense Council Attorney David Pettit argued the EIR offers little explanation of how AEG will make its stadium “carbon neutral” – a key point because last year NRDC …
Prominent San Francisco attorney sentenced for driving drunk and killing Rossmoor neighbor – San Jose Mercury News
MARTINEZ — A prominent San Francisco environmental law attorney has been sentenced to probation and electronic home detention for a drunken-driving accident that killed a pedestrian neighbor in Rossmoor last year. Robert David Wyatt …
