Environmental Law

Fighting the good fight against pollution in China – Marketwatch

Photo: Associated Press. In the history of environmental pollution, Western countries have used the rule of law. Achieving an environmental turning point can happen only from the strict implementation of laws and regulations, or from civil …

Who pays environmental lawyers, and do they get rich? – Austin American-Statesman

But environmental law experts say working to press the government to list species as endangered is not the way to line one’s pockets. From 2004 to 2010, the Fish and Wildlife Service paid attorney fees of about $1.5 million in … Continue reading

Australia: Koala populations protected under national environmental law – Mondaq

A proposed action likely to have a significant impact on certain koala populations must now be referred under the EPBC Act. On 30 April 2012 Environment Minister Tony Burke listed the combined Queensland, NSW and ACT koala populations as “vulnerable” … Continue reading

Emissions trading: Compromise proposed on pollution law – Financial Times

Fabrice Brégier, the aircraft manufacturer’s new chief executive, is keen to see a compromise between the European Commission and its critics, partly because Airbus has become the first company to be hit by retaliatory action to the environmental law.

Environmental Education Activities – PR-USA.net

Environmental Law, Indian journal of environmental education Rural Eco Development. The objective of the project was to provide participants an understanding of the design and nature of sustainable development programmes, Education for Sustainable …

Environmental, business measures in limelight – So Md News.com

Perhaps the most significant new environmental law requires the 10 largest jurisdictions in the state to collect stormwater remediation fees. Stormwater runoff is a major source of bay pollution. The fee, the amount of which was left to the …

Bar president Carter Strang says percentage of minorities in law ‘unacceptable’ – Cleveland Plain Dealer

How about bowling, yoga, cooking or book clubs? Carter Strang Age: 61 Law firms: Tucker Ellis for 9 years; Arter & Hadden for 19 years before that Practice: Environmental litigation Past life: History, government and criminology teacher at …

YOUR VIEW: Criticisms of UA center’s Northern Beltline study are wrong – Everything Alabama Blog

The Southern Environmental Law Center-funded study recently reported by The Birmingham News is wrong on both its criticisms and related conclusions (“Report disputes economic impact of Northern Beltline,” June 20). The study falsely claimed the …

Water pollution law meant to assist oilsands: Liberal MP – Calgary Herald

previously considered to be the country’s strongest environmental protection law, in order to make it easier to “authorize” water pollution. “There are currently few tools to authorize pollution other than by detailed regulations,” wrote …

N.J. Supreme Court: Law school clinics’ case records are not public documents – NJ.com

The decision reverses an Appellate Division ruling that would have required the Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic to open some of its documents through the Open Public Records Act. The spat grew out of Sussex Commons Associates’ attempt to …