Environmental Law

… six regulatory districts statewide to promote environmental stewardship and assure compliance with Florida’s environmental laws. These laws are important to Florida’s environment and economy. They ensure projects and sites are developed …

Andrew Porter, son of Jan and John F. Porter, III of Scottsboro, recently received his Juris Doctorate degree, an environmental law certificate and a graduate certificate in ocean policy from the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law.

A member of New Mexico’s Environmental Improvement Board also works as an attorney for a law firm that represents the oil industry, according to a statement to the state’s Court of Appeals filed by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. … Continue reading →

and local environmental laws and regulations,” Mr. Buckley said. EM-Assist’s strong client base including the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers complements that of Cardno TEC which was acquired by Cardno in …

BALTIMORE – Environmental law experts meeting in Baltimore this week are putting a more positive spin on the results of the Rio+20 summit. Speakers assessing the impact of the recent summit in Brazil said Monday that many focused too much … Continue reading →

I asked Michael Wara, an associate professor of law at Stanford University and one of the most thoughtful environmental law experts around, for his take: In the wake of last week’s Supreme Court decision in National Federation of Independent …

And if our regulatory agencies aren’t going to enforce the requirements of the law, then we as citizens will.” In addition, the filing insists that a full Environmental Impact Statement is required and the commission cannot allow Tennessee Gas Pipeline … Continue reading →

BALTIMORE (AP) – Environmental law experts are gathering this week in Baltimore where they will discuss the development of global environmental law following the Rio+20 conference. The meeting comes little more than a week after the Rio+20 summit wrapped …

Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) a leading conservative opposed to the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) yesterday corrected Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) on the issue of environmental litigation resulting from LOST. During …

RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco plans to enact a new mining law next year, overhauling rules that are 60 years old, to help attract investors, boost exports and ensure companies respect its labour and environmental laws, official sources told Reuters.