Environmental Law 
Environmental crisis? We have a democratic crisis – Toronto Star
… s the largest environmental bill ever adopted in Canada and it does not strengthen any aspect of environmental protection. It radically weakens the laws used to protect our natural environment, including exempting projects from environmental …
Ethical investors say federal budget creating "financial risk" – The Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — Changes proposed to Canada’s environmental laws in the federal government’s budget implementation bill could “discourage investment” and create long-term financial risks to the economy, warns a national association representing nearly …
State House targets environmental regulations – The News & Observer
“This year’s legislative session is shaping up to be worse for the environment than last year’s, which was one of the worst ever,” said Derb Carter, director of the Southern Environmental Law Center. “Polluters and developers seem to …
State report: manufacturers cut toxic chemical use – Abington Mariner
A Massachusetts law has helped prompt manufacturers to cut their use of hazardous chemicals 21 percent over the past decade, according to a report by state environmental regulators. The Toxics Use Reduction Act requires certain companies to track and …
Republican Sen. Scott Brown’s voting history shows mixed support for environmental legislation – Union-News & Sunday Republican
Scott Brown, like many of his colleagues in Congress, has supported some environmental bills and disagreed with … health and would have prevented the EPA from using existing laws to regulate heat-trapping pollution. Brown voted to support …
N.M. Dems Reject Border Changes – ABQJournal
The House approved the bill this week 232-188. Proponents of the measure, sponsored by Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, contend that environmental laws, including the Wilderness Act and Endangered Species Act, often prevent law enforcement agencies from …
Environmental Ministry to look out for animal welfare – YNET News
The Ministerial Committee on Legislation has greenighted an amendment proposal suggested diverting the enforcement of the Animal Welfare Law (1994) from the Agriculture Ministry to the Environmental Protection Ministry. “There is an innate conflict of …
The Most Anti-Environment Congress in History: Here’s the Record – OpEdNews.com
And House Republicans have not been content merely to shoot down vital new environmental legislation. They have pushed through laws that tie the hands of government agencies making “the issuance of new regulations more difficult, if not impossible.”
Obama Sells Out Labor and the Environment … Again – Counter Punch
Likewise, labor organizing rights and environmental restrictions can be banned or otherwise overridden. Without the ability to pass binding laws all governmental ability to restrict corporate behavior is removed. The big lie at work here is that …
Environmentalists Applaud Brown’s Shift on High-Speed Rail Regulations – KQED
Kathryn Phillips, director of Sierra Club California, says the plan would have weakened the state’s landmark environmental law. “Environmental review is something to protect the public,” says Phillips. “It’s to help ensure that …
