Environmental Law

WASHINGTON — Federal protections for California’s delta smelt will remain intact, but Western water controversies will keep on boiling, with a Supreme Court decision Monday not to hear farmers’ ambitious challenge to a key environmental law.

Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has warned that  anybody found flouting environmental laws as well as defaulters of monthly sanitation exercise in Ekiti state would be made to face the music. Fayemi gave the warning at the weekend shortly … Continue reading →

This is particularly important given that Congress is currently debating whether to dismantle existing laws that protect the air we breathe, especially the Clean Air Act (CAA), a cornerstone of environmental health law.” According to The Clean …

competition and intellectual property protection and changes to environmental laws and regulations. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts …

Americans must once again stand up for their right to clean air and clean water. Since the beginning of this year, Republicans in the House have averaged roughly a vote every day the chamber has been in session to undermine … Continue reading →

A bill sponsored by Ariz. Sen. John McCain passed through a Senate subcommittee this week, which would grant Customs and Border Patrol agents unfettered access to all federal lands within one hundred miles of the U.S. border with Mexico. Currently, … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON Federal agents trying to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border say they’re hampered by laws that keep them from driving vehicles on huge swaths of land because it falls under U.S. environmental protection, leaving it to wildlife – and …

The rapid industrial development that has detrimentally impacted China’s environment is not a problem that the nation can address alone, environmental law professor Jingjing Liu asserted Thursday. At the inaugural Yale-China Association …

The environment and its advocates have a powerful new friend in town. The Southern Environmental Law Center is opening an office here with a managing attorney who is part of the city’s most high-profile, green-leaning duo. Anne Davis, who is … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers say federal agents trying to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border are hampered by laws that keep them from driving vehicles on huge swaths of land that fall under U.S. environmental protection, leaving it to illegal immigrants …