Environmental Law 
Group calls on Md. lawmakers to update laws to improve environmental enforcement – Washington Post
BALTIMORE — A nonprofit research group wants Maryland lawmakers to give the state’s environmental laws more teeth. A report released Friday by the Washington-based Center for Progressive Reform says updating laws will give the Maryland Department of …
Environmental law practice celebrates 10th anniversary with nature photograph auction – Portland Tribune
Crag Law Center, the Portland nonprofit legal aid group specializing in protecting the environment, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a fundraising auction of nature photography. The event, called Wild Shots, takes place at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at …
Blackburn, Cooper target law cited in Gibson guitar raids – Nashville Tennessean
Two Tennessee congressional leaders will unveil a plan today to amend a major U.S. environmental law in response to recent federal raids on Nashville-based Gibson Guitar, the iconic manufacturer under investigation for violating that law by …
Judge halts uranium-mining plans in Colorado over environmental issues – Denver Post
A federal judge has hit the brakes on a nuclear renaissance, ruling that U.S. Department of Energy officials violated environmental laws when they re-launched a program to mine uranium and produce yellowcake fuel in Colorado. U.S. District Judge …
Mongolian Supreme Court orders government to enforce environmental law – Xinhua News Agency
ULAN BATOR, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — The Mongolian Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government must enforce an environmental protection law approved by parliament. The decision was a victory for environmental groups, who say the government has failed to …
Stop gutting environmental laws – Cincinnati.com
There is a very disturbing video circulating on a major social networking site right now. It’s entitled, “More cancer near Koch Brothers’ Factory.” The full video is on kochbrothersexposed.com. In the video some residents of Arkansas …
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Transportation Conformity Regulations – TMCnet
Virginia’s legislation also provides, subject to certain conditions, for a penalty waiver for violations of environmental laws when a regulated entity discovers such violations pursuant to a voluntary compliance evaluation and voluntarily …
Environmental groups say they have found unsafe levels of lead in Disneyland attractions – Orlando Sentinel
“It looks to be identical materials” used at Disney World, said Charles Margulis, a spokesman for Center for Environmental Health. “We expect the same problem.” The groups filed suit against Disneyland in April based on a California law that …
G.O.P. vs. the Environment – New York Times
Now a new Republican breed — driven by antiregulatory fervor, allegiance to industry and a refusal to accept the fact of climate change — seeks to tear apart the edifice of environmental law constructed largely under a Republican president …
Improve the Canadian and European-Union trade agreement to better protect the environment, says Canadian Environmental Law Association – CNW Group
TORONTO, Oct. 14, 2011 /CNW/ -Today, the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) published a report about the negative environmental effects that could result from the Canadian and European-Union trade agreement, currently in its final stages of …
