Environmental Law

While the public will be invited to lodge complaints before the sanctuaries are enshrined in law, the center-left government faces no hurdles in imposing the new restrictions under existing environmental laws. But the conservative opposition has vowed to …

Environmental law expert Simon Colvin of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that a little-discussed provision of the LASPO could be of wide-ranging impact, particularly for larger companies. “One of the central sentencing considerations …

EDMONTON, June 14, 2012 /CNW/ – 1073612 Alberta Ltd, operating as Edmonton Ice Box, today pleaded guilty in Edmonton Provincial Court to a federal charge laid by Environment Canada for failing to take reasonable emergency measures consistent with the …

Republican lawmakers are demanding an explanation from the Environmental Protection Agency about low … a cost-effective way to make sure livestock operations are abiding by the law. Harkin aide Kate Frischmann told the Register, however …

“The controversial amendments…will lead to the plundering of the country’s last significant natural resource,” environmental group WWF said in a statement. Activists called on President Rosen Plevneliev to veto the law to safeguard the forests and said …

Gov. Corbett also strongly advocated for and then signed into law the most comprehensive enhancement of Pennsylvania’s environmental protection laws in nearly 30 years. This law includes enhancements for water and air quality, added …

and the Southern Environmental Law Center threatened to sue. There are two main reasons the Forest Service and its Bureau of Land Management needs to act more responsibly. First, the Talladega National Forest provides recreation for many …

At the heart of the lawsuit is the contention that the city did not pay enough attention to the likely environmental effect of a grocery facility that is expected to involve nearly 2,000 truck trips per day. While state law … Continue reading →

With the onset of spring and summer, the Massachusetts Environmental Police remind off-highway vehicle owners and operators to use safety and obey the law when riding all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes. In 2011, there were 76 recreation vehicle accidents …

They believe that foreign competition gets a pricing edge because of cheaper labor and lax health and environmental laws. There is little that can be done about cheap labor. American manufacturing has steadily immigrated to foreign shores …