Environmental Law

OTTAWA — In a show of organizational strength from both sides of the debate, the Conservative government squared off against its environmental opponents Monday in duelling cross-country campaigns about proposed changes to Canada’s environmental protection …

the coal industry successfully lobbied to make Montana’s “look before you leap” environmental law (the Montana Environmental Policy Act) effectively unenforceable and to prevent anyone from looking at large scale environmental impacts (i.e …

After World War II, Pittsburgh finally enacted smoke control laws to curb the release of coal emissions into the city. But prior to citizens’ grassroot environmental reform efforts, this industrial murk enveloped buildings and streets in darkness and …

“And we all have to stand up and speak out.” The “Black Out, Speak Out” campaign calls on Canadians to raise their voices against proposed changes to environmental laws included in Bill C-38, the government’s budget implementation bill. Environmental …

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet ministers fanned out across the country Monday in response to a “black-out” campaign urging the federal government to back down from using its budget to rewrite Canada’s environmental laws.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet ministers fanned out across the country Monday in response to a “black-out” campaign urging the federal government to back down from using its budget to rewrite Canada’s environmental laws.

Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to fast-track California’s $69 billion high-speed rail project by easing legal scrutiny under the state’s landmark environmental law, this newspaper learned Friday. The proposal, which the Legislature would have to approve …

Opponents counter that the sweeping bill would gut the country’s environmental laws and sharply curtail nonprofits’ activism. “Our government’s … trying to push through pipelines at all costs. That new attitude is propelled by their surprise …

and protect the environment to boot. That must explain why the project needs waivers from the same kind of environmental laws that have hamstrung California businesses for decades: The Brown administration is preparing a proposal to limit …

The unfolding legal fight will involve some of the state’s most formidable environmental law firms. Farm bureau officials hired Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley, while the California High-Speed Rail Authority is in the process of hiring a …