Environmental Law 
State to appeal Monroe Bypass decision – msnbc.com
The Southern Environmental Law Center in Chapel Hill filed a lawsuit challenging the environmental impact study done for the Union County highway. The federally required study was supposed to compare the impacts of building the highway on the environment …
The Clean Water Act Turns 40: Is the Law Still Protecting Our Waters? – AlterNet
Since it is a law, and not a person, we won’t expect it to buy a … and swimmable” by 1985 was remarkable in its forthrightness. It invested the Environmental Protection Agency with the power to prosecute “point source polluters … Continue reading
Nebraska Landowners Challenge Pipeline Law, Lawyer Says – Bloomberg
The law, which went into effect in April, changed the pipeline permit approval process, giving rights to the governor and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality previously held by the state’s Public Service Commission, Domina said.
Group that backed downtown stadium criticizes environmental report – Los Angeles Times
The comments were somewhat surprising since the environmental group, considered one of the most influential in the country, helped AEG secure passage of a state law last year limiting the amount of time that the project’s environmental analysis …
Gwen Barlee: Environmental standards should build, not erode – The Vancouver Sun
Tabled on April 26th Bill C-38 dedicates over a third of its 420 pages to rolling back environmental legislation that generations of Canadians have fought to establish. Written with no public consultation, the bill wages war on: laws that protect … Continue reading
New environmental laws taking shape – The News & Observer
New environmental regulations – streamlined or weakened, depending on your point of view – are taking shape in a proposal working its way through the state Senate. SB810, which is being called the Regulatory Reform Act of 2012, encompasses a … Continue reading
Retroactive state law would ease pollution cleanup rules – Detroit Free Press
Lenders have asked the state Supreme Court and a federal judge in a similar case to declare the new law unconstitutional. The environmental legislation relates to contaminated sites that don’t involve leaking underground tanks, which were dealt …
Research and Markets: Environmental Law Lexicon – Yahoo Finance
Dublin – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/q2ddrl/environmental_law) has announced the addition of the “Environmental Law Lexicon.” book to their offering. This unique quick-reference guide prepared specifically …
Research and Markets: Environmental Law Lexicon – TMCnet
Dublin – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/q2ddrl/environmental_law) has announced the addition of the “Environmental Law Lexicon.” book to their offering. This unique quick-reference guide prepared specifically …
Westsiders Say Expo Line Bikeway Violates Environmental Laws – curbed
Do we really need to point out the irony of someone suing to stop a bike path because they claim it violates environmental laws? Cheviot Hills attorney/homeowner S. Zachary Samuels is working really hard to kill the bikeway planned to … Continue reading
