Environmental Law

Environmental Health Risks Are Focus of New UAB Program – Newswise

Southern Environmental Law Center and GASP, a community advocacy group. “In addition to improving lung health for those in Central Alabama, this initiative will add to the body of knowledge about the health impact of air pollution on people worldwide … Continue reading

MPs and campaigners warn Government over plans to slash regulations that protect environment – Birmingham Post.net

And she said: “The Treasury seems to see environmental regulations as nothing more than costly red-tape, but what we are talking about here are vital laws to give us clean air, safe food and a thriving countryside. “If this process … Continue reading

Another View: Jobs, environmental Progress and economic growth work together for Michigan – MLive.com

The Environmental Law & Policy Center’s Solar and Wind Energy Supply Chain report shows that Michigan is home to 241 clean energy businesses and 10,000 related jobs. These businesses include Dowding Industries – Astraeus Wind Energy in Eaton …

Ohio Horizontal Drilling Rules Criticized By Environmental Groups – Huffington Post

an environmental lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said language in the bill allows well operators to report water withdrawal data “to the best of their knowledge,” for example. It retains an Ohio “mandatory pooling” law that …

EPA’s Fair Air Rules For Fracking Emissions – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 21, 2012, 1:07 PM ET) — On April 17, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released final rules to reduce by 95 percent certain air emissions from hydraulically fractured wells. These rules add new source … Continue reading

WVDEP Secretary Addresses Shale Gas Permitting Delays – jdsupra.com

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP … wells and new requirements that apply to approvals for ancillary installations under that law have materially increased the review time for those applications. Furthermore, at least …

Bureaucrats Aim To Put Nanotech ‘Under The Electron Microscope,’ Says Veteran Environmental Attorney – Yahoo Finance

a Newark-based shareholder in the national law firm’s Tort Defense Practice and a director of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s environmental law section. “Such collaboration is hardly the norm in the regulatory sphere. This approach is a …

Sharon Finlayson / Christie letting state down on environmental policy – Atlantic City Press

Christie’s environmental policies in 2012 are systematically wiping … and just last month secured on the Highlands Council a working majority that opposes the very law they are charged with implementing. Along Barnegat Bay, the governor …

Bureaucrats Aim To Put Nanotech ‘Under The Electron Microscope,’ Says Veteran Environmental Attorney – Sacramento Bee

a Newark-based shareholder in the national law firm’s Tort Defense Practice and a director of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s environmental law section. “Such collaboration is hardly the norm in the regulatory sphere. This approach is a …

MPs warn over environment law plans – Westmidlands.com

and warned the move to reduce more than 10,000 pages of regulations to help businesses comply with environmental laws should not throw out sensible rules “in a desperate dash for growth.” Ministers also appeared to be putting little priority on … Continue reading