Environmental Law

“Over the past few months, the environmental laws that protect our nation’s extraordinary natural legacy have been gutted,” Robinson said. “At the same time, those who want to protect it have been the targets of an unprecedented and organized effort … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – Critics took aim Tuesday at an effort by Tennessee lawmakers to change the Lacey Act, a century-old environmental law that came under fire after federal agents raided the facilities of Nashville-based Gibson Guitar last summer. The RELIEF Act … Continue reading →

South Carolina senators must soon decide if they want to restrict the public from filing lawsuits when state environmental laws are broken. As early as today, the Senate could vote on legislation that would block a lawsuit against Georgia’s …

EIP has three goals: 1) to provide objective analyses of how the failure to enforce or implement environmental laws increases pollution and affects public health; 2) to hold federal and state agencies, as well as individual corporations …

WASHINGTON – Critics took aim Tuesday at an effort by Tennessee lawmakers to change the Lacey Act, a century-old environmental law that came under fire after federal agents raided the facilities of Nashville-based Gibson Guitar last summer. The RELIEF Act … Continue reading →

Christie has received a well-deserved failing grade for his environmental policies … Act to the council that must enforce that water- and land-preservation law. He put industry representatives in water-quality positions, pulled out of a …

Parties commonly enter into agreements tolling the statute of limitations for claims arising under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). However, the validity of such agreements, which some argue have thwarted the public’s interest in prompt …

WASHINGTON — Deep-pocketed environmental groups are collecting millions of dollars from the federal agencies they regularly sue under a little-known federal law, and the government is not even keeping track of the payouts, according to two new studies.

Kate Konschnik, Chief Environmental Counsel to U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), will join Harvard Law School on Aug. 1 as Policy Director for the Environmental Law and Policy Program. Konschnik will launch a new HLS environmental policy …

(Courtesy: Biodiversity Conservation Alliance) Deep-pocketed environmental groups are collecting millions of dollars from the federal agencies they regularly sue under a little-known federal law, and the government is not even keeping track of …