Environmental Law 
Environmental Groups Sound Off Against Route 29 Bypass – WSET
But some environmental groups in Charlottesville are trying to put a stop to it. Last week, the Southern Environmental Law Center released a YouTube Video against the bypass. The video suggest alternatives to the bypass like adding more lanes, and … Continue reading
China’s Young and Restless Could Test Legal System – Wall Street Journal
But if the courts are perceived by protesting citizens as helping to bring about satisfactory mediated solutions to environmental disputes, they could play a useful role. Stanley Lubman, a long-time specialist on Chinese law, is a Distinguished …
Canada: CEPA Environmental Enforcement Provisions Now In Force – Mondaq
are designed to “achieve greater compliance and respect for Federal Environmental laws.” 1 If convicted under CEPA, individuals, persons and corporations will now face increased maximum fines, longer limitation periods and a requirement for increased transparency.
Environmental approval changes `open to abuse’ – The Australian
LAWYERS say proposed changes to Queensland environmental approvals are “obviously open to abuse” and could allow changes to be introduced by stealth. The Queensland Law Society has argued that a new “green tape reduction bill” before parliament could allow …
New law on BP spill fines raises stakes for Gulf states – Yahoo Finance
“In order to trigger this bill, either BP’s going to have to settle this or we’re going to have to get into court to fight this out,” said Garret Graves, senior environmental adviser … said Blaine LeCesne, law professor at … Continue reading
VIEWPOINTS: Area needs I-422, despite flawed study – Everything Alabama Blog
Your readers were recently treated to a classic propaganda piece trashing the Northern Beltline funded by the Southern Environmental Law Center, an activist group of lawyers well known in our area for cloaking their anti-growth agenda beneath a …
Who pays environmental lawyers, and do they get rich? – Miami Herald
But environmental law experts say working to press the government to list species as endangered is not the way to line one’s pockets. From 2004 to 2010, the Fish and Wildlife Service paid attorney fees of about $1.5 million in … Continue reading
Who pays environmental lawyers, and do they get rich? – Olympian
But environmental law experts say working to press the government to list species as endangered is not the way to line one’s pockets. From 2004 to 2010, the Fish and Wildlife Service paid attorney fees of about $1.5 million in … Continue reading
Environmental groups: Navy training plans endanger whales, dolphins – Stars and Stripes
There are an estimated 350 to 400 right whales in existence. The Southern Environmental Law Center’s lawsuit on behalf of environmental groups claims the Navy approved construction of the range before it finished studying how often right whales swim …
Raise a glass of root beer in his honor: Luke Cole would have been 50 today – DAILY KOS
Luke Cole would have been 50 years old today. Luke pioneered environmental justice law. Luke was killed in June 2009, when a speeding truck slammed into his small jeep near the entrance to a national park in Uganda. I will … Continue reading
