Environmental Law News

Cincinnati has passed a new law introducing 'environmental justice permits', and will use police powers to force polluting businesses to clean up their acts or get out of town A new law could see Cincinnati become the first city in the world to use police powers to patrol and prosecute polluting businesses.

Everyone's doing it -- wrapping up the Supreme Court term, that is. In the New York Times , Adam Liptak says it was a good year for Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who emerged as a canny strategist, thanks in part to the swing vote of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy swinging to the right when it mattered.

We've been told seafood is good for us because it's low in calories and fat, full of protein and packed with Omega-3s, which may protect against coronary heart disease and stroke, and are thought to help neurological development in unborn babies.

The Environmental Protection Agency gave California permission Tuesday to pursue more stringent air pollution rules than required by the federal government - clearing the way to implement a state pollution law requiring new cars to increase their fuel economy to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 - which is what President Obama would like to see happen.

Wake County has closed the recreational swimming area at Beaverdam Beach on Falls Lake due to elevated levels of bacteria.

The defeats left the environmental community -- and even its traditional antagonist in these cases, the business community -- wondering where the Court is heading in this increasingly important area of the law.

On May 3, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a regulation redefining two key terms, fill material and discharge of fill material, in rules that implement Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.

The two winners of EPA's first-ever water quality video contest made videos that will help educate the public about water pollution and give simple steps that people and communities can take to improve water quality.

U.S. Steel's Gary Works is due to give an update Tuesday on a $1.4 million treatment system to stop the spread of a benzene leak into Lake Michigan.

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 2009 - " The National Association of Manufacturers Vice President for Energy and Resources Policy Keith McCoy issued the following statement in response to today's decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to grant California's waiver to move forward with more stringent tailpipe emissions: The EPA's action allows ...

If there was any doubt that tomorrow's cars will be a lot cleaner and greener than today's, it was erased yesterday when the Environmental Protection Agency granted California the right to enforce tough greenhouse gas standards for tailpipes .

The Institute for the Environment at UNC-Chapel Hill will expand its Community Modeling and Analysis System thanks to a new $5.7 million contract with the Environmental Protection Agency.

Bank erosion started by four wheeler all-terrain vehicles. DENTON , Texas - A recent study co-authored by a University of North Texas faculty member reveals that reductions in budgets for environmental enforcement agencies has a direct correlation to non-compliance by private industry.

The Obama administration doesn't want to hear inconvenient truths about global warming.

More than half of the Republic's sewage treatment plants fail to meet European standards on waste water, a damning report revealed.

An environmental group is suing Xcel Energy, saying the utility isn't doing all it can to cut mercury emissions from a new coal-fired plant.

EPA says Chromium 6 levels not high enough to affect health

Crews are testing residential yards near W.R. Grace & Co.'s former insulation factory in Spokane for asbestos fibers that can cause cancer.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to settle a lawsuit filed against it by an environmental group over the use of dozens of pesticides.

Where are all the "green" media pundits who used to scream bloody murder about the George W. Bush administration censoring expert opinion on climate change, now that the Barack Obama administration has been accused of doing it? Most appear to be ignoring the controversy, or assuring the public: "Nothing to see here, folks, just move along," in the ...