Environmental Law News

The Environmental Protection Agency will not ask for an additional review of the Route 219 project from the Meyersdale Bypass north to Somerset.

Angelenos will take to the polls Tuesday to choose the city's next mayor, attorney and controller after the candidates in those three major races failed to secure a majority of the vote in the March 5 election.

Oakland County will receive a $600,000 federal grant to help local communities and developers determine if contaminated land can be reclaimed and redeveloped.

An environmental group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, claiming it hasn't pushed Utah hard enough to clean up air pollution across urban areas of northern Utah.

In the August 28, 2012, column in this series, "Natural Gas and Zoning: The Commonwealth Court's Act 13 Decision," David G. Mandelbaum discussed Robinson Township v. Public Utilities Commission , holding Act 13's zoning pre-emption to be unconstitutional.

The Environmental Law Institute has announced that Robert P. Brooks , a wetlands scientist at Penn State, has received the 2013 National Wetlands Award for Science Research.

Waiting to pump gas or mow your lawn until evening this summer may benefit your wallet in coming years.

Envirogen Technologies announced the launch of a new technology offering designed to help industrial facilities manage their air emissions performance and meet regulatory and permit requirements through the control of volatile organic contaminants , hazardous air pollutants and odors.

We feel as if we're in a bizarre Wonderland that is unfortunately called the political reality in America! The faster we run towards devouring new information about the negative health effects of glyphosate herbicide) and GMOs, the more we're frustrated by the continuing attacks on our body politic by Monsanto and their minions.

Rebecca MacKenzie said she chose to plant marigolds over vegetables because she is afraid to harvest food from a patch of earth so close to the waste-burning incinerators of Wheelabrator Claremont Company, about a mile away.

As a commercial fisherman who relies on the health of the Bristol Bay salmon resource in Alaska, I was happy to see your article published April 26th discussing the EPA's release of their revised Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment.

Moss Point is among 6 municipalities in the state that have been awarded brownfield grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and community department personnel hope it will help identify and cleanup former industrial sites and properties across the city.

"It will give us a vision as to what the future of that area will be," said Al Hulick, management analyst for the city.

Detective Sgt. Andy Kehm, of the Bethlehem Police Department, speaks about law enforcement response.

Ellison Bronze Inc. was recently recognized for achieving seven years in the Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program.

The construction worker who died in Evanston Thursday morning after he was struck by a falling beam was a 57-year-old man from Dyer, IN, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Ron Poirier couldn't escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment.

President Barack Obama and his liberal supporters have made it very clear their philosophy of government is that it is their way or the highway.

THE conclusion of negotiations between the European Union and Pacific Island states on a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on the export of fish products to Europe by June or July this year is unrealistic.

First, the details. Republicans have been successfully using the threat of filibuster to make it incredibly difficult for the Obama White House to appoint judges to circuit courts, political staffer positions at executive agencies, and - to an extent - chill the administration's decisions for cabinet picks.