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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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The Supreme Court’s Top-10 Environmental Law Decisions

Legal Planet

Unless the Court moderates its views, future regulations will face tough sledding. The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? This is the case that put teeth into the Endangered Species Act.

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Policy News: December 6, 2021

ESA

3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossil fuel projects under the Clean Water Act. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Dec. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. 12, 2021 ( comment period extended ).

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