Offers the untold story of a notorious environmental case and the citizen crusade that carried a little fish through Washington politics and the Supreme Court.
Regulating environmental impacts -- Key actors -- Types of law -- Regulatory instruments -- Contextualizing U.S. environmental law -- Pollution control -- Ecosystem management -- Climate change.
"Environmental law regulates human behavior in light of its environmental impacts. ... Every country around the world has developed its own legal (and nonlegal) approaches to addressing environmental impacts. These responses are based in part on normative choices about what a go…
"Senior environmental officials at both the state and federal level often give the public the same reassurance about environmental compliance. Almost all companies comply, they say. The large companies comply; it is mainly the small ones that have compliance issues. Does the evi…
"Senior environmental officials at both the state and federal level often give the public the same reassurance about environmental compliance. Almost all companies comply, they say. The large companies comply; it is mainly the small ones that have compliance issues. Does the evi…
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE HANDBOOK, VOLUME 3: land
Introduction to environmental law -- Wild plants and animals -- Threatened and endangered species -- International environmental laws protecting biodiversity -- Federal public lands -- Private lands -- Polluting lakes, streams, and rivers -- Filling in streams and wetlands -- Oc…
With Environmental Law for Biologists, ecologist and lawyer Tristan Kimbrell bridges this gap in legal knowledge. Complete with a concise introduction to environmental law and an appendix describing the most important federal and international statutes and treaties discussed, th…