Tag: EnvironmentalLaw
Nuclear Waste Policy: Defining the Problem, Searching for Solutions
On-Demand
The Council of State Governments has posted a two-part series of on-demand webinars exploring the status of nuclear waste management in the United States
Could $200 Billion Tobacco-Type Settlement Be Coming Over ‘Climate Change?’
News
Seventeen state attorneys general are investigating whether fossil fuel companies mislead investors in public disclosures about the risks associated with climate change, reports Bloomberg.
U.S. State Prosecutors Met With Climate Groups As Exxon Probes Expanded
News
A coalition of U.S. state attorneys general received guidance from well-known climate scientists and environmental lawyers in March as some of them opened investigations into Exxon Mobil for allegedly misleading the public about climate change risks, documents seen by Reuters showed, Reuters is reporting.
Texas Power Players Sit Out Political Opposition to Clean Power Plan
Article
Some Texas energy companies are not joining the effort to block the Obama administration from implementing its new clean power regulations, reports Mose Buchele for NPR.
Where Oil is King – When State and Local Fracking Rules Clash
White Paper
Municipalities may be able to ensure compliance with environmental regulations by oil and gas companies and minimize some of the environmental harms associated with fracking, even when they cannot enact outright bans on the practice.
