PEGN 430/530 -- Environmental Law & Sustainability

A significant contribution to the field, and a welcome addition to the growing literature on international environmental law and an important reference for every scholar, lawyer, and layperson interested in the field.

This well received book, informed by its interdisciplinary framework, succinctly yet accurately traverses and illuminates the full gamut of international environmental issues, laws and policies challenging the world today. The fifth edition responds to important developments arising subsequent to the fourth edition, relating, inter alia, to sustainable development, climate change, and energy. These developments include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of 2015, the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change that replaced the Kyoto Protocol, and the challenges posed by renewable energy and global poverty. In sum, the book offers an insightful analysis of the relevant treaties, customary law, and soft law instruments governing all areas of international environmental law.

The environmental field and its regulations have evolved significantly since Congress passed the first environmental law in 1970, and the Environmental Law Handbook, published just three years later, has been indispensable to students and professionals ever since. The authors provide clear and accessible explanations, expert legal insight into new and evolving regulations, and reliable compliance and management guidance. The Environmental Law Handbook continues to provide individuals across the country--professionals, professors, and students--with a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-read look at the major environmental, health, and safety laws affecting U.S. businesses and organizations. Because it is written by the country's leading environmental law firms, it provides the best, most reliable guidance anywhere. Both professional environmental managers and students aspiring to careers in environmental management should keep the Environmental Law Handbook within arm's reach for thoughtful answers to regulatory questions like: -How do I ensure compliance with the regulations? -How do the latest environmental developments impact my operations? -How do we keep our operations efficient and our community safe? This handbook begins with chapters on the fundamentals of environmental law and on issues of enforcement and liability. It then dives headfirst into the major laws, examining their history, scope, and requirements with a chapter devoted to each. The 21st edition of this well-known handbook has been thoroughly updated, with major changes to chapters on the Clean Air Act and the Oil Pollution Act, and a rewritten chapter on the Safe Drinking Water Act. This edition also includes a brand new chapter on Climate Change and Environmental Law. This is an essential reference for environmental students and professionals, and anyone who wants the most up-to-date information available on environmental laws.

A Uniform System of Citation: The Bluebook is the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States. For generations, law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on The Bluebook's uniform system of citation in their writing. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, The Bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon which they rely in their work.

The environmental field and its regulations have evolved significantly since Congress passed the first environmental law in 1970, and the Environmental Law Handbook, published just three years later, has been indispensable to students and professionals ever since. The authors provide clear and accessible explanations, expert legal insight into new and evolving regulations, and reliable compliance and management guidance. The Environmental Law Handbook continues to provide individuals across the country--professionals, professors, and students--with a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-read look at the major environmental, health, and safety laws affecting U.S. businesses and organizations. Because it is written by the country's leading environmental law firms, it provides the best, most reliable guidance anywhere. Both professional environmental managers and students aspiring to careers in environmental management should keep the Environmental Law Handbook within arm's reach for thoughtful answers to regulatory questions like: -How do I ensure compliance with the regulations? -How do the latest environmental developments impact my operations? -How do we keep our operations efficient and our community safe? This handbook begins with chapters on the fundamentals of environmental law and on issues of enforcement and liability. It then dives headfirst into the major laws, examining their history, scope, and requirements with a chapter devoted to each. The 21st edition of this well-known handbook has been thoroughly updated, with major changes to chapters on the Clean Air Act and the Oil Pollution Act, and a rewritten chapter on the Safe Drinking Water Act. This edition also includes a brand new chapter on Climate Change and Environmental Law. This is an essential reference for environmental students and professionals, and anyone who wants the most up-to-date information available on environmental laws.

Examples & Explanations: Environmental Law, now in its FifthEdition, offers a problem method for learning that encourages students tomaster a basic understanding of the subject, problem solve, and thinkcreatively about complex environmental issues. Author Steven Ferrey’sclear and concise explanations of science, statutes, and regulations bringstudents up to speed and support an advanced understanding of environmentalissues.Examples & Explanations: Environmental Law, Fifth Edition,features:broad coverage that includes 20 areas of environmental law in 15chapters, with consistent cross-referencing throughout that link theconnections among different topicsthe proven-effective Examples & Explanations Series pedagogy—accessible exposition followed by well-crafted exercises and clear, completeanswersa student-friendly style and format that facilitates learning at anintroductory or more advanced level – ideal for courses involving a real-worldproblem-solving approacha logical organization that follows the order of topics in mostenvironmental law casebooksaccessible sections on must-know science in each chapterThe Fifth Edition of Examples & Explanations: Environmental Lawincludes:the Supreme Court’s recent plain meaning interpretation ofenvironmental statutesSuperfund issues in the wake of Atlantic Research andBurlington Northernstate efforts to regulate recyclablesthe “smart growth” movementan entire new section on global warming regulationupdated coverage of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean WaterActupdated and expanded coverage of the EU and Kyoto Protocol on carbonregulationSupreme Court recent case law on the Commerce Clause and other importantrecent cases concerning environment regulation, land use, and energy lawCompletely up-to-date through the Obama administration changes in its FifthEdition, Examples & Explanations: Environmental Law is an idealsupplement to courses on Environmental Law, Energy Law, or Land Use. Balancingacademic and real-world applications, it helps students test their knowledgeand practice applying the law to topical issues. Because it takes the studentsquickly to a sophisticated level, ideal for courses that use real-worldenvironmental problems as part of their pedagogy.