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2	Statute Of Limitations Began With Mesothelioma Diagnosis, Judge Says	7946
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The race to stop mountaintop coal mining

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Statute Of Limitations Began With Mesothelioma Diagnosis, Judge Says

7946

LexisNexis Top 50 Blogs for Environmental Law & Climate Change – 2011 Nominations

5327

Ninth Circuit Holds that Dry Cleaning Equipment Manufacturers Must Engage in Active, Not Merely Passive, Activities to be Liable Under RCRA

In litigation involving soil and/or groundwater contamination from releases related to dry cleaning equipment and PCE, it has been common for injured property owners to sue the dry cleaning equipment manufacturers, among others. One of the primary legal...

Published Sun, Mar 18 2012 8:03 PM by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Filed under: Thomas Clarke, groundwater, environmental cleanup, clean water, Clean Water Act, environmental contamination, RCRA, environmental impact, environmental damage, manufacturer, passive, soil, active, dry clean
Montana Homeowners Battle Forest Health (Timber Removal) Delay Demand By Environmental Groups

By William Perry Pendley, President and Chief Operating Officer of Mountain States Legal Foundation DENVER, CO. - Two Montanans have urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reject a motion to stay a July 2011 ruling by a Montana federal...

Published Wed, Nov 30 2011 2:55 PM by William Perry Pendley

Filed under: wildfires, environmental impact, William Perry Pendley, environmental assessment, elk cover, Mountain States Legal Foundation, forest health, Forest Service, forest fires, Montana, Ninth Circuit
California Supreme Court upholds municipal ban on plastic bags

In June 2008, the city manager of Manhattan Beach (a small, beach-front community in Southern California) issued a staff report recommending the adoption of an ordinance banning the use of "point-of-sale plastic carry-out bags" in the city....

Published Tue, Aug 9 2011 8:49 PM by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Filed under: Thomas Clarke, California, environmental impact, plastic bag, paper bag, significant impact, California Environmental Quality Act, muncipal regulation, Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. Manhattan Beach
Coal Exports to China and Rising Temperatures

By J. Wylie Donald, Partner, McCarter & English Front page news in Baltimore early in June were two stories. The first notes record temperatures in Maryland in the first full week of June, 2011. The second was a lead article on June 12 on the record...

Published Mon, Jul 4 2011 1:01 PM by J. Wylie Donald

Filed under: climate change, greenhouse gases, global warming, J. Wylie Donald, coal, environmental impact, Port of Baltimore, rising temperatures, anthracite, exports
Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Green vs. Green: Litigation For and Against Solar Power in California

By Laura Mulry, Fellow, Center for Climate Change, Columbia Law School April 2011 was an eventful month for massive solar projects in California and their unlikely opponent: the desert tortoise. As climate change, overpopulation, and development place...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2011 11:32 AM by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

Filed under: Endangered species, renewable energy, tortoise, extinction, ecosystem, desert, Laura Mulry, solar, environmental impact, Mohave Desert

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Ninth Circuit Holds that Dry Cleaning Equipment Manufacturers Must Engage in Active, Not Merely Passive, Activities to be Liable Under RCRA

Montana Homeowners Battle Forest Health (Timber Removal) Delay Demand By Environmental Groups

California Supreme Court upholds municipal ban on plastic bags

Coal Exports to China and Rising Temperatures

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Green vs. Green: Litigation For and Against Solar Power in California