Climate Change

Recent Posts

Walking on Eggshell Skulls: Louisiana's Levees Take on the Oil and Gas Industry Over Coastal Land Degradation
Posted on 27 Aug 2013 by J. Wylie Donald

Ground zero for climate change and rising sea levels in the United States is not a status to which any state aspires. Florida distastefully remembers 2005 when 4 hurricanes – Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne - roared ashore, all within six weeks... Read More

Tags: marsh , storm surge , wetlands , hurricanes , levees

Marten Law on Sackett v. EPA: Closely Watched Sackett Case Argued in U.S. Supreme Court
Posted on 9 Feb 2012 by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

By Russell Prugh and Adam Orford, Associates, Marten Law PLLC In this Emerging Issues Analysis, Russell Prugh and Adam Orford of Marten Law PLLC review the oral arguments made before the U.S. Supreme Court on January 9, 2012 in Sackett v. EPA . This... Read More

Tags: Due Process Clause , Marten Law , wetlands , Adam Orford , administrative compliance orders , Ninth Circuit , Sackett v. EPA , Russell Prugh , Clean Water Act , EPA

UNFCCC makes major step towards incentivising wetland restoration
Posted on 18 Jun 2010 by Malcolm Dowden

By Malcolm Dowden, Solicitor and Environmental Law Consultant Despite widespread disappointment at the outcome of last year’s climate change summit in Copenhagen, quiet but significant progress has been made on issues such as reducing emissions... Read More

Tags: Kyoto Protocol , carbon dioxide , wetlands , UNFCCC , Climate Change , deforestation , peat , Sustainability , paludiculture , greenhouse gases