Environmental

Recent Posts

Under California's Polanco Act, owners of a right-of-way to property are not owners or operators for subsurface contamination they did not cause and had no duty to investigate
Posted on 17 Jul 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

California's Polanco Act provides a powerful (some would say one sided) tool for Redevelopment Agencies to force the remediation of a site subject to redevelopment, or to cause PRP's to reimburse such agencies for the remedial cost outlays. [As... Read More

Tags: contaminants , Polanco Act , oil pollution , BNSF , railroads , Redevelopment , CERCLA/Superfund , Oil spills , City of Stockton , Water Code , oil spill , 9th Circuit , contaminant , contamination , CERCLA , french drain

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: New Report Published on Carbon Offshoring: The Legal and Regulatory Framework for U.S. Coal Exports
Posted on 10 Aug 2011 by Daniel Firger

By Daniel Firger, Associate Director, Center for Climate Change, Columbia Law School Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, releasing far higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and conventional air pollutants-including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide... Read More

Tags: coal fired power plants , railroads , NEPA , carbon emissions , Powder River Basin , Daniel Firger , NAFTA , Coal mining

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: New Report Published on Carbon Offshoring: The Legal and Regulatory Framework for U.S. Coal Exports
Posted on 10 Aug 2011 by Daniel Firger

By Daniel Firger, Associate Director, Center for Climate Change, Columbia Law School Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, releasing far higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and conventional air pollutants-including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide... Read More

Tags: coal fired power plants , railroads , NEPA , carbon emissions , Powder River Basin , Daniel Firger , NAFTA , Coal mining

Under California's Polanco Act, owners of a right-of-way to property are not owners or operators for subsurface contamination they did not cause and had no duty to investigate
Posted on 17 Jul 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

California's Polanco Act provides a powerful (some would say one sided) tool for Redevelopment Agencies to force the remediation of a site subject to redevelopment, or to cause PRP's to reimburse such agencies for the remedial cost outlays. [As... Read More

Tags: contaminants , Polanco Act , oil pollution , BNSF , railroads , Redevelopment , CERCLA/Superfund , Oil spills , City of Stockton , Water Code , oil spill , 9th Circuit , contaminant , contamination , CERCLA , french drain