by Karl Coplan | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is a post for Ad-law geeks. The Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic just won its case challenging the EPA Water Transfer Rule on behalf of Trout Unlimited, Waterkeeper Alliance and Hudson Riverkeeper. The Clinic has been representing Trout Unlimited on this...
by Karl Coplan | Mar 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Under the Public Trust doctrine, navigable waters are held in an inalienable trust by State government. Members of the public have a right to transit by boat on waters susceptible to navigation. This is true even where both shorelines are under private ownership,...
by Karl Coplan | Mar 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Newly released e-mails show that when Duke Energy received notice that several citizens groups (including Waterkeeper Alliance and several North Carolina Waterkeeper organizations) were planning to sue it for Clean Water Act violations at its coal ash...
by John Nolon | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Real estate prices in many parts of the country are beginning to fall due to the real and perceived effects of climate change on land use. What is happening on the land is an indicator that a climate bubble is forming. The probability of it bursting is increasing...
by Karl Coplan | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
OK, so the title is a bit of hyperbole. But every social movement has its inspirational leaders, and Pete played a huge role in galvanizing the environmental movement. His great gift was the power of song — not [just] as performance but as political...
by Karl Coplan | Nov 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
So the Supreme Court has granted cert in the Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius cases. In both of these cases, for-profit corporations are challenging the application of the birth control coverage employer mandates of the...
