As the Obama administration seeks to change the course of federal environmental law and policy, this best-selling casebook has been updated comprehensively to include the latest legal and policy developments through June 2009. Each chapter includes new material exploring contemporary developments including the challenges climate change is posing to nearly every aspect of environmental law. Now available, the revised Sixth Edition includes:
Ten New Case Excerpts, including new decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court on CERCLA, the Clean Air Act, NEPA, environmental standing and the Clean Water Act
Four New Problem Exercises, including exercises on cap-and-trade versus a carbon tax, the application of NEPA to climate change, who should be prosecuted for criminal violations, and negotiation of a post-Kyoto regime to control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
"Midnight Regulations" by the Bush administration and the Obama administration's response
New emphasis on Environmental Standing, including the Supreme Court's Massachusetts v. EPA and Summers v. Earth Island Institute decisions
The new approach to CERCLA "arranger" liability and apportionment embodied in the Supreme Court's Burlington Northern decision
EPA’s new definition of “solid waste” and judicial decisions altering the agency’s new source review program and programs for controlling interstate air pollution and hazardous air pollutants.
EPA's Clean Air Act "Endangerment" Finding for Emissions of GHGs, reversal of the California waiver denial, and California’s controls on GHG emissions from mobile sources
The relationship between the Clean Water Act’s §404 and §402 permit programs, including the Supreme Court’s June 22, 2009 Coeur Alaska decision
Climate Change and NEPA, including the 9th Circuit's Center for Biological Diversity v. NHTSA decision on the environmental impact of national fuel economy standards.
Remedies for Claims of NEPA Violations, including the Supreme Court's Winter v. NRDC decision
Climate change and the Endangered Species Act, including the impact of the polar bear listing on agency consultation under §7 and §9's prohibition of "takes"
The latest scientific evidence concerning global warming and climate change, as well as material on the development of carbon trading markets, adaptation strategies, and carbon disclosure.
2009. 1,278 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8462-4. With Updated Teacher's Manual.
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Posted below are the chapter-by-chapter updates for those still using the 5th Edition.
For those planning to use the new 6th edition, here is a detailed TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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