04028cam a2200481 i 4500 on1338165183 OCoLC 20260730114923.0 260313s2022 ncu b 001 0 eng 2022018406 9781531019006 (paperback) (OCoLC)1338165183 PUCPR eng PSA pcc n-us--- cicg KF 3817 .W45 2023 Weinberg, Philip, author. Understanding Environmental Law / by Kevin Anthony Reilly, Philip Weinberg. Fourth edition. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC, ©2023 xxxv, 555 pages ; 26 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Carolina Academic Press Understanding Series Includes table of cases, table of statutes. Includes bibliographical references and index. Administrative, judicial, and constitutional aspects of environmental law -- Policy issues -- Common law remedies -- Environmental quality review -- Air quality -- Water pollution -- Solid and hazardous wastes -- Toxic substances -- Noise -- Fish and wildlife -- Land use -- Energy production and mineral extraction -- International aspects of environmental protection -- Innovations and trends -- Excerpts from EPA Terms of Environment Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms. "'Understanding Environmental Law' is designed to provide a basic understanding to law students as well as lawyers unfamiliar with environmental law. However, it is also intended to provide a fast and accessible resource for lawyers who need a ready review for incoming cases. It is both an overview as well as a desk reference, comprehensive where necessary but without distracting the reader with excessive details. Most of the content addresses the most seminal and widely litigated federal environmental statutes, which have served as the template for the majority of state environmental laws. However, the discussion includes salient state laws when they help to inform particular topics. Early chapters provide a basic summary of the building blocks of environmental law: its constitutional underpinning; federal versus state regulatory authority; common law antecedents; and how the process for the environmental review of government (typically agency) actions operates. Later chapters have been revised to address updated developments involving air pollution and controls, the Clean Water Act, Hazardous Waste regulations and cleanups, and various statutes governing classes of chemicals that collectively can be termed toxic substances. The discussion of noise regulation has been revised to address an increasingly pernicious but often underappreciated kind of emissions that historically had been relegated to state and local land use controls. Climate change is increasingly at the forefront of policy discussions, as are evolving ideas about the responsibility of corporations for including environmental goals in their business models and performance. Hence, these topics, domestically as well as internationally, have been expanded where relevant in this fourth edition. Finally, the new Chapter 14, largely replacing that of earlier editions, directs the readers' attention to emerging areas of environmental concern that increasingly demand regulatory attention."-- Environmental law United States. Environmental law fast United States fast Legal study aids. examination study guides. aat Study guides fast Study aids. gtlm Study guides. lcgft Reilly, Kevin, 1955- author. Kevin Anthony Reilly Understanding series (New York, N.Y.) lcc 6 305930 305930 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 4 2026-04-24 Caribbean Library Consulting Corp. 72.99 0 KF 3817 .W45 2023 70000000906544 2026-07-30 11:52:45 c. 1 72.99 2026-07-30 6