Relying on graphics, flow charts, cases, and administrative materials, it provides a step-by-step introduction to six of the most important federal environmental statutes. The Second Edition will use new cases to allow professors to discuss how global climate change is affecting environmental and natural resource regulation in a variety of contexts. Specifically, climate change will be the centerpiece of new cases involving NEPA, the ESA, the Clean Air Act (Massachusetts v. EPA), and citizen suit standing.

Focusing on major federal statutes involving environmental law, this introductory text covers topics such as the relationship between environmental regulation and trade, civil enforcement of environmental laws, criminal and civil environmental liability, environmental racism, the NEPA, federal pollution statutes, control of toxic substances and hazardous wastes, and preservation of natural areas and coastal waters.

The Fourth Edition is updated to take account of new developments in the law, new regulations, and new cases. The most comprehensive updates are found in Chapter Four on the Clean Air Act and Chapter Five on the Clean Water Act. Chapter Four has been reorganized to provide professors and students with a new comprehensive section on climate change, including the EPA's many regulatory efforts to address greenhouse gas emissions from both mobile and stationary sources, critical U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and an overview of the Clean Power Plan, which is in litigation as the Fourth Edition goes to press. Chapter 5 includes a new approach to the "waters of the United States" element of Clean Water Act jurisdiction. This section now summarizes key U.S. Supreme Court interpretations from Riverside Bayview Homes, SWANCC, and Rapanos, then provides an overview of both the June 2015 "waters of the United States" rule and the litigation challenging that rule, emphasizing the key issues. Chapter Five now also includes an expanded discussion of stormwater and the two new U.S. Supreme Court cases on Clean Water Act jurisdiction over stormwater. As was true in the Third Edition, the Fourth Edition continues to increase the number of "The Rest of the Story" notes after cases. These notes trace the context and the aftermath of cases and their continuing implications.

The Tenth Edition provides up-to-date treatment of climate change issues across different statutes. This classic casebook provides students with a thorough understanding of all major environmental regulatory schemes as well as insight into current policy controversies. The book pays particular attention to the dynamics involved in the creation and implementation of environmental law, focusing on interest group challenges, the proper role of agencies in implementing complex statutes and the involvement of courts in determining how deferential to be to agency implementation. The book covers the latest appellate and Supreme Court cases involving interstate air pollution, climate change, wetlands and takings, as well as major recent regulatory changes. This edition provides revised treatment of the toxics materials to reflect recent legislative changes, and other chapters reflect important decisions such as UARG. Full attention is given to Obama Administrative initiatives and current efforts by the Trump Administration to roll them back.

This new title offers a compact and complete resource for students, featuring extracts from leading cases and articles alongside clear explanations and insightful analysis from an experienced author team. This unique approach places environmental law in context, enabling you to develop a clear and sophisticated understanding of this dynamic area.

Environmental Law: Text, Cases, and Materials offers a comprehensive, critical, and case-focused approach to the subject, combining insightful author commentary with carefully selected extracts to fully support students.

This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.