Book Description

Environmental Law: Statutory and Case Supplement 2022-2023 is an essential tool for students of environmental law by providing the updated text of the federal statutes and the latest significant court decisions. Environmental Regulation: Law, Science, and Policy, Ninth Edition, can easily be used with any environmental law casebook on the market. Organizing the statutes by subject matter, rather than their location in the U.S. Code, this supplement introduces the statutes with detailed outlines that highlight their most important provisions. The supplement also includes legislative history timelines that trace the evolution of the statutes by explaining when they were enacted and when their most significant amendments were added. This new edition provides an essential resource for students, teachers and practitioners of environmental law by including the complete, updated text of the major federal environmental laws and executive orders governing how agencies implement environmental policy. The supplement also includes significant Supreme Court decisions in environmental cases decided during the last three years. New to the 2022-23 Edition: Edited copies of important new Supreme Court decisions addressing EPA’s authority to use the Clean Air Act to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (West Virginia v. EPA) and how interstate disputes over the use of groundwater resources will be decided (Mississippi v. Tennessee). A complete updating of the major federal environmental statutes, including amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Clean Water Act, including changes made by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. New regulations governing implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Professors and students will benefit from: The ability to examine the precise, updated text of the major federal environmental statutes Research tips for locating useful sources of additional information on environmental policy New court decisions released after the publication of the latest casebook edition