WELCOME!
It is my honor as chair of the Environmental Law Section of the New
York State Bar Association to welcome you to the Section’s
website. As our Section is dedicated to Environmental Law and
environmentalism, we will do our best to reduce the use of paper,
energy, and other resources by making full use of this website to
communicate with you. I hope you will check this site regularly and
interact with us using this site.
The Section’s Annual Meeting was held on January 25, at
the Hilton New York in Manhattan. In addition, on Thursday, January 24,
we again offered an EPA Update concerning recent major undertakings,
rules and developments in Region 2, and at Headquarters. Following the
Update we hosted our annual cocktail reception and the annual business
meeting.
I also want to call your attention to a Questionnaire the
Section’s Pollution Prevention Committee and I developed. In an
effort to focus our attention on the carbon footprint each of us has, I
ask that you complete the Questionnaire: www.nysba.org/ELSQuestionnaire
Our Section is an active one on many fronts. Each year we host Fall
and Winter meetings as well as a Legislative Forum in Albany in the
Spring (environmental enforcement was the topic of the most recent
gathering). Our many active committees host numerous CLE seminars
(including webinars, another way to reduce our collective carbon
footprint and save time, energy and other resources) throughout the
State. Members in our Section receive the New York Environmental Lawyer
journal and have the option of receiving it electronically, again to
save paper and other resources.
The Environmental Law Section is proud of its long-standing policy on
diversity and its on-going attempts to welcome any and all into the
Section. Environmental issues affect us all individually and relate to a
great many of the issues that we all deal with professionally. We are
entering our thirty-fourth year as a Section with a membership of
approximately 1,000 lawyers representing a myriad of clients and
covering the entire State. If you have an interest or issue you would
like to raise with us, please feel free to do so, and we would welcome
you as a new member of the Section should you wish to join. As noted, we
have numerous active committees and you are welcome to join any of
them.
Carl R. Howard
(Carl is an Assistant Regional
Counsel with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region
2, in New York City.)
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2013 Minority Fellowship in Environmental Law
The Fellow for 2013 has been chosen. For more information visit:
www.nysba.org/enviminorityfellowship
Greening the NY Legal Profession
The Environmental Law Section has launched an initiative to green the
legal profession in New York State. Since lawyers have made such a
big contribution to paperwork, hopefully we can lead the way to reducing
it, and making the legal industry more environmentally friendly.
As a Section, we have continued to use conference calls and web-based
tools to put on programs, and to reduce paper materials for meetings and
CLEs by using CDs. Not only does this save on our carbon
footprint, but it enables members of our Section to attend programs for
a smaller investment of time and money. Led by our Pollution
Prevention Committee Co-Chairs Megan Brillault and Kristen Wilson, our plans
include encouraging New York law offices to enroll in the ABA-EPL Law Office Climate Challenge, and
greening the State Bar Association through the strategies our Section
has already launched. We also want to encourage changes to
the state court system, including electronic filing, as proposed
in Green Justice: An Environmental Action Plan for the New
York State Court System, a 2008 report issued by Judge
Kaye. Please let us know if you have ideas or would like to
help.
Invitation to Join a Section Committee
Are you interested in getting more involved in the
Environmental Law Section? If so,
joining one of our committees is a great
opportunity. For more information, if
you are logged in as an NYSBA member, then you can find the names and
contact information for the Committee chairs in the Committee Rosters
link in the left column of this page. If you are not logged in, you can contact the member of the
Section Cabinet designated as liaison for the committee in the chart
below. We look forward to hearing from
you.
| Carl Howard |
Kevin Reilly |
Terresa
Bakner |
Michael
Lesser |
212-637-3216
howard.carl@epa.gov
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212-340-0404
knreilly@courts.state.ny.us
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518-487-7615
tbakner@woh.com
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212-452-5598
mlesser@nycap.rr.com |
| Adirondacks, Catskills, Forest Preserve and Natural Resource
Management |
Air Quality |
Biotechnology and the Environment |
Agriculture |
| CLE |
Enforcement and Compliance |
Coastal and Wetland Resources |
Corporate Counsel |
| Environmental Impact Assessment |
Environmental Justice/Minority Fellowship |
Energy |
Environmental Business Transactions |
| Essay Contest |
Global Climate Change |
Environmental Insurance |
Hazardous Waste/Site Remediation |
| Historic Preservation, Parks & Recreation |
Internet Coordinating |
International Environmental Law |
Legislation |
| Land Use |
Mining |
Membership |
Pesticides |
| Water Quality |
Pollution Prevention |
Public Participation, Intervention & ADR |
Petroleum Spills |
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Solid Waste |
Task Force on Legal Ethics |
Toxic Torts |
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Transportation and Infrastructure |
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Loislaw LawWatch
Loislaw LawWatch is provided as a service of Loislaw.com, a division of Aspen Publishing. Loislaw LawWatch provides access to recent cases based on the search criteria provided by your section. The search criteria may be by area of practice, by court, and /or by date. The NYSBA also provides a basic level of free legal research to all members. You may access free legal research from Loislaw through your MyNYSBA page or through For Attorneys.
"environmental conservation law" or "ecl" - "environmental conservation law" or "ecl"
STATE v. SHINNECOCK INDIAN NATION, 08-1194-cv (2nd Cir. 6-25-2012)
Nos. 08-1194-cv(L), 08-1195-cv(CON)
Decided: June 25, 2012
The Shinnecock Indian Nation and its tribal officials (collectively, the "Shinnecock" or the "Tribe") appeal from a Page 3 jud ...
wetland - wetland
STATE v. SHINNECOCK INDIAN NATION, 08-1194-cv (2nd Cir. 6-25-2012)
Nos. 08-1194-cv(L), 08-1195-cv(CON)
Decided: June 25, 2012
The Shinnecock Indian Nation and its tribal officials (collectively, the "Shinnecock" or the "Tribe") appeal from a Page 3 jud ...
land use - land use
STATE v. SHINNECOCK INDIAN NATION, 08-1194-cv (2nd Cir. 6-25-2012)
Nos. 08-1194-cv(L), 08-1195-cv(CON)
Decided: June 25, 2012
The Shinnecock Indian Nation and its tribal officials (collectively, the "Shinnecock" or the "Tribe") appeal from a Page 3 jud ...
land use - land use
NEW YORK CITY EDUCATIONAL CONSTRUCTION FUND v. VERIZON NY INC., 650193/09 (6-11-2012)
650193/09
Decided on June 11, 2012
This action arises out of plaintiff's sale, almost 40 years ago, to New York Telephone Company ("Telco"), the predecessor of defend ...
"environmental conservation law" or "ecl" - "environmental conservation law" or "ecl"
STATE v. SHINNECOCK INDIAN NATION, 08-1194-cv (2nd Cir. 6-25-2012)
Nos. 08-1194-cv(L), 08-1195-cv(CON)
Decided: June 25, 2012
The Shinnecock Indian Nation and its tribal officials (collectively, the "Shinnecock" or the "Tribe") appeal from a Page 3 jud ...
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