Environmental Law
The New York Environmental Lawyer
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The New York Environmental Lawyer cover 
imageThe New York Environmental Lawyer features peer-written substantive articles relating to the practice of environmental law on various topics including climate change, brownsfields, pollution, air quality, wetlands and superfunds. Regular columns include  recent administrative and judicial cases, ethics issues, EPA and DEC updates and Section news. Edited by Miriam E. Villani, Esq., (Editor-in-Chief), Justin M. Birzon, Esq. (Issue Editor), Prof. Keith Hirokawa (Issue Editor), and Aaron Gershonowitz, Esq. (Issue Editor), The New York Environmental Lawyer is published by the Environmental Law Section and distributed to Section Members free of charge.

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Inside the Current Issue

(Summer/Fall 2012)

Message from the Outgoing Chair
(Philip H. Dixon)

Message from the Incoming Chair
(Carl Howard)

From the Editor-in-Chief
(Miriam E. Villani)

From the Issue Editor
(Justin Birzon)

From the 2012-2013 Student Editorial Board
(Andrew Bridgman)

From the 2011-2012 Student Editorial Board
(Krysten Kenny)

EPA Update
(Marla E. Wieder, Chris Saporita and Joseph A. Siegel)

The 2012 Environmental Law Section Fall Meeting
(Michael J. Lesser)

Committee Report: Agriculture and Rural Issues Committee
(Peter G. Ruppar)

Member Profiles
Long-Time Member: Daniel Riesel
New Members: Megan Brillault and Kristen Wilson

Member News

In Memoriam: Alice J. Kryzan
(Gail Port)

Book Review: Greening Local Government, Eds., Keith H. Hirokawa & Patricia E. Salkin
(Reviewed by Andrew B. Wilson)

The Illusion of the Blue Flame: Water Law and Unconventional Gas Drilling in New York State
(Anne Marie Garti)

Evolving Environmental Law and Advice to “Green” Lawyers
(Alexis Saba and John Wood)

Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale: The Need for Legislative Amendments to New York’s Mineral Resources Law
(Patrick Siler)

The Argument for a National Carbon Bounty: Solving the Energy-Environment Disconnect
(Caryn Davies)

Echoes of Westway—Agency NEPA Decision Annulled for Errors in Baseline Assumptions
North Carolina Wildlife Federation v. North Carolina Department of Transportation, 677 F.3d 596 (4th Cir. 2012)
(John D. Hoggan, Jr. and David G. Carpenter)

Recent Decisions and Legislation in Environmental Law


Past Issues

(Section Members Only)

Please click the issue date for each publication below to open the PDF file.


Searchable Index (2000-present)

Summer/Fall 2012 (Vol. 32, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter/Spring 2012 (Vol. 32, No. 1) (PDF)
Summer 2011 (Vol. 31, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2011 (Vol. 31, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2011 (Vol. 31, No. 1) (PDF)
Spring 2010 (Vol. 30, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2009 (Vol. 29, No. 4) (pdf)
Summer 2009 (Vol. 29, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2009 (Vol. 29, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2009 (Vol. 29, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2008 (Vol. 28, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2008 (Vol. 28, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2008 (Vol. 28, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2008 (Vol. 28, No. 1) (PDF)
Summer 2007 (Vol. 27, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter/Spring 2007 (Vol. 27, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2006 (Vol. 26, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2006 (Vol. 26, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2006 (Vol. 26, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2006 (Vol. 26, No. 1) (PDF)
Spring/Summer 2005 (Vol. 25, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2005 (Vol. 25, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2004 (Vol. 24, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring/Summer 2004 (Vol. 24, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2004 (Vol. 24, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2003 (Vol. 23, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2003 (Vol. 23, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2003 (Vol. 23, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2003 (Vol. 23, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2002 (Vol. 22, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2002 (Vol. 22, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2002 (Vol. 22, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2002 (Vol. 22, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2001 (Vol. 21, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2001 (Vol. 21, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2001 (Vol. 21, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2001 (Vol. 21, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2000 (Vol. 20, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring/Summer 2000 (Vol. 20, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2000 (Vol. 20, No. 1) (PDF)

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