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nternational environmental agreements are generally multilateral (or sometimes bilateral) treaties (a.k.a. convention, agreement, protocol, etc.). The majority of such conventions deal directly with specific environmental issues. There are also some general treaties with one or two clauses referring to environmental issues but these are rarer.[citation needed] There are about 1000 environmental law treaties in existence today; no other area of law has generated such a large body of conventions on a specific topic.[citation needed]
Protocols are subsidiary agreements built from a primary treaty. They exist in many areas of international law but are especially useful in the environmental field, where they may be used to regularly incorporate recent scientific knowledge. They also permit countries to reach agreement on a framework that would be contentious if every detail were to be agreed upon in advance. The most widely known protocol in international environmental law is the Kyoto Protocol, which followed from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Organizations, institutions, bodies, etc.[edit]
Multilateral environmental agreements are sometimes creating an International Organization, Institution or Body that implements the agreement. Major examples are the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Customary international law[edit]
Customary international law is an important source of international environmental law. These are the norms and rules that countries follow as a matter of custom and they are so prevalent that they bind all states in the world. When a principle becomes customary law is not clear cut and many arguments are put forward by states not wishing to be bound. Examples of customary international law relevant to the environment include the duty to warn other states promptly about icons of an environmental nature and environmental damages to which another state or states may be exposed, and Principle 21 of the Stockholm Declaration ('good neighbourliness' or sic utere).
International judicial decisions[edit]
International environmental law also includes the opinions of international courts and tribunals. While there are few and they have limited authority, the decisions carry much weight with legal commentators and are quite influential on the development of international environmental law. One of the biggest challenges in international decisions is to determine an adequate compensation for environmental damages.[39]
The courts include: the International Court of Justice (ICJ); the international Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS); the European Court of Justice; European Court of Human Rights[40] and other regional treaty tribunals. Arguably the World Trade Organisation's Dispute Settlement Board (DSB) is getting a say on environmental law also.
Important cases have included:
Clients from around the world come to us for our extensive knowledge of environmental law and its far-reaching implications. It is the service area that helped launch our firm, and the one that continues to play a key role in driving our business.
Babst Calland boasts the largest dedicated group of environmental lawyers in the region. With a history of hands-on experience working with government regulatory agencies, strong technical backgrounds and a reputation for serving a broad array of clients, our team is unsurpassed when it comes to tackling new problems that may arise for clients, or warding off impending complications that may be on the horizon.
Many clients have been with the firm for more than 20 years, proving that they value what Babst Calland has to offer. Our fully integrated approach allows us to collaborate with attorneys from other practice groups, such as our Energy and Litigation groups, reducing the learning curve and increasing cost-effectiveness for clients.
Our Environmental group has strong technical experience. Many of our attorneys have undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering and the sciences, and routinely spend time in the field. They understand how the law impacts business, and they work closely with our attorneys in related practice areas, such as land use, toxic tort and litigation to provide seamless, cost-effective solutions for all your environmental concerns, including
Fennemore Craig has a long history in natural resources and environmental law. Eighteen of the firm's attorneys work primarily in the natural resources and environmental area and many of them actively serve on boards, committees and organizations dedicated to environmental, natural resources, and water rule-making, policy development, and legislation. Related environmental and natural resources experience in other practice areas includes tax, corporate law, commercial and white collar criminal litigation, real estate, government relations, workman's compensation, and personal injury and business torts litigation. [MORE]
Environmental issues are increasingly important to companies conducting business in the Pacific Region. Carlsmith Ball has a team of lawyers who concentrate in environmental law, helping clients including major land owners and developers, and agribusiness, energy, and banking clients. Our work on their behalf includes counsel and representation in matters regarding:
Allocation of environmental risk in business transactions
Environmental permitting and compliance
Clean-up of contaminated property (CERCLA, RCRA)
Oil spills (Oil Pollution Act)
Endangered Species Act
Defense of government enforcement actions
National Environmental Policy Act
Allocation Of Environmental Risk In Business Transactions
Nearly all business transactions involve the allocation of environmental risk. We frequently assist clients with environmental due diligence and in negotiating a fair allocation of potential environmental liability in connection with sales and leases of commercial real property. We represent a number of clients in disputes involving responsibility for clean-up of contaminated property covered by older leases that failed to address environmental issues.
Environmental Permitting And Compliance
Many of our clients develop real property for commercial or industrial use and require assistance with environmental permitting and compliance under various federal and state laws. In permitting matters, we work with clients to identify a master strategy to obtain the permits, coordinate the engagement of appropriate experts, represent clients at public hearings, and negotiate permit conditions with government regulators. Our permitting work has included helping an international energy development company obtain a covered source permit from the Clean Air Branch of the Hawaii State Department of Health for construction of a steam power plant. We also have extensive experience in solid waste permitting and compliance.
Clean-Up Of Contaminated Property (CERCLA, RCRA)
We represent a number of clients that have undertaken the clean-up of contaminated property. We help develop cost-effective approaches to comply with environmental laws and regulations, and have negotiated on our clients' behalf with the Hawaii State Department of Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to obtain approval of clean-up plans. We help select, engage, and manage environmental consultants, and advise the client on the level of clean-up appropriate for each site. Our prior work includes:
Representing a client in connection with planning and implementing the clean-up of a potential Superfund site, which prevented the site from being listed as a Superfund site and led to a "no further action" letter from the Hawaii State Department of Health.
Successfully representing a landlord in litigation against a former tenant for damages resulting from contamination of the property by a leaking underground storage tank. The case was the first in Hawaii in which a landlord recovered damages from a former tenant in connection with environmental contamination.
Oil Spills (Oil Pollution Act)
The firm's environmental group and maritime practice group have together defended economic and natural resource damage claims arising from oil spills and collisions at sea in U.S. and foreign countries.
Endangered Species Act
The environmental group's experience includes representing the government of the Territory of Guam in disputes with the federal government over endangered species.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Many of our clients' projects and proposed permits involve NEPA issues, and the environmental group has frequently addressed the need for and sufficiency of an Environmental Impact Statement. Our NEPA litigation experience includes successful representation of the City and County of Honolulu in defending a citizens' suit challenging one of the City and County's federally funded transportation projects.
Defense Of Government Enforcement Actions
The environmental group has successfully represented clients in a variety of federal and state government enforcement actions which have been resolved through negotiation or contested case hearings, or both.
The Carlsmith Difference
Our deep experience and broad geographic coverage allows us to provide environmental clients with strategic counsel and representation designed to protect their interests and assets while complying with all appropriate regulations. We work closely with our other practice groups-especially tax, labor, real property, and administrative law sections to provide creative, innovative and highly effective solutions and approaches to complex environmental challenges.
Sands Anderson PC's Environmental and Regulatory Law Team has a long history of helping clients navigate the complex statutory and regulatory framework within which environmental laws are enacted, administered, and enforced. We assist clients with needs in regulated areas including electricity, water, wastewater and solid waste. Our experience working with a clients - from national corporations and local governments to smaller business and individual property owners - provides our environmental attorneys with an appreciation of each client's unique concerns and interests and of the need to resolve all issues in a way that makes business sense. Our North Carolina and Virginia environmental lawyers works in tandem with all of the firm's practice groups to provide support wherever environmental or regulatory law issues arise. This includes permitting, investigation and remediation, business transactions, compliance and litigation needs.
The Environmental and Regulatory Law Team has experience in areas including the following:
Water control laws, including water and waste regulation, wastewater, stormwater management, and biosolids.
Environmental Permitting
Defense of RCRA actions, CERCLA claims and citizen suits
Erosion and Sediment Control Regulations
Landfill siting/host agreements, financial assurance and closure/post closure issues
Chesapeake Bay Act
Land development and zoning, including low impact development (LID), cultural and historic resources,
Underground storage tanks
Site assessment and remediation, including brownfields liability protection
Carbon credit and greenhouse gas reduction credit trading
Asbestos
Sale of landfill methane gas for beneficial use, including electricity generation
Power line siting and generation
Utility regulation and permitting
Formation of regional solid waste authorities and regional wastewater treatment authorities
Administrative and regulatory proceedings and enforcement actions
Litigation, mediation, arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution methods

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