Environmental Law Books

This complete guide to water rights and related subjects answers your most frequently asked questions about the law in simple, easy-to-understand language. For the first time, attorneys can use a single source to trace modern cases and statutory law to their historical origins.

This publication is a hands-on guide for energy project/facility developers and their professional and financial advisors. It covers the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and its key objectives and impact on project finance, prohibited foreign entity rules, material assistance rules, and investment tax credits.  In addition, it covers clean energy project development and various tax credit incentives, providing detailed practical overviews of the relevant: (1) contract structures and negotiations relating to wholesale and interconnection agreements, power purchase agreements, and offtake structures; (2) regulatory issues (SEC, CFTC, DOE and FERC) of project finance transactions such as trading electricity, renewable energy certificates, offset and allowance futures and options, and debt financing; (3) risk management and mitigation relating to insuring projects, and protections against bankruptcy and insolvency; and (4) clean energy tax credits and monetization in the United States. 

Enforcing Environmental Penalties is a national guide to the legal mechanisms used to enforce environmental laws in the United States. Written for legal practitioners, regulators, corporate counsel and environmental professionals, this treatise delivers detailed analysis of civil, administrative and criminal enforcement under key federal statutes.

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is the primary federal law authorizing the government to review most chemicals, other than those intended for foods, drugs, cosmetics, and pesticide applications, before they are introduced for commercial purposes. TSCA was significantly amended in 2016 when the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg) was signed into law, modernizing the basic approach to chemical regulation (the first substantive change to TSCA in 40 years). This treatise addresses the modifications made by Lautenberg and corresponding EPA regulations implementing the Act’s reforms, and provides substantive guidance on how to adapt compliance programs to meet those requirements.

This new Practice Guide covers everything the practitioner needs to practice environmental law in North Carolina.

The Proceedings of the Institute on Energy Law, part of The Institute for Energy Law of The Center for American and International Law's continuing education program, provide expert guidance on current legal issues involving the oil, gas, and energy industries. Published annually in condensed and edited form, the proceedings offer oil, gas, and energy practitioners practical ideas and solutions for dealing with the impact of new laws and regulations.

A convenient pamphlet containing Virginia mineral mine reclamation laws issued by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.

Authoritative reference on water rights with national, interstate, state-specific and international coverage.