Final webinar on the Mid-Barataria project May 25, 2021, by Zlatan Hrvacevic
The final community conversation webinar on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project will take place on Tuesday, May 25 at 6:00 p.m.
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers recently released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and the LA TIG released its Draft Restoration Plan on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The release of these two documents represents a critical milestone in the permitting process for the project.
CPRA, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG), and Restore the Mississippi River Delta have partnered to host a virtual webinars on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion as an informal opportunity to learn more about the project and how to provide formal public comments to USACE.
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Holland & Knight LLP issued the following announcement on May 3.
ASTM International s environmental assessment, risk management and corrective action committee has presented its Gwen Eklund Award of Excellence to Holland & Knight Partner Amy L. Edwards, the co-chair of the firm s National Environmental Team.
The award recognizes Ms. Edwards continuing leadership and support of standards related to environmental site assessments, risk-based corrective action and environmental risk management. She previously has been recognized by the organization with its Industry Leadership Distinguished Service Award (2018) and Founding Committee Award (2020).
Ms. Edwards has been recognized as a leading environmental lawyer for many years by Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers and comparable publications. She is a past chair of the American Bar Association s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER), the pre-eminent national organization representing lawyers in these
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Franklin Kury, author of Pennsylvania s Environmental Rights Amendments, points to need for national amendment in new book. (File photo)
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An amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing a right to a healthy environment is the call issued in a new book by Franklin Kury, who more than 50 years ago, as a newly elected Pennsylvania state senator, drafted and championed an Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution.
That amendment was enacted on Earth Day 1970 and ratified by Pennsylvania’s voters one year later. Forward-looking states like Hawaii and Montana followed suit, enacting strong environmental protections in their own state constitutions.