Searching For Science In Marcellus Shale Decisions (Law360)

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Law360, New York (October 20, 2010) -- Along with lower energy costs and new jobs, investment in the development of natural gas resources in the Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania has brought claims of groundwater contamination and litigation to the commonwealth. Marcellus Shale development has also precipitated increased scrutiny by federal and state lawmakers and regulators.

Critical and scientific evaluation of reports and other information concerning the potential link between Marcellus Shale production activities and environmental problems is essential to reasoned decisions in the courtroom and in setting public policy for this industry.





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EPA Proposes to Add Nine New Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund's National Priorities List

The Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) keeps getting bigger and bigger. On October 19, the EPA declared it was proposing to add another 9 contaminated sites to the list.


"To date, 1,627 sites have been listed on the NPL. There have been 346 sites deleted from the NPL with 1,281 sites remaining.   With the proposal of nine new sites and one site being withdrawn from proposal, there are 62 proposed sites awaiting final agency action:  57 in the general Superfund section and five in the federal facilities section.  There are a total of 1,343 final and proposed sites."


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Summer 2011 Legal Internship Opportunity with EPA Region 1 (Boston). DEADLINE for 2Ls: OCT 31st

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's office in Boston (Region 1) is accepting applications for their Summer 2011 legal internship program.

1Ls and 2Ls are encouraged to apply, but hurry! Deadlines are quickly approaching.

In 2010, 10 interns were hired for the Summer, out of over 1,000 applicants; 6 were paid and 4 were unpaid. Interns work on a range of issues involving federal environmental law and public policy.


The Summer program includes information sessions with EPA experts on homeland security, criminal enforcement, emergency response, and environmental justice; field trips to sites of environmental concern in the Region; office-wide legal retreat; and brown bag lunches with senior regional managers.





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National Energy Moot Court Competition!

West Virginia University School of Law will be hosting its Innagural National Energy Moot Court Competition in the Spring 2011 semester. The NYLS Environmental Law Society is looking to send a team (of 2 students) to this competition.

For more information, please check out their website (http://energycomp.wvu.edu/). Registration deadline is November 15, 2010.

If you're interested in competing and are a 2L or 3L at NYLS, please contact Jose Almanzar (jose.almanzar@law.nyls.edu).