Environmental Law
• Outline and explain the common law actions for environmental damage and the difficulties in prevailing in such actions.
• Explain the major substantive provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act.
• Explain the regulatory scheme of the Clean Air Act.
• Explain the regulation of both point and non-point sources of pollution by the Clean Water Act.
• Explain (1) the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; (2) the Toxic Substances Control Act; (3) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; (4) the Superfund; and (5) the various United Nations Conventions on Climate Change.
