This outstanding study guide is unique in its coverage. Its highly regarded attributes include

• comprehensive coverage of 20 areas of environmental, energy and land use law in 15 separate chapters that are integrated through extensive cross referencing, along with a glossary of scientific and environmental terms, a translated list of all acronyms, and a cross reference to coverage in other environmental case books
• accessible and user-friendly structure with the text following the order of topics as they appear in most environmental law casebooks
• detailed exploration of basic concepts, rules, acts, and agencies using the student-tested Examples & Explanations format
• an approach that is especially useful for courses employing a problems and simulations model; lucid explanations draw the pieces together to give students a more complete understanding of the subject
• in the Fourth Edition, there is more explanation of the environmental science, and an integration of scientific topics into the text at a level appropriate to law students
• format allows the professor to bring students quickly up the learning curve and teach environmental material at a more advanced level, even in an introductory format. By providing a foundation in complex areas, professors can move on quickly to have students work on or solve the types of real-world legal issues that confront the profession today.
• text can be used to help students find a paper topic: the student can choose a topic, then pick one of the identified legal controversies or splits in the circuits identified in the text and pursue that as an in-depth paper topic. This allows students to be more self-directing in pursuing their interests and facilitates more productive use of scarce class time.

Highlights of the Fourth Edition:

• more scientific explanation of the various environmental and ecological cycles and the impact of human activities on them
• new material on global warming issues and carbon trading
• material in the text is cross referenced with material in the leading environmental law casebooks in an easy-to-use table at the front of the book
• greater depth of coverage on key cases
• new coverage of recent Supreme Court, federal appellate, and leading state law cases.