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Although the upsurge of prosecutions has naturally created a demand for top environmental defense attorneys, the biggest draw of all is corporate work. Gone are the days when environmental law was the lone province of conservationist lobby groups and government agencies. Today's environmental lawyer is more likely to wear a pinstripe suit and dispense advice across the company conference table. "The reason is simple," says Howard Learner of Business and Professional People for the Public Interest. "If you're in a real estate transaction, you want to know what's buried beneath the land and what...
...issues such as crime, abortion rights, education reform and no new taxes, Van de Kamp, 54, has a strong card in his identification with the Big Green. "The cleverest thing he's done," acknowledged a Feinstein adviser. Being against environmental causes in 1990, Van de Kamp told a conservationist audience in Sacramento, "is like being a communist in Eastern Europe...
...spoke to The Crimson last week in an interview. "You take an anti-government position on the question of abortion, people say you are a liberal. Usually being anti-government or not wanting government to run people's lives is considered a hallmark of conservatism. You take an pro-conservationist position on an environmental matter, people say you are liberal...
...would point out that the root of the word conservative is the same as the root of the word conservationist," he adds...
...help him assert leadership in these areas, Bush needs a strong Secretary of the Environment. The obvious candidate is William Reilly, the EPA chief. A longtime conservationist, Reilly has been forceful in environmental causes, but he has sometimes been thwarted by White House chief of staff John Sununu and other Administration officials. Sununu, for example, has been skeptical about the threat of global warming, an issue that deeply concerns Reilly. The White House now needs to pull together on the environmental front. With broad support in Congress for an Environmental Department, advocates hope it can be created by April...