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Where environmental lawyers specialize

• Permits and compliance

  Air and water permits under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. Unglamorous, steady, and most of the jobs.

• Contaminated land

  Superfund and brownfield cleanups: who pays to clean up a site nobody wants to own.

• Energy and utilities

  Pipelines, transmission lines, solar and wind projects, and the hearings that decide whether they get built.

• Environmental justice

  Who lives next to the plant. Usually nonprofit or plaintiff-side work.

• Deal work

  Checking what liabilities come attached when a company buys a factory or a piece of land.