Foley Hoag’s Environmental Practice Group has been New England’s preeminent environmental practice for the past twenty years. We have the depth and capacity to handle the wide array of environmental issues that can arise in the course of your business. We will work with you on the permitting of new projects, cost-effective cleanup of urban Brownfields properties, due diligence in the support of acquisitions, defense and prosecution of environmental litigation and many other issues. learn more

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  • Foley Hoag Represents Ecuador in Suit against Colombia, Seeking to Stop Aerial Coca Spraying That Has Dispersed into Ecuador, Sickening Villagers and Livestock, Damaging Croplands and Poisoning Ecosystems  [Read More]
  • Foley Hoag Selected as one of 2008 Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity  [Read More]
  • American College of Environmental Lawyers Forms to Enhance the Practice of Environmental Law  [Read More]

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  • Recent Regulatory and Industry Moves Make Clear the Importance of Addressing Potential Indoor Air Contamination Issues [Read More]
  • EPA Explains Reasons for Rejecting California Greenhouse Gas Standard: The Battle Over Carbon Emissions Rages On [Read More]
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Brochure [Read More]
  • Environmental Alert - November 27, 2007 [Read More]
  • Environmental Alert - October 25, 2007 [Read More]

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June 11, 2008 Law Seminars International - An Advanced workshop on MEPA and NEPA [Read More] Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel
Boston, MA

Client Successes more

  • Driving State-of-the-Art Research Facilities
    We represent Boston University and Boston Medical Center in connection with the development of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, to be located in a new building on the Medical Center campus. The NEIDL will perform advanced research to identify vaccines and cures for infectious diseases. We provided advice concerning the National Environmental Policy Act and the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, as well as other matters. [Read More]
  • From Permit to Successful Defense
    Our lawyers have provided compliance advice on complex environmental regulatory matters and assisted with obtaining key operating and construction permits for a major waste-to-energy facility and several large landfills in Massachusetts. We also represent these facilities in judicial and administrative proceedings. For example, we recently defended one major landfill against a local effort to shut it down by revoking its site assignment. We have also defended several of these facilities against challenges to their construction, operating and wetlands permits. [Read More]