Environmental and racial justice issues increasingly drive or influence major federal, state and local government action. From permitting to citizen suits to enforcement, governments and NGOs have long used environmental justice as a basis for challenging or justifying regulatory decisions. Baker Botts has a team of experienced attorneys dedicated to thoughtfully and pragmatically addressing environmental justice considerations.
Cross-Disciplinary Approach
Our multi-disciplinary team brings together attorneys with sophisticated practices in the areas of climate change, permitting, enforcement, safety, sustainability and ESG. We understand that environmental justice cannot be assessed or addressed in isolation and advise organizations on creative “whole of company” approaches to equity and environmental justice that match the government’s “whole of government” philosophy for environmental justice.
What We Do
Regulatory, Compliance, Permitting, and Litigation Strategies. We are environmental lawyers with deep regulatory, compliance, permitting and litigation experience. We combine that experience with our knowledge of environmental justice to provide strategic and pragmatic advice that helps our clients to develop and implement environmental justice programs. To learn more about our regulatory, compliance, permitting and litigation experience, click on the relevant links below.
Climate Change, Sustainability, and the Energy Transition. Our cross-disciplinary climate change practice covers every aspect of climate change, including assisting clients with compliance and carbon reduction strategies. Integral to this practice is our team’s experience in accounting for environmental justice concerns tied to this fast-changing area of the law. Learn more.
Safety. Our cross-disciplinary team has a reputation for working hand in hand with clients, regulators and other stakeholders on process safety, infectious disease/industrial hygiene, and occupational safety and health compliance and litigation matters.
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