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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  • Summer @ Foley Hoag LLPFoley Hoag Launches New Microsite for Law Students as 2009 On-campus Interviews Commence  [Read More]
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  • Foley Hoag Joins American Lawyer's Select Group of Top 50 A-List Firms  [Read More]
  • Chambers USA 2008 Ranks Foley Hoag in Leading Practice Areas  [Read More]
  • Foley Hoag Joins Clean Energy Executives and Opinion Leaders in Congratulating Massachusetts Officials for Release of Clean Jobs Act  [Read More]

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  • Congress Extends Renewable Energy Production Tax Credits As Part Of Financial Rescue Package [Read More]
  • First Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Auction Results: Massachusetts Gets $13.3 Million [Read More]
  • Deadlines Looming for Comments on REC Imports, RPS, and APS  [Read More]
  • New Massachusetts Law Requires Significant Economy-Wide Greenhouse Gas Reductions [Read More]
  • EPA Changes to Audit Procedure Provide Meaningful Incentives for Self-Disclosure By New Owners [Read More]

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  • 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]