Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act; Environmental Litigation and the Crippling Battle over America's Lands, Endangered Species, and Critical Habitats

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xxixm [1], 648, [2] pages. List of Illustrations. Illustrations. Notes. Appendix A-E. Bibliography. Index. Biography. Long inscription to an editor, signed and dated by the author on the half-title page. Lowell E. Baier (born January 6, 1940) - is an American attorney, successful entrepreneur, and an environmental historian and author. He has dedicated his life to natural resources and wildlife conservation. Throughout his career he has been an advisor to many elected officials and educators, including every successive presidential administration since George H. W. Bush, and has been an active and instrumental member of several national conservation groups. Lowell E. Baier's book Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act: Environmental Litigation and the Crippling Battle over America's Lands, Endangered Species, and Critical Habitats won the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Grand Prize Winner in non-fiction in 70 categories from over 7,000 books submitted, & was the Winner in Science/Nature/Environment. Lowell E. Baier, one of America's preeminent experts on environmental litigation, chronicles the century-long story of Americas' resources management, focusing on litigations, citizen suit provisions, and attorneys' fees. He provides the first book-length comprehensive examination of the little-known Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and its role in environmental litigation. The EAJA, Baier argues, now paralyzes America's public land management agencies. Baier introduces readers to the history of EAJA, examines the many beneficiaries of the law, describes in depth 20 of the most prominent litigious environmental groups in America, and recommends carefully tailored amendments to the EAJA to correct environmental abuses of the law while protecting legitimate interests. This book is a valuable resource for the environmental legal community, environmentalists, practitioners at all levels of government, and all readers interested in environmental policy and the rise of the administrative state.