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Olson, Bzdok & Howard, P.C. is Using 100% Renewable Energy
Posted in Energy & Climate , Firm News 1 year, 2 months ago
How long can Lake Erie wait?
Posted in Clean Water Act , Energy & Climate , Public Trust Doctrine 1 year, 2 months ago
Jim Olson, founding partner of Olson, Bzdok & Howard recently wrote an op-ed article for Toledo's The Blade related to Lake Erie's algae issue which has been designated by Ohio EPA as "impaired" under the Clean Water Act (CWA). For the full article please click here: The Blade (09-01-18)
Read more...Empirical Environmental Scholarship
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago
The Empirical Environmental Scholarship article was co-authored by Lydia Barbash-Riley, associate attorney at Olson, Bzdok & Howard. For a brief overview we have included the abstract from the publication below. For the full article please click here.
Read more...Olson, Bzdok & Howard files Line 5 Challenge on behalf of Citizens Group
Posted in Firm News 1 year, 6 months ago
On Monday, May 21, 2018 Olson, Bzdok & Howard attorneys filed a formal contested case petition on behalf of citizens group Straits of Mackinac Alliance challenging the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s issuance of a permit to Enbridge Energy to install 22 anchor supports along Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. The contested case petition contends that MDEQ and state officials have failed to enforce the Great Lakes Submerged Lands Act and other environmental laws, putting the Straits at risk of a Line 5 rupture.
Read more...Bryan W. Langepfeffer, Managing Attorney in our Frankfort office
Posted in Firm News 2 years, 8 months ago
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Olson, Bzdok & Howard
420 East Front Street
Traverse City, MI 49686
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