Environmental law assures that the environment be protected against both public and private actions to take account of costs or harms inflicted on the eco-system. Attorneys handle environmental law are involved in the protection of natural resources, land, and wildlife; regulation of harmful emissions into air and water; and monitoring of commercial and industrial activities for their impact on the environment. Environmental law attorneys also advise businesses on compliance with federal and state environmental laws.
Gladewater is a city in Gregg and Upshur Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 6,078 at the 2000 census. The town is probably most famous as a base during Elvis Presley's early career, and also as the town in which Johnny Cash wrote Walk the Line. Gladewater was also a major Boom Town during the early 20th Century with the discovery of oil.