We also teach about them.
Environmental laws affect virtually everything people in the United States do.
Other than recycling and similar personal actions, everything done to protect the environment is done through laws. To say that the majority of environmental laws and regulations are long and complex is an understatement. Even to attorneys who practice in arcane and thick areas as tax law and patent law, environmental law is a bewildering morass. Both taxes and environmental factors affect every person and every business regularly. Yet, for most people and companies, they will know much more about tax law than they will about environmental law.