An environmental lawyer is a qualified attorney with specific experience in fields related to environmental law. These lawyers may be consulted on a wide variety of topics such as agricultural or farming laws, emission standards, asbestos claims, oil or chemical spills, pollution regulations, contamination, and illegal dumping, to name but a few. Both small businesses as well as large corporations regularly seek the advice of an environmental lawyer in order to ensure that they are complying with all pertinent environmental regulations in their day to day business. Because environmental laws are being constantly changed and updated in order to address new concerns faced by our fragile planet, environmental lawyers are forever expanding their knowledge base. This area of law is one of the most exciting and challenging fields, not to mention among the most important, in our modern society.