Environmental cleanup laws govern the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, sediment, surface water, or ground water...
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Environmental laws are laws that protect the environment. Environmental law is the collection of laws, regulations, agreements and common law that governs...
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund) (contaminated site cleanup). There are also federal laws governing...
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South African environmental law describes the legal rules in South Africa relating to the social, economic, philosophical and jurisprudential issues raised...
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directives, reimburse the EPA for Superfund site cleanup expenses, or pledge to undertake the cleanup. Environmental criminology examines the notions of crimes...
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Superfund (redirect from Superfund (environmental law))
state Superfund law. CERCLA created the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The primary goal of a Superfund cleanup is to reduce the...
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Polluter pays principle (redirect from Internalization of Environmental Costs)
the Superfund law requires polluters to pay for cleanup of hazardous waste sites, when the polluters can be identified. The US Environmental Protection Agency...
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to liability of property owners to effect site cleanup. Interpreting the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980...
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An international environmental agreement or sometimes environmental protocol, is a type of treaty binding in international law, allowing them to reach...
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Law Center Harvard Environmental Law Review—published at Harvard Law School Hastings Environmental Law Journal—published at Hastings College of Law Journal...
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Negotiations Bulletin Environmental law Environmental organizations Environmental tariff International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement...
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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision...
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national environmental laws by continent and country. Egyptian Law 102 of 1983, for Nature Protectorates Environmental Protection Law 4/1994 amended by Law 9/2009(Egypt)...
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Illegal logging (redirect from Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade)
of gentlemen’s agreements. World Bank (2004) Forest Law Enforcement The Peruvian Environmental Law Society (2003) Case Study on the Development and Implementation...
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operators to perform environmental control. While the EPA attempted to use RCRA's section 7003 to perform this cleanup, it was clear a new law was needed. In...
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Environmental engineering law is a profession that requires an expertise in both environmental engineering and law. This field includes professionals with...
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Environmental personhood or juridic personhood is a legal concept which designates certain environmental entities the status of a legal person. This assigns...
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M. C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (category Environmental case law)
M. C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath was a landmark case in Indian environmental law. In the case, the Supreme Court of India held that the public trust doctrine...
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supranational environmental agencies, by region. Food and Agriculture Organization Global Environment Facility United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea...
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Ecocide (category Environmental law)
In-Between Environmental Science, Climate Change, and Law". SSRN 4072727. "'Ecocide' movement pushes for a new international crime: Environmental destruction"...
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by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Common law Conservation movement Enclosure Environmental law Federal Duck Stamp Fisheries management Fishing...
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safety of miners, as well as the environmental impact of mining. An aspect of property law that is central to mining law is the question of who "owns" the...
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An environmental tax, ecotax (short for ecological taxation), or green tax is a tax levied on activities which are considered to be harmful to the environment...
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Rights of nature (section Rights of nature law)
rights and well-being. From a rights of nature perspective, most environmental laws of the twentieth century are based on an outmoded framework that considers...
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Ocean Conservancy (redirect from International Coastal Cleanup)
beaches, 2010 Barking Sands, Hawaii cleanup, 2011 Marine debris removed during a cleanup, 2012 Anacostia River cleanup in Washington, D.C., 2012 Over the...
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Indian environmental law concerns the law and policy of India concerning the protection of the environment, measures taken to reverse climate change and...
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Emission standard (redirect from Clean air law)
specification of olefins at 18 percent of volume. In Canada, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) transfers the legislative authority...
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This is a list of environmental dates which are designated for creating awareness of environmental issues. Species awareness days highlight biodiversity...
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The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is the largest 501(c)(3) environmental nonprofit organization in the southeastern United States, with more...
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requirements ahead of environmental concerns for the duration of the war. Some international law is designed to limit this environmental harm. War and military...
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