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Damming the River by Feeling the Stones: China’s Mekong Hydropower Strategy

Circle of Blue

The Myitsone Dam Wake-Up Call One of the most dramatic turning points came in 2011 with the suspension of the massive Myitsone dam project in Myanmar. Local politics, public backlash, and shifting leadership priorities in host countries could derail long-planned, largescale, and expensive projects even after they were begun.

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A Landmark Geoengineering Conversation in the Global South

Legal Planet

And third, nations of the Global South are likely to play an influential, perhaps crucial, role in developing this governance, for both politically pragmatic reasons and moral ones.

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The Drying Planet

Circle of Blue

Water is being used as a strategic and political tool. In Syria, beginning in 2011, drought and groundwater depletion drove rural unrest that contributed to the civil war, which displaced millions of people. We should expect to see that more often as the water supply crisis is exacerbated.” Aaron Salzberg, former U.S.

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A Landmark Climate Ruling from Europe: The EFTA Court Declares Scope 3 Emissions Must Be Assessed Before Oil Project Approvals

Law Columbia

It serves Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, ensuring these EFTA states comply with EU/EEA law, including some EU directives and regulations that are relevant in the context of the EEA, such as the EU Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive (2011/92/EU). 3(2) ESA and EFTA Court Agreement ).

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Is There Really a Fiduciary Duty to Destroy the Climate?

Law Columbia

27] A large hole in Friedmans Maximization Model is his assumption that business and its profit calculations are separable from the political system that is supposed to adopt laws to control pollution and other externalities. As Paul Hawken wrote more than 30 years ago: There is no polite way to say business is destroying the world. [39]

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Supplement to: THE TOXIC DIVIDE: INTERNATIONAL WASTE DUMPING AND THE FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY

Vermont Law

It examines the implications of the 2010 earthquake on toxic waste management, and how the nations ongoing political crisis exacerbates the challenges of waste regulation. 186, 187 (2011). [4] 3, 2011), [link] [8] Id. [9] 3, 2011), [link] [8] Id. [9] million people.[3] million were displaced.[4] of Black Stud.

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Utah’s Fluoride Ban in Drinking Water Won’t Settle Dispute on Safety

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Utahs action, coming after months of political and scientific debate, puts the state at the center of a far-reaching and increasingly aggressive confrontation between grassroots activists and government about the role public agencies should take in deciding what many citizens view as private health decisions.