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Anti-Green-Washing-Soft-Policy: A Comparison of Transnational Eco-Labeling

Vermont Law

In fact, eco-labels illustrate powerful tools of consumer-driven environmental protection and show that green-washing can be stopped through soft law approaches. to avoid wasting raw materials, and to minimize the impact on the climate and the natural environment.” ISO standards. , 21000 International Standards. ISO 14024 standard.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

Million tons/yr of waste: 7,600 industrial, 250 municipal, 25 hazardous. 1,900 landfills, 21 for hazardous waste. 100 nuclear reactors; 2,000 tons/yr nuclear waste. For example, most states now have optional “lookup tables” to look up the action trigger concentrations for groundwater and soils related to hazardous waste sites.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

In the second complaint, the Center alleged that a chemical importer, also headquartered in Akron, failed to report at least seven chemical substances that it imported during 2013–2014. These facilities released or otherwise managed more than 700,000 pounds of production-related PFAS waste during 2020. The House bill ( H.R.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

California Federal Court Barred BLM from Enforcing Delay of Oil and Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule; States, Trade Groups Asked Wyoming Court to Expedite Review of Rule and Suspend Deadlines. The court also denied motions to transfer the action to the District of Wyoming, where a challenge to the Waste Prevention Rule is pending.

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

EPA proposed the listing in response to a petition submitted by the Toxics Use Reduction Institute in 2014 requesting the addition of 25 chemicals to the TRI list. 57614 (Oct. 18, 2021).]] The PFAS CAP also summarizes major findings from Ecology’s assessment of PFAS, their presence in the environment, and their potential impacts.

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The Chemical Compound—February 2021

Arnold Porter

The four substances, two of which are PBT chemicals, are used as fragrance ingredients in consumer products and were included in the 2014 Update to the TSCA Work Plan. Manage environmental PFAS contamination. Understand and manage PFAS in waste. 8, 2020).]] N:The pre-publication version of the notice is available here.]]

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