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New book chapter: EU biodiversity law and its health impacts

Dario Piselli

Environmental risks, ranging from soil, water and air pollution to waste management and land use change, are now Continue reading "New book chapter: EU biodiversity law and its health impacts".

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Indoor air (pollution) : coming under OSHA rather than EPA, there are laws in place to ensure that employees work in a clean and safe environment with good ventilation. Indoor air is anything contained with a building. The first and most visible way in which the public is aware of and engaged with environmental law is pollution.

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There are Piles of Coal in America’s Christmas Stocking

Legal Planet

Its a much dirtier fuel than natural gas, let alone renewables, in terms of climate change and air pollution. Reduced use of coal is good news for the American public as a whole though not for coal miners. Many people in Appalachia blamed Obama for the decline of coal, an idea Trump was happy to exploit.

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Dissecting the Attacks on the Endangerment Finding

Legal Planet

Understanding the Endangerment Finding Two requirements must be met before a substance can be regulated under the Clean Air Act. First, it has to qualify as an air pollutant. The Clean Air Act defines an air pollutant to be any air pollution agent or combination of such agents, including any precursor chemicals.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Supreme Court of Mexico Rejected Ethanol Fuel Content Hike, Citing Precautionary Principle and Right to a Healthy Environment. The Court concluded that the precautionary principle and the right to a healthy environment require consideration of ethanol’s environmental risks, including its contributions to greenhouse gas emissions.

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