Environmental Science
AUGUST 7, 2018
Along with chemistry and biology , physics completes the trinity of the original “hard” sciences - those that use testable predictions and hypotheses, experiments, and mathematics and modelling as opposed to the “soft” sciences which use more qualitative data and which relies far less on testing. What is Physics? All of our modern sciences take their names from ancient Greek.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 3, 2018
By Romany Webb. On Thursday, August 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) jointly issued the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Rule (SAFE Vehicle Rule). The SAFE Vehicle Rule proposes changes to EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards and DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light duty vehicles in model years (MY) 2021 through 2025.
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Vermont Law
AUGUST 17, 2018
WHEN COURTS MEET NATURE. A REAL CASE ON RIGHTS OF NATURE. Hugo Echeverría – Environmental Lawyer*. Ecuador. A. SUI GENERIS. CASE. It took place in Ecuador between 2012 and 2015. It happened in a remote area, a frontier-area with many socio-environmental conflicts where law enforcement is challenging. There, a local Court addressed a case about a shrimp farm located inside a protected natural area, the famous.
The Energy Law Blog
AUGUST 7, 2018
In a case sure to be used as a sword by many defendants in the prevalent NORM (naturally occurring radioactive material) litigation in Louisiana and elsewhere, Patricia Lennie, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al., the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal concluded that plaintiffs’ survival and wrongful death actions were prescribed when plaintiffs brought suit almost four years after the diagnosis of cancer and subsequent death of their husband/father and failed to inquire as to the cau
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Smith Enviorment
AUGUST 1, 2018
August 1, 2018. The General Assembly drafted six proposed amendments to the N.C. Constitution that will be on the November ballot for voter approval (or not). Two of the proposed amendments could affect environmental and natural resource policy. Appointments to boards and commissions. House Bill 913 (short title: Bipartisan Ethics and Elections Enforcement) proposes to amend the Constitution to give the General Assembly more power to appoint members to state boards and commissions.
Environmental Crimes
AUGUST 13, 2018
On August, 3, 2018, Arkema (a French chemical company), Richard Rowe (Arkema CEO) and Leslie Comardelle (Arkema’s plant manager), were indicted by a Harris County grand jury for the reckless emission of an air contaminant in violation of the Texas Water Code. A few friends have already written about the indictment ( Mark L. Farley and Paige Gallaspy at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and Benjamin H.
Vermont Law
AUGUST 7, 2018
WHEN COURTS MEET NATURE. A REAL CASE ON RIGHTS OF NATURE. Hugo Echeverría – Environmental Lawyer*. Ecuador. UN CASO. SUI GENERIS. Ocurrió en Ecuador, entre 2012 y 2015. Ocurrió en una zona remota y fronteriza; una zona marcada por conflictos socioambientales, en la que la aplicación de la ley constituye un desafío diario. Allí, en una corte de justicia ecuatoriana se discutía un caso. sui generis. : la permanencia de una camaronera dentro de un área natural protegida.
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