Law Columbia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Given this, over the last century, a large body of international law has been developed to govern ocean-based activities. The Statement adopted this month declares: “The governing bodies are of the view that the requirements set out in the [2010] Assessment Framework for Scientific Research Involving Ocean Fertilization.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

The goal of conferring rights to nature is to secure the highest level of environmental protection under which an ecosystem can thrive and whose rights are not violated. The Supreme Court declared that the Colombia Amazon accordingly was entitled to protection, conservation, maintenance and restoration.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

This view is supported by the recognition of this obligation in instruments that predate UNCLOS, such as Principle 21 of the Stockholm Declaration and the Trail Smelter Judgment , where the Tribunal noted that each “State owes at all times a duty to protect other States against injurious acts by individuals from within its jurisdiction.”

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 17, 2023

Lawyers for the corporate coalition and Dow Chemical, who are fighting the federal government and, by association, the environment and all living things, tried to argue all week that there’s not enough evidence that plastic items are toxic to the environment. But they had two quibbles. Yes, our products kill turtles. Shocked silence].

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Environmental Council of Sacramento v.

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