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Environmental Law

American University Washington College of Law

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Natural Resources Law

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Offsetting And The Consumption Of Social Responsibility, Ezra Rosser Jan 2011

Offsetting And The Consumption Of Social Responsibility, Ezra Rosser

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This Article examines the relationship between individual consumption and consumption-based harms by focusing on the rise in consumption offsetting. Carbon offsets are but the leading edge of a rise in consumer options for offsetting externalities associated with consumption. Moving from examples of quasi offsetting to environmental offsetting and the possibility of poverty offset institutions, I argue that offsetting provides a valuable mechanism for individuals to correct for the harms associated with consumption. This Article makes two major contributions to how we understand the relationship between consumption and social responsibility. First, it identifies an emerging offsetting phenomenon in seemingly discrete market …


Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2005

Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

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No abstract provided.


Cutting Science, Ecology, And Transparency Out Of National Forest Management: How The Bush Administration Uses The Judicial System To Weaken Environmental Laws, William Snape Iii Jan 2003

Cutting Science, Ecology, And Transparency Out Of National Forest Management: How The Bush Administration Uses The Judicial System To Weaken Environmental Laws, William Snape Iii

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No abstract provided.


Recipe For Reauthorization Of The Endangered Species Act, William Snape Iii Jan 1995

Recipe For Reauthorization Of The Endangered Species Act, William Snape Iii

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No abstract provided.