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Nimby: Not In Mexico's Back Yard? A Case For Recognition Of A Human Right To Healthy Enviroment In The American States, Scott D. Cahalan
Nimby: Not In Mexico's Back Yard? A Case For Recognition Of A Human Right To Healthy Enviroment In The American States, Scott D. Cahalan
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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European Economic Communities - Environmental Policy - Legal Basis And International Implications Of Council Regulation On The Supervision And Control Of Shipments Of Hazardous Waste, Kurt M. Rozelsky
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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The Basel Convention And The Need For United States Implementation, Rebecca A. Kirby
The Basel Convention And The Need For United States Implementation, Rebecca A. Kirby
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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The Transboundary Movement Of Hazardous Waste A Comparative Analysis, Els Reynaers
The Transboundary Movement Of Hazardous Waste A Comparative Analysis, Els Reynaers
LLM Theses and Essays
An analysis of the transboundary movement of hazardous waste requires a comparative examination of three main regulatory entities. First, the international Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal will be covered. More particularly, an inquiry of its raison d'etre, will be followed by a critical examination of its goals and mechanisms. The relationship the United States has with the Convention and its national approach towards the export of hazardous waste will be covered next. A brief investigation of the real situation impacts of the Basel Convention will finalize this chapter. The second …
Incentives For Action: Market-Based Environmental Strategies, Sheikh Sarmad Hafeez
Incentives For Action: Market-Based Environmental Strategies, Sheikh Sarmad Hafeez
LLM Theses and Essays
Societies have dealt with problems of environmental degradation for centuries, revealing a consistent concern among law makers regarding rates of natural resource consumption. More recently, the United States and other nations have begun to face increasingly perilous environment challenges such as global climate change, indoor pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, acid rain, urban smog and the degradation of public lands.
The present work explores the environmental problems that, for centuries have plagued our planet, and that continue to threaten it, as well as different approaches to curtail these problems. The present work concludes by showing the most promising of these approaches …