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Small Automobiles Causing Large Air Pollution Problems On A Global Basis: The European Economic Community Can Learn And Live From United States Legislation, Christopher E. Mohney
Small Automobiles Causing Large Air Pollution Problems On A Global Basis: The European Economic Community Can Learn And Live From United States Legislation, Christopher E. Mohney
Penn State International Law Review
This Comment will first examine current United States policy, standards, and regulation of the emissions dispelled by moving vehicles. Second, an introduction to the European Economic Community (EEC) standard will be set forth, followed by a brief discussion on legislative harmonization within the EEC. An analysis of the existing policy for the regulation of vehicle emissions within the Community will also be presented. Finally, since the proposed integration of the EEC is a key step on the way to creation of a "United States of Europe," the United States and EEC policies will be comparatively examined.
International Environmental Bankruptcy: An Overview Of Environmental Bankruptcy Law, Including A State's Claims Against The Multinational Polluter, Rick M. Reznicsek
International Environmental Bankruptcy: An Overview Of Environmental Bankruptcy Law, Including A State's Claims Against The Multinational Polluter, Rick M. Reznicsek
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Note focuses on current environmental bankruptcy law in the United States. It analyzes the claims of a state against a corporate polluter when the corporation discharges a toxic substance in violation of the state's environmental laws, refuses to clean up the waste, and then files bankruptcy in lieu of paying for the cleanup.
This Note analyzes the court decisions subsequent to the United States Supreme Court opinions in Ohio v. Kovacs and Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to evaluate the current status of United States bankruptcy law on the issues of the automatic stay; …
Environmental Implications Of Developing The Nonliving Resources Situated In The Exclusive Economic Zone Of The United States, John W. Kindt
Environmental Implications Of Developing The Nonliving Resources Situated In The Exclusive Economic Zone Of The United States, John W. Kindt
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Essay provides an overview of some of the environmental issues arising from mineral mining in the United States exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Professor Kindt points out that the United States establishment of a 200-mile EEZ, and the concomitant interest in mining the minerals found within it, prompted concerns over the environmental consequences of mining activities. Professor Kindt summarizes the guidelines for mining of hard minerals recently promulgated by the Department of the Interior (DOI) and examines the House of Representatives counterproposal, the National Seabed Hard Minerals Act of 1989 (NSHMA 1989). He notes that a prime difference between the …
Exploring The Last Frontiers For Mineral Resources: A Comparison Of International Law Regarding The Deep Seabed, Outer Space, And Antarctica, Barbara E. Heim
Exploring The Last Frontiers For Mineral Resources: A Comparison Of International Law Regarding The Deep Seabed, Outer Space, And Antarctica, Barbara E. Heim
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The nations of the world have begun to tap three resource areas--the deep seabed, outer space, and Antarctica. These areas are unique insofar as no nation can claim them exclusively as its own. As a result, these three areas raise unique international questions. Not only are they largely undisturbed, but these areas are also the testing ground for recently developed international treaties that attempt to usher in a new era of international cooperation. This Note examines both the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources in the deep seabed, outer space, and Antarctica. The physical nature of each area, the resources …
Trade Protectionism And Environmental Regulations: The New Nontariff Barriers, C. Ford Runge
Trade Protectionism And Environmental Regulations: The New Nontariff Barriers, C. Ford Runge
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
This article reviews some economic and legal aspects of the growing role of environmental, health, and safety regulations operating as disguised barriers to trade. While this has always been a recognized problem in trade policy, the issue has gained new force as environmental policies move to the forefront of many national agendas. Because environmental standards have a growing national constituency, they are especially attractive candidates for disguised protectionism. International distinctions in the tolerable level of environmental risks are created because the weight attached to environmental standards tends to vary with the income levels of different countries. Incentives are created to …
The Controls On The Transfrontier Movement Of Hazardous Waste From Developed To Developing Nations: The Goal Of A "Level Playing Field", Michelle M. Vilcheck
The Controls On The Transfrontier Movement Of Hazardous Waste From Developed To Developing Nations: The Goal Of A "Level Playing Field", Michelle M. Vilcheck
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
In the 1970s, the United States Congress began passing national environmental legislation. One reason for such legislation was to "level the playing field" among the fifty states so that economic advantage did not accrue to one state at the expense of environmental quality and public health.' The world now faces a similar need for environmental legislation on an international level. Environmental laws of individual nations have become more and more divergent as developed countries, such as the United States, enact tougher environmental laws, while less developed nations fail to enact any environmental regulations. The variant standards of these environmental laws …
Doing Business Under Canadian Environmental Law, Jeffrey C. Bates, Gregory A. Bibler, David S. Blackmar
Doing Business Under Canadian Environmental Law, Jeffrey C. Bates, Gregory A. Bibler, David S. Blackmar
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
In recent years, the role of the environmental risk management has become increasingly significant to multinational corporations. Corporations from the United States and elsewhere are now undertaking aggressive assessments of environmental regulatory compliance, and are incorporating environmental due diligence into transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures. The first step toward assessing compliance often involves interpretation of complex, vaguely written environmental statutes and regulations. Matters are made more difficult by the fact that each governmental structure is different, and environmental controls inevitably will be administered in ways unfamiliar to foreign companies, even in countries which have emulated the …