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Environmental Impact Statements And Climate Change, David Wirth, Glenn Prickett Feb 1989

Environmental Impact Statements And Climate Change, David Wirth, Glenn Prickett

David A. Wirth

Recent demands by atmospheric scientists and policy makers for immediate, comprehensive, and effective responses to the threat of global climate change have focused political attention on policies and laws that affect the quality of the environment. In January, the Reagan White House blocked the issuance of policy guidance that would have directed federal agencies to consider global climate change in the preparation of environmental impact statements (EIS). The Bush administration now has an early opportunity to reverse this decision. Using detailed computer models of the Earth's climate, atmospheric scientists have produced startling scenarios of the future climate conditions that will …


Soviet Environmental Protection: The Challenge For Legal Studies, Nicholas A. Robinson Jan 1989

Soviet Environmental Protection: The Challenge For Legal Studies, Nicholas A. Robinson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The five essays by Soviet environmental law specialists published in this volume of the Pace Environmental Law Review provide insights into the contemporary debate in the USSR about how to protect nature. Before commenting on each essay, it is useful to sketch out the problems which the Soviet Union is encountering as it struggles to cope with its substantial pollution and widespread natural resource misuse.


International Technology Transfer And Environmental Impact Assessment, David Wirth Dec 1988

International Technology Transfer And Environmental Impact Assessment, David Wirth

David A. Wirth

No abstract provided.


Greenhouse Implications Of Energy Policies Of Multilateral Development Institutions, David Wirth Dec 1988

Greenhouse Implications Of Energy Policies Of Multilateral Development Institutions, David Wirth

David A. Wirth

No abstract provided.