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Take Time To Wander Outside Your Comfort Zone, David Spratt
Take Time To Wander Outside Your Comfort Zone, David Spratt
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International Environmental And Resources Law 2015 Annual Report, David Hunter
International Environmental And Resources Law 2015 Annual Report, David Hunter
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The Future Of Climate Change Litigation After Aep V. Connecticut, Amanda Leiter, Rick Faulk, Eric Lasker, Mike Myers
The Future Of Climate Change Litigation After Aep V. Connecticut, Amanda Leiter, Rick Faulk, Eric Lasker, Mike Myers
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Ahistorical Indians And Reservation Resources, Ezra Rosser
Ahistorical Indians And Reservation Resources, Ezra Rosser
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The article is an in-depth exploration of the impacts of an Indian tribe's decision to pursue an environmentally destructive form of economic development. The history of Navajo Nation's coal leasing provides the background for the tribe's recent proposal to build a coal-fired power plant and the controversies surrounding the proposal and the environmental review process.
Mitigation/Adaptation And Health: Health Policymaking In The Global Response To Climate Change And Implications For Other Upstream Determinants, Lindsay Wiley
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Human Rights Implications For The Climate Negotiations, David Hunter
Human Rights Implications For The Climate Negotiations, David Hunter
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Symposium: The Confluence of Human Rights and the EnvironmentINTRODUCTION: According to John Holdren, the Science Advisor to President Obama, humanity can only respond to climate change in three ways. We can mitigate climate change, for example by reducing greenhouse gas emissions; we can adapt to climate change, for example by defending our coastlines; or we can suffer from climate change. Given current emission levels and projected climate change impacts, we are inevitably going to do some of all three. A human rights approach, the subject of this Article, puts the focus on those who will suffer from climate change, in …
Implications Of The Copenhagen Accord For Global Climate Change, David Hunter
Implications Of The Copenhagen Accord For Global Climate Change, David Hunter
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Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Integrating Global Health Into The International Response To Climate Change, Lindsay Wiley
Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Integrating Global Health Into The International Response To Climate Change, Lindsay Wiley
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The potentially groundbreaking negotiations currently underway on the international response to climate change and national implementation of commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) include a number of hotly contested issues: (1) what degree of climate change is acceptable as a basis for emissions targets, (2) to what extent and in what ways climate change mitigation should incorporate emissions reductions or increased sinks for developing countries, (3) whether the legal regime governing mitigation can take advantage of the huge mitigation potential of changed practices in the land use and agricultural sectors, (4) how adaptation should be …
Lessons Learned From The European Union’S Climate Policy, David Hunter
Lessons Learned From The European Union’S Climate Policy, David Hunter
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INTRODUCTION The United States, after ignoring climate policy for the last decade, now finds itself debating the merits of a national cap-and-trade policy. Currently, U.S. environmentalists are divided over whether to support the watered-down American Climate and Energy Security bill (ACES), also known as the Waxman-Markey bill. ACES passed the U.S. House of Representatives only after significant changes were made to address concerns from the coal industry and other powerful forces; and the bill likely faces even more compromises if it is to be passed in the U.S. Senate.' Supporters of the Waxman-Markey bill believe it is best to establish …
Negligence In The Air: The Duty Of Care In Climate Change Litigation, David Hunter, James Salzman
Negligence In The Air: The Duty Of Care In Climate Change Litigation, David Hunter, James Salzman
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