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Keeping Nutrient Pollution At Bay: An Analysis Of Efforts To Mitigate Non-Point Source Pollution In The Chesapeake Bay, Madison Hinkle
Keeping Nutrient Pollution At Bay: An Analysis Of Efforts To Mitigate Non-Point Source Pollution In The Chesapeake Bay, Madison Hinkle
West Virginia Law Review
The Chesapeake Bay is one of the most important estuaries in the United States, adding to the region’s ecological, economic, recreational, historic, and cultural value. In 1982, a study was conducted that determined that a rapid loss of aquatic life in the Bay was due to nutrient pollution, specifically nitrogen and phosphorus, the majority of which is associated with the agricultural industry. A number of the jurisdictions2 within the Bay Watershed established the first Chesapeake Bay Agreement in 1983, aimed at abating the issues. Over the next four decades, the Agreement was then modified and resigned, additional jurisdictions have signed …
Hazardous Waste Management Act--Closing The Circle, David M. Flannery, Kim Brown Poland
Hazardous Waste Management Act--Closing The Circle, David M. Flannery, Kim Brown Poland
West Virginia Law Review
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Problems Associated With The Management Of Solid Wastes: Is There A Solution In The Offing, Jeffrey M. Wakefield
Problems Associated With The Management Of Solid Wastes: Is There A Solution In The Offing, Jeffrey M. Wakefield
West Virginia Law Review
Within the past decade, the level of environmental consciousness within our society has increased appreciably with the recognition of how delicate the ecological balance is and how easily it may be disrupted. Such consciousness has manifested itself primarily in stricter standards governing the emission of pollutants into the air and water. Unfortunately, this justifiable preoccupation with the quality of our air and water has overshadowed the needless desecration of America's land resources through the inadequate and environmentally unsound practices associated with the disposal of solid wastes. The purposes of this Note are to identify the scope of the solid waste …
The Expanding Scope Of Air Pollution Abatement, Edward Perry Johnson
The Expanding Scope Of Air Pollution Abatement, Edward Perry Johnson
West Virginia Law Review
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare estimates that sixty per cent of all Americans now live in areas of persistent air pollution. Scientific evidence links the air pollution problem with increases in such health hazards as bronchitis, hypertension, lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease, circulatory ailments, and even the common cold. We learn that the quality of the nation's air has deteriorated to such an extent that it now costs the United States some eleven billion dollars annually to rectify the damage done by airborne pollutants. The federal government has cited three separate areas in West Virginia as contributors to …