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Comment: Emerging Epa Regulation Of Pharmaceuticals In The Environment, Gabriel Eckstein
Comment: Emerging Epa Regulation Of Pharmaceuticals In The Environment, Gabriel Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
The May 25, 2012, report — entitled EPA Inaction in Identifying Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals May Result in Unsafe Disposal — disapproved of EPA’s lack of progress in determining whether certain pharmaceuticals found in surface, ground, and drinking water qualify as hazardous waste, as well as in establishing an evaluation and regulatory process for pharmaceutical wastes. As a result of the report, EPA is now considering mechanisms for assessing and regulating the presence of certain pharmaceutical products in the environment as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
The Regulation Of Scarcity And Its Impact On International Regimes, Gabriel Eckstein, Lillian Aponte Miranda, Kristen Boon, Peter Appel
The Regulation Of Scarcity And Its Impact On International Regimes, Gabriel Eckstein, Lillian Aponte Miranda, Kristen Boon, Peter Appel
Gabriel Eckstein
No abstract provided.
Buried Treasure Or Buried Hope? The Status Of Mexico-U.S. Transboundary Aquifers Under International Law, Gabriel E. Eckstein
Buried Treasure Or Buried Hope? The Status Of Mexico-U.S. Transboundary Aquifers Under International Law, Gabriel E. Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
Transboundary aquifers found along the 2,000 mile-long border between Mexico and the United States are not governed by any treaty. Yet, these aquifers are the primary source of water for many of the twelve million people who live in this parched region. The region’s groundwater, however, is being over-exploited and contaminated, which is threatening the very life that it currently sustains. As populations continue to expand and current rates of haphazard development persist, the absence of an agreement for the management and allocation of this critical resource could lead to bi-national economic, social and environmental tragedies. This study reviews groundwater …
Water Scarcity, Conflict, And Security In A Climate Change World: Challenges And Opportunities For International Law And Policy, Gabriel Eckstein
Water Scarcity, Conflict, And Security In A Climate Change World: Challenges And Opportunities For International Law And Policy, Gabriel Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
Although climate change is expected to have major consequences that affect the global environment in its broadest sense, one of the earliest and most direct impacts will be on Earth’s fresh water systems. While some regions will experience increased precipitation, others will suffer serious scarcity. Among others, consequences are likely to include severe flooding, extreme droughts, and meandering border-rivers. This, in turn, will affect human migration patterns, population growths, agricultural activities, economic development, and the environment. This article explores the impact that climate change will have on regional and global freshwater resources and the resulting legal and policy implications that …
Protecting A Hidden Treasure: The U.N. International Law Commission And The International Law Of Transboundary Ground Water Resources, Gabriel E. Eckstein
Protecting A Hidden Treasure: The U.N. International Law Commission And The International Law Of Transboundary Ground Water Resources, Gabriel E. Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
Ground water is the most extracted natural resource in the world. It provides more than half of humanity's freshwater for everyday uses such as drinking, cooking, and hygiene, as well as twenty percent of irrigated agriculture. Given the world's considerable reliance on this precious resource, it is reasonable to assume that international attention to, and especially legal consideration of, ground water would be substantial. Nothing is further from the truth. Despite the growing dependence, legal and regulatory attention to ground water resources have long been secondary to surface water, especially among legislatures and policymakers and above all in the international …
Precious, Worthless, Or Immeasurable: The Value And Ethic Of Water, Gabriel Eckstein
Precious, Worthless, Or Immeasurable: The Value And Ethic Of Water, Gabriel Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
This Article introduces and briefly explores some of the topics related to the value and ethics of water that were considered at the symposium, Precious, Worthless, or Immeasurable: The Value and Ethic of Water, which took place November 2-4, 2006, at the Texas Tech University School of Law. The purpose of the Symposium was to consider how this precious liquid is valued, assessed, and perceived with regard to law and regulations, economics and commerce, people and communities, culture and religion, and others aspects of society that are impacted by water. While far from a comprehensive analysis of the subject matter, …
Common Grounds, Common Waters: Towards A Water Ethic - Roundtable Discussion, Gabriel Eckstein, Irene Klaver
Common Grounds, Common Waters: Towards A Water Ethic - Roundtable Discussion, Gabriel Eckstein, Irene Klaver
Gabriel Eckstein
The purpose of this roundtable discussion is to continue the dialogue but in a more informal setting, and to allow people to develop some of the ideas and concepts that they started earlier but could not finish because of the time limits.
It is also to get the audience and the panelists to ask questions of each other and to participate in more of a dialogue. To start this discussion I want to raise, at least to the panelists, this issue of wants versus needs, and I am actually going to add one more-versus rights-because I thought that was very …
Commentary On The U.N. International Law Commission's Draft Articles On The Law Of Transboundary Aquifers, Gabriel E. Eckstein
Commentary On The U.N. International Law Commission's Draft Articles On The Law Of Transboundary Aquifers, Gabriel E. Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
Ground water is the most extracted natural resource in the world. It provides more than half of humanity's freshwater for everyday uses such as drinking, cooking, and hygiene, as well as twenty percent of irrigated agriculture. Despite our increasing reliance, ground water resources have long been the neglected stepchild of international water law; regulation and management of and information about ground water resources are sorely lacking, especially in the international context. Presently, there is no international agreement squarely addressing ground water resources that traverse an international boundary. Moreover, there is only one treaty in the entire world pertaining to the …
Examples Of The Political Character Of International Water Law, Gabriel E. Eckstein
Examples Of The Political Character Of International Water Law, Gabriel E. Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
It is widely known that over a billion people lack access to potable water, and well over twice that number are without adequate sanitation'-the latter situation often being related to the former. It has been calculated that every eight seconds a child dies of water-related causes-a stunning statistic and an absolutely unacceptable state of affairs.
While much has been made of the prospect of global water shortages, what is perhaps not so well known is that most of the world's fresh water is shared by two or more states. There are more than 260 international drainage basins, which account for …
Bulk Water Transfers: Panacea Or Temporary Patch?, Gabriel Eckstein, Renee Martin-Nagle
Bulk Water Transfers: Panacea Or Temporary Patch?, Gabriel Eckstein, Renee Martin-Nagle
Gabriel Eckstein
No abstract provided.
Identifying And Characterizing Transboundary Aquifers Along The Mexico-Us Border: An Initial Assessment, Gabriel Eckstein, Rosario Sanchez
Identifying And Characterizing Transboundary Aquifers Along The Mexico-Us Border: An Initial Assessment, Gabriel Eckstein, Rosario Sanchez
Gabriel Eckstein
No abstract provided.
Implications For Nations Of The Commodification Of Water,, Gabriel Eckstein
Implications For Nations Of The Commodification Of Water,, Gabriel Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
No abstract provided.
Texas Border Water Disputes, Gabriel Eckstein
The Global Legal Framework For Transboundary Water Governance, Gabriel Eckstein
The Global Legal Framework For Transboundary Water Governance, Gabriel Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
No abstract provided.
Presentation On "Drugs On Tap: Managing Pharmaceuticals In Our Nation’S Waters", Gabriel Eckstein
Presentation On "Drugs On Tap: Managing Pharmaceuticals In Our Nation’S Waters", Gabriel Eckstein
Gabriel Eckstein
No abstract provided.
Developments In International Law Applicable To Transboundary Groundwater Resources: The Draft Articles On The Law Of Transboundary Aquifers, Gabriel Eckstein, Francesco Sindico
Developments In International Law Applicable To Transboundary Groundwater Resources: The Draft Articles On The Law Of Transboundary Aquifers, Gabriel Eckstein, Francesco Sindico
Gabriel Eckstein
No abstract provided.