Environmental Law

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• Call for Papers: Fairness in International Environmental Law

  
  International Law Reporter — Authority: 439
  The Interest Group on International Environmental Law of the European Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its first workshop, to be held during the Societys Fourth Biennial Conference, September 2-4, 2010, in Cambridge. The topic is "Fairness in International Environmental Law." Heres the ...
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• Schorr on The Continuing Influence of British Rule on Israeli Environmental Law

  
  Legal History Blog — Authority: 478
  David Schorr, Tel Aviv University, Buchmann Faculty of Law, has posted a new paper, A Prolonged Recessional: The Continuing Influence of British Rule on Israeli Environmental Law. Heres the abstract: This draft chapter for a collection of essays on Israeli environmental history argues that the shape and ...
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• The real Avatar story: indigenous people fight to save their forest homes from corporate exploitation

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 143
  In James Camerons newest film Avatar an alien tribe on a distant planet fights to save their forest home from human invaders bent on mining the planet. The mining company has brought in ex-marines for security and will stop at nothing, not even genocide, to secure profits for its shareholders. While Camerons film ...
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• Mich. AG Likens Carp to ‘Nuclear Bombs,’ Asks High Court to Stop Lake Entry

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 681
  Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force Illinois to close shipping locks to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. In an effort to resolve the case quickly, Cox is asking the high court to reopen three separate 1929 complaints by Wisconsin, Michigan and New York that ...
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• State Fight! Michigan Sues Illinois to Stem Influx of Asian Carp

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 707
  On Monday, Michigan asked the Supreme Court to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and endangering their $7 billion fishery.
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• Lead in Drinking Water

  
  Saxe Environmental Law News — Authority: 133
  Lead is a popular industrial metal but a potent neurotoxin. One of the marks of our industrial lifestyle is  how far we have spread lead – it’s in the air, soil, homes (e.g., dust, old paint, solder, toys and other consumer products), food and drinking water. [i] , [ii] The good news is that most Canadians ...
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• Taking Accretion By Legal Erosion: Summary Of The Oral Arguments In The Hawaii Beach Takings Case (Podcast)

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 471
  With all that has been going on lately (SCOTUS arguments in the judicial takings case , New Yorks courts issuing two big eminent domain decisions , etc.), we havent had the opportunity to summarize the oral argument in a very important Hawaii case. Last month, the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals heard ...
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• December 21, 2009 – Environmental Law Settlements, Decisions, Regulatory Actions and Lawsuit Filings

  
  Environmental Law & Climate Change Law Blog — Authority: 114
  December 21, 2009 – A summary review of environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week. These were all first posted, in abbreviated form, on http://twitter.com/smtaber. For the next two weeks, I have added a special section on the Copenhagen Climate Talks.  If ...
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• What’s changed in 20 years?

  
  Saxe Environmental Law News — Authority: 133
  In the summer of 1989, Todd Latham bounced into my office to invite me to write for his new magazine (Hazardous Materials Management Magazine). After many years of government service, I was launching a new career outside the Ministries of Environment and of Energy, and I gratefully said “yes!”  I haven’t missed ...
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• Some Externalized Havoc from Industrial Agriculture

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 471
  David Cassuto Following up on Jessica’s prairie dog post of a little while back, here’s an excellent piece on the havoc industrial agriculture wreaks on wild animals (in addition to farmed animals) and the non-animal environment.
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• Wilderness.net

  
  Virtual Library Cat's Eye View — Authority: 124
  What better way for a Virtual Library Cat to spend a quiet, snowy Saturday but in a warm corner by the reference librarian? One of my favorite discoveries between catnaps was Wilderness.net . This website gem, a collaboration of university and other wilderness research institutes, includes a gallery of wonderful ...
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• Desert Rock Power Plant to Be Reassessed in Light of Threat to Fish

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 471
  David Cassuto From the Things that Never Would Have Happened Under W Desk: The Bureau of Indian Affairs has withdrawn its Biological Assessment and the  EPA has also withdrawn the air quality permit they respectively issued last summer for the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant sited for the Navajo ...
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• Target “pleased” to resolve $500,000 air-pollution fine

  
  Green OC — Authority: 425
  The answer from Target Corp. was short and to the point: The company is “pleased to have achieved a resolution with the California Air Resources Board,” and “committed to compliance with all environmental laws.” The company was fined $500,000, the air-pollution agency announced Wednesday , after being ...
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• Live Blog Of Turtle Bay/Kuilima EIS Case: Is A Change In "Context," But Not The Project, Enough To Trigger Supplemental EIS?

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 471
  Kuilima EIS Oral Arguments at Hawaii Supreme Court This is the live blog of the Hawaii Supreme Court oral arguments in Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu , the case in which the IntermediateCourt of Appeals held that unless the project changes, a supplementalEIS is not required under the Hawaii ...
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• Oral Argument Preview, Part II: Hawaii Supreme Court Considers Whether A Change In "Context," But Not The Project, Triggers A Supplemental EIS

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 471
  This is Part II of our preview of the oral arguments in Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu , the case in which the IntermediateCourt of Appeals held that unless the project changes, a supplementalEIS is not required under the Hawaii Environmental Policy Act, Haw.Rev. Stat. ch. 343. In this post, we ...
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• Oral Argument Preview, Part I: Hawaii Supreme Court Considers Whether A Change In "Context," But Not The Project, Triggers A Supplemental EIS

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 471
  On Thursday, December 17, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. Hawaii time, the Hawaii Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu. Note: Justice Recktenwald is recused and Circuit Judge Derrick Chan will be taking his place.  This post will review the issues in the case, and provide ...
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• Electrocuting Lobsters

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 471
  David Cassuto So here we have a device (which sells for £ 2,500 — or roughly $4,400) that kills lobsters almost instantly by electrocution rather than forcing them to endure the 3-4 agonizing minutes they typically spend being boiled or roasted alive.  Is this a step forward?  Will it lead to more lobster ...
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• New Zealand court blocks wind project

  
  Saxe Environmental Law News — Authority: 133
  The New Zealand Environment Court has refused to approve a $2 billion government-owned wind project (176 turbines) in the “outstanding natural landscape of the Lammermoor”, a wild area in Central Otago surrounded by parks and nature reserves. According to the Court, “ the nationally important positive factors ...
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• Big wind projects: New Zealand no, California yes

  
  Saxe Environmental Law News — Authority: 133
  The New Zealand Environment Court has refused to approve a $2 billion government-owned wind project (176 turbines) in the “outstanding natural landscape of the Lammermoor”, a wild area in Central Otago surrounded by parks and nature reserves. According to the Court, “ the nationally important positive factors ...
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• New Zealand court blocks wind project

  
  Saxe Environmental Law News — Authority: 133
  The New Zealand Environment Court has refused to approve a $2 billion government-owned wind project (176 turbines) in the “outstanding natural landscape of the Lammermoor”, a wild area in Central Otago surrounded by parks and nature reserves. According to the Court, “ the nationally important positive factors ...
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