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Starting with a Messy Slate: The Role of Environmental Law in Haiti after the 2010 Earthquake

Vermont Law

Deforestation, air and water pollution, and lack of sanitation systems have led to public health problems and resource scarcity. While pre-earthquake regulations, such as land and water use and pollution controls were still not effective, Haiti still had some legal framework through the Ministry of the Environment.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. The backstory: The question of which streams and wetlands are federally regulated under the Clean Water Act has been in limbo for the past decade and a half, since the Supreme Court issued a muddled decision in the 2006 case Rapanos v. United States. 3, 2021.

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