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

Vermont Law

Summary: The country of Haiti does not have a history of effective environmental regulation and this has continued after the devastating 2010 earthquake due to a lack of political and economic infrastructure. Deforestation, air and water pollution, and lack of sanitation systems have led to public health problems and resource scarcity.

2010 40
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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

China requires its large livestock operations to treat manure, in some cases with engineered wastewater treatment plants, before spreading livestock wastes on farmland. The Netherlands oversees strict requirements for storing, treating, and spreading manure to minimize polluting discharges. The cost of the project: $200,000.

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

Tyler Larson was diagnosed in 2010 with neurofibroma sarcoma, which resulted in tumors on nerve endings. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor. The process introduces salts into the waste stream, which are detrimental for downstream waters. He was 19 when he died.

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

Corp Watch

Total Penalties $241,580,318 (July 7, 2023) Number of Records 118 Books Agrifood Atlas: Facts and figures about the corporations that control what we eat by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation & Friends of the Earth Europe (2017) Citizen Coke by Bartow J.

2015 52
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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

Million tons/yr of waste: 7,600 industrial, 250 municipal, 25 hazardous. 1,900 landfills, 21 for hazardous waste. 100 nuclear reactors; 2,000 tons/yr nuclear waste. For example, 2010 soil data are likely to still represent conditions whereas 2010 groundwater data may not. 23% from groundwater. acres per person.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 BEST addresses questions about air and water pollution; ecology; solid and hazardous waste; toxicology; epidemiology; risk assessment; and environmental engineering, economics, law and policy.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Greenbuilding Law

million must be transferred from the Wastewater Account of the Bay Restoration Fund to the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund for tree plantings on public and private land, and for fiscal 2024 through 2031, the Governor must include an annual appropriation of $2.5 Solid Waste Management and Recycling. to 100%.

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