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Fifth Circuit Confirms Right to Jury Trial Under the Oil Pollution Act

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This post was authored by summer associate Reilly Wright In United States v. In 2015, ERR was found responsible for an oil spill originating from a wastewater treatment center that it owned and operated on the banks of the Mississippi River. ERR, LLC , No. 21-30028 (5 th Cir.

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

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Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). Sumudu Atapattu , Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Law Schoo.

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

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In this issue: New United Nations Climate Report Warns of a ‘Code Red for Humanity’. New United Nations Climate Report Warns of a ‘Code Red for Humanity’. World leaders agreed in the 2015 Paris climate agreement to try to limit to warming to 1.5 IPCC report warns world will reach 1.5 of warming earlier than expected.

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