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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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On May 10, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution 72/277 (“Toward a Global Pact for the Environment”) , which calls for the Secretary General to submit “a technical and evidence-based report” on “possible gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments” at the 73rd session of the UNGA.

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

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Today, there are hundreds of hatcheries in the Northwest run by federal, state and tribal governments, employing thousands and welcoming the community with visitor centers and gift shops. government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. Now, that system is falling apart.

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U.S. Policy on Cuba: Is It Safe to Go Back into the Water?

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On Valentine’s Day 2015, Cuban and American scientists went fishing off the north coast of Cuba, setting out from Cojimar, the small town where Hemingway kept his boat. They were hoping to catch a rare longfin mako shark, put a satellite tag on it, and then monitor its movements and behavior. Posted on June 10, 2021 by Daniel Whittle.

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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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