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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

India has “[balanced] its economic needs with its environmental responsibility” by continuously increasing its forest and tree cover over the past few decades – one of the few countries where this has been seen, he adds. The country has tried to tout its credentials in other climate-friendly areas throughout the years.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act : Known as CERCLA, this 1980 Act set to handle a growing problem of abandoned areas of the built environment that held and handled hazardous waste. 10 years later, the act was modified to include toxic pollutants and funded sewage.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia to compel the U.S. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. 1:18 -cv-00271 (D.D.C., filed Feb. Future Generations v.

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

ESA

How Mexico’s Vast Tree-Planting Program Ended Up Encouraging Deforestation – Bloomberg Green. Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). How Canada is trying to protect its last three spotted owls – The Guardian. Scientific Community.

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