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Vermont Law
APRIL 9, 2025
Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma By Suhana Roy The principle of sustainable development is a principle of international law that reconciles the right to development with the need to protect the environment.-
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 17, 2023
The Ecojustice lawyer, acting for Environmental Defence and Oceana, pointed out that the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) requires the government to take precautions from hazards, even those that *may* pose a threat to the environment. They say that federal regulation of plastics is merely political.
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Law Columbia
JULY 24, 2025
The submissions reflected competing legal paradigms: one that views international law as a living tool for advancing climate justice and accountability, and another that emphasizes legal caution, treaty limits, and political sensitivities. 132-139) and the duty to cooperate for environmental protection (paras. 162-171).
Law Columbia
AUGUST 11, 2025
Substantively, the ICJ singled out two customary norms as “most directly relevant” to climate change: (1) the duty to prevent significant environmental harm to the environment (through “due diligence” to avoid foreseeable damage), and (2) the duty to co-operate in good faith for environmental protection.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Often subject to specific environmental protections, especially when “endangered” (see above). Forestry and landscape sustainability : Forestry and landscape represent some of the oldest environmental protection laws in the world. As it is a waste, it serves no purpose on its own. It covers the following areas.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. On July 26, 2019, a Massachusetts state court upheld a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) decision authorizing expansion of a landfill in the Town of Saugus.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”
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