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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. Greenhouse gas : A group of gases known to be responsible for increasing the “greenhouse effect” - that is, gases that absorb infrared radiation and increase atmospheric density.

Government

Government Law Waste Clean Air Act

The global conversation about solar geoengineering just changed at the UN Environment Assembly. Here’s how.

Legal Planet

MARCH 8, 2024

As we wrote in part 1 , a Swiss-led proposal to the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) to establish an expert group on solar radiation management (SRM) proved divisive and was eventually withdrawn. But rules and norms about such technologies are patchy, and recent unauthorized experiments have set alarm bells ringing.

Government

Government Politics 2019 Precautionary Principle

Environmental Professionals Connection

Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

The global conversation about solar geoengineering just changed at the UN Environment Assembly. Here’s how.

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