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Vermont Law
APRIL 9, 2025
Upon taking power, the government fulfilled its promise by passing legislation banning uranium extraction, effectively halting the Kvanefjeld project. Greenlands uranium mining ban is part of a worldwide trend of governments choosing environmental sustainability over short-sighted economic incentives.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Figure 1 from Milkoreit et al : A multi-phase framework for Earth System Tipping Point Governance Novel governance challenges Tipping processes present novel and serious governance challenges. Rather we need new interdisciplinary research programs focused specifically on tipping-point governance.
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Scientific American
JULY 22, 2025
systems that exist today, let alone more powerful ones,” wrote New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose in March, “and that there is no realistic plan at any level of government to mitigate the risks or capture the benefits of these systems.” ” He’s right.
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 17, 2023
Lawyers for the corporate coalition and Dow Chemical, who are fighting the federal government and, by association, the environment and all living things, tried to argue all week that there’s not enough evidence that plastic items are toxic to the environment. But they had two quibbles. Yes, our products kill turtles. Shocked silence].
Law Columbia
JULY 24, 2025
In the most significant development in international climate law since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the ICJ outlined numerous obligations that could significantly shape the contours of international environmental law and global climate governance.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).
Law Columbia
AUGUST 11, 2025
It complements another piece , written jointly with Jorge Viñuales, which discusses the advisory opinion’s contributions to climate law and governance more broadly. Treaty and custom in tandem — and the interpretive role of principles From the outset, the ICJ rejected attempts to corral climate change law into a self-contained regime.
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