Legal Planet
MARCH 7, 2024
Duncan McLaren is an Emmett Institute Climate Intervention Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy Olaf Corry is Professor of Global Security Challenges in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds, UK Download as PDF
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.
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Law Columbia
MARCH 21, 2022
The Court found that the relationship relied on between the youth plaintiffs and the Minister lacked the closeness and directness that the common law demands before finding an applicant is entitled to a legal remedy against a party whose conduct has caused or may cause them harm.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The court ruled that the failure to set specific mitigation measures to slow climate change, in accordance with the state’s obligations under European and international law, is unlawful and infringes the plaintiffs’ right to a favorable environment. On mitigation measures.
Law Columbia
MAY 10, 2021
To achieve the 2030 target the law determines the permissible emissions for various sectors. For the period after 2030 the law requires that the government determines annually decreasing emissions levels. is politically insufficiently ambitious, but such a choice remains within the significant discretion of the legislature (¶¶159-162).
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 17, 2023
It’s called the Precautionary Principle and it’s widely accepted in environmental law in Canada and well beyond. She pointed out that Big Plastic’s interpretation of the Precautionary Principle would make it meaningless. They say that federal regulation of plastics is merely political. But it’s not, either.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. South Dakota Federal Court Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Laws Targeting Pipeline Protesters. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.
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