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Our Satellite Database Reaches a Milestone. We’ve Learned Much Along the Way

Union of Concerned Scientists

That it has become a critical tool for researchers, reporters, policymakers, and space enthusiasts is a testament to Teri’s judgment, vast subject knowledge, and attention to detail. Estimates of how many actively-working satellites were in space varied widely. We always appreciate your feedback.

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How Will China’s Spy Balloon Affect US-China Relations? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Air law covers air operations and space law covers space operations. This is important not least because in space, the Outer Space Treaty permits freedom to navigate over the territory of others, and also imposes responsibilities with those rights. In one sense, it is quite clear.

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A Compendium of Climate Conspiracy Theories

Legal Planet

Space lasers! You might almost regard the resounding silence on that subject as a bit suspicious. “Cloud-seeding airplanes or a nearby dam, rather than torrential rains, had caused the unusually intense flooding in northern Italy (and in places like Vermont and Rwanda) [ NY Times.] Download as PDF

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Natural transplants

Environment, Law, and History

This Article unveils a new dimension of legal transplants: transplants across subject areas. By transplants across subject areas, this article refers to instances when a jurisdiction looks for doctrines in other legal areas, often within its own legal system, when regulating a new resource or addressing a new challenge.

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The Environmental Gifts of the Magi

Legal Planet

They are also subject to the tragedy of the commons: the inevitable temptation to overuse resources that you don’t have to pay for. When we support these efforts, we reaffirm our membership in a community that begins at home but extends much further in both space and time. These are what economists call public goods.

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December 15th Deadline: Torontonians who Care About the Environment Must Support Six Storey Apartment Buildings in Existing Neighbourhoods

Enviromental Defense

Creating retail spaces in neighborhoods is important to realize the latter objective. The notion of ‘fitting in’ to neighborhood context is subjective and prone to abuse as a pretext for opposing the juxtaposition of difference & should not be prioritized. Answer: I am quite comfortable with a 1.8m

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Rome and the sea of law

Environment, Law, and History

Roman mosaic from Veii (Italy), 3rd-4th century AD, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe ( Carole Raddato ) In the Roman world, spaces were governed by different legal fields. While the land was managed by ius civile (the law of Roman citizens), the sea was a space of ius gentium , or the law of all peoples.

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