AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW James Maurici‚ Landmark Chambers Introduction 1. This talk will look at: i. What is environmental law? ii. The sources of environmental law iii. Some key concepts in environmental law: the precautionary principle‚ the polluter pays‚ public participation and access to environmental justice iv. An introduction to the main areas of environmental law: a. air quality b. climate change c. contaminated land d. noise e. environmental permitting f. waste g. water h. nature
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Environmental Protection Many centuries ago people lived in harmony with nature because industry was not much developed. There was no ecological problem until people built lots of plants and factories which sent wastes into the air‚ water and land where they didn’t disappear but lasted forever in one form or another. Nowadays people live only according to their wants and requirements‚ they ignore the laws of nature. That’s why today the contradictions between man and nature are dramatic. People
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All time-management courses boil down to one basic piece of advice: set priorities and allocate the bulk of your time to tasks that are crucial to meeting your goals. Minimize interruptions and spend big chunks of your time in productive and creative activity. Unfortunately‚ current information systems encourage the opposite approach‚ leading to an interrupt-driven workday and reduced productivity. Here are six steps to regaining control of your day: Don’t check your email all the time. Set
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The study of ethics is a very old process. It is a topic scholars have been studying and theorizing on for centuries. This is not the case when we talk about environmental ethics. The study of environmental ethics has only really been studied for the past forty years or so. Ethics is defined as the study of right and wrong conduct. (Ruggiero‚ (2008)‚ pg. 5) This translates to the environment by how we as humans do right or wrong to the environment. For many years people have gone about their
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Environmental Racism in Los Angeles and its Formation The siting of a $500 million railyard project backed by BNSF Railroad Company‚ which recently won the approval from Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners and Los Angeles City Council‚ has been a highly debated issue in Long Beach‚ Los Angeles. According to a report from Pacific Swell‚ ‘The BNSF railway’s project would serve as a transfer point between the harbor complex and rail. Short-haul trucks would travel four miles up the freeway to move
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Environmental Health and Health Effects of Environmental Abstract Environmental health addresses all the physical‚ chemical‚ and biological factors external to a person‚ and all the related factors impacting behaviors. It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health. It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments (WHO‚ 2001). This is what the several articles and videos provided for the class help
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Thesis statement: The proposals apply to reduce the nuclear pollution after the Fukushima accident in Japan. An Annotated bibliography Nuclear Power in the World Today. (2012‚ April). World Nuclear Association. Retrieved from http://www.world-nuclear.org/ Evaluation Relevance: This article introduces the development trend of the nuclear energy. Evidence: In this resource‚ mainly talking about how the nuclear energy plant running‚ and the current situation of nuclear power. This source
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Public Awareness about Open Dumping of Solid Wastes and Its Effect on the Surrounding Environment: A Study at Kachuadanga in Tangail Pourashava‚ Tangail‚ Bangladesh. T. R. Tusher‚ M. Mustafa and S. Khanam Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University‚ Santosh‚ Tangail-1902 Abstract The study was conducted to know the public awareness about open dumping of solid wastes and its effect on the surroundings
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Environmental protection Environmental protection is the main problem facing humanity nowadays. Ten years ago the world “ecology” hardly meant anything for the majority of people‚ but today we can’t help bearing it in our minds. It has happened because of the growing effect of the rapid industrial development of the natural world‚ which has negative features of its own. As a matter of fact the state of environment has greatly worsened of late. There is no doubt that soil‚ water and
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Environmental impact of mining The environmental impact of mining includes erosion‚ formation of sinkholes‚ loss of biodiversity‚ and contamination of soil‚ groundwater and surface water by chemicals from mining processes. In some cases‚ additional forest logging is done in the vicinity of mines to increase the available room for the storage of the created debris and soil. Besides creating environmental damage‚ the contamination resulting from leakage of chemicals also affect the health of the
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