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The Basic Environmental Law is the basic structure of Japan's environmental policies replacing the Basic Law for Environmental Pollution Control and the Nature Conservation Law. The updated law aims to address "global environmental problems, urban pollution by everyday life, loss of accessible natural environment in urban areas and degrading ...
The history of environmental law in the US can be traced back to early roots in common law doctrines, for example, the law of nuisance and the public trust doctrine. The first environmental statute was the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, which has been largely superseded by the Clean Water Act (CWA). However, most current major environmental ...
Environmental Protection Law (Latvia) Fishery Law; Forestry Law; Hunting Law (2003) Law on Chemical Substances and Chemical Products; Law on the Conservation of Species and Biotopes; Law on End-of Life Vehicles Management; Law on Environmental Impact Assessment (Latvia) (amended until 2005) Law on Environmental Protection (Latvia) Law on Pollution
Earth law; Ecocide; Energy law; Environmental cleanup law; Environmental impact of the Israel–Hamas war; Environmental engineering law; Environmental Foundation Limited; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental personhood; The Environmental Provisions of Oslo II Accords; Eco-tariff; Environmental tax
1970 – Reorganization Plan No. 3 created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Presidential Executive Order 1970 – Clean Air Act (Extension) . Major rewrite of CAA, setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Hazardous Air Pollutant standards, and auto emissions tailpipe standards.
This is a list of international environmental agreements. Most of the following agreements are legally binding for countries that have formally ratified them. Some, such as the Kyoto Protocol , differentiate between types of countries and each nation's respective responsibilities under the agreement.
United Kingdom environmental law concerns the protection of the environment in the United Kingdom. Environmental law is increasingly a European and an international issue, due to the cross border issues of air and water pollution , and man-made climate change .
Environmental Law publishes four issues each year and contains articles, essays, book reviews by lawyers and academics, and student-written notes and comments.Topics of discussion range from in-depth analysis of recent cases to more abstract discussions of the latest pollution prevention theories.