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From:Florida Bar Journal (Vol. 72, Issue 1)From the perspective of a plaintiff and counsel attempting to remedy damages through litigation, it is an enviable posture to pursue such recovery with the aid of a statutory cause of action, particularly one providing...
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From:Journal of Accountancy (Vol. 182, Issue 4)The American Institute of CPAs accounting standards executive committee is ready to issue a statement of position on environmental remediation liabilities. At Journal press time the SOP was expected to be available in...
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From:Business Lawyer (Vol. 50, Issue 1)Environmental liability guidelines for contracts can derive from case law on contracts and hazardous waste liabilities under CERCLA. Features of indemnity, release and disclaimer are covered in theory and practice....
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From:Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed"Nature provides exceptions to every rule." (2) INTRODUCTION Every living thing, whether big or small, shares one single unified earth--the protection of which is governed by environmental law. Environmental law...
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From:The CPA Journal (Vol. 63, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe mounting cost of environmental liability in the US requires the development of formal environmental accounting practices. A recent estimate placed total environmental liability at around 2% to 5% of the country's...
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From:Appraisal Journal (Vol. 64, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe 'Criscuola v. Power Authority of the State of New York' decision by the New York State Court of Appeals seems to provide the means to obtain damages due to diminution of property values as a result of proximity to...
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From:Omni (Vol. 16, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedImpoverished minority groups are starting to utilize civil rights laws to fight against the environmental degradation that disproportionately affects their neighborhoods. Minorities have found that the promised jobs...
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From:Hazardous Waste Consultant (Vol. 26, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedEPA has long recognized the value of redeveloping contaminated land and the need to provide liability relief to encourage prospective purchasers of such land. Accordingly, one mission of EPAs Office of Site Remediation...
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From:Financial Executive (Vol. 13, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCorporations are becoming more confident about their ability to manage their environmental exposures. In the past, most had been overwhelmed by the legal, technical, managerial and financial resources that would be...
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From:Denver Journal of International Law and Policy (Vol. 32, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION Multinational corporations often wield more power than many of the world's nations, the immense wealth and political influence of multinationals make them powerhouses in the global economy. These...
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From:Socialist Lawyer (Issue 68)A longstanding legal battle between indigenous Ecuadorians and the megalithic US corporation Chevron has decisively tipped in favour of the oil giant and other global resource extraction firms. On 7th March 2014,...
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From:Internal Auditor (Vol. 56, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedMore CEOS, CFOS, and audit directors are asking themselves if their internal audit departments are auditing the right things. Having served in the safety and environmental arena, insight into a company's overall risk...
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From:Multinational Monitor (Vol. 20, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedPROSECUTION of environmental crimes in the United States has sharply fallen during the Clinton Administration, according to a compilation of court records released in November by Public Employees for Environmental...
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From:Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (Vol. 38, Issue 2)ABSTRACT Significant concern about the harm to the environment caused by the disposal of hazardous wastes and detrimental materials abounds. In response, regulators around the globe have struggled to develop...
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From:Natural Resources Journal (Vol. 54, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT In 1918, Congress passed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to curb mass avian extermination caused by hunting and poaching. Despite Congress's initial concern with these activities, the U.S. Fish and...
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From:Law and Contemporary Problems (Vol. 72, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedI SUMMARY Meir Dan-Cohen's elegant article (1) addresses a question central to the symposium of which it is a part: How can nations get past their pasts? The article first refines this question, then identifies and...
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From:Denver Journal of International Law and Policy (Vol. 35, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedI. INTRODUCTION Treaties, customary international law, and general principles of law constitute the primary sources of international environmental law as of international law in general, while judicial decisions and...
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From:UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy (Vol. 20, Issue 2)1. INTRODUCTION. GLOBALIZATION AND EMERGING ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF MULTINATIONAL ENERGY PROJECTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Indigenous peoples have become the subject of significant attention within the environmental...
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From:Nature (Vol. 456, Issue 7220) Peer-ReviewedThe US Supreme Court has ruled that national security trumps environmental law, at least in the case of whales and sonar. Following the decision, the Navy no longer has to stop sonar training exercises off the southern...