Questions tagged [environmental]
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Good resources on public participation?
I'm currently doing some reading for a research project on the Aarhus Convention. Could anyone recommend any good resources (ideally available freely online or on JSTOR) on public participation e.g., ...
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Is it littering if you pick something up, examine it, and put it back?
Watching children play with random garbage found on the side of the road (and their parents futilely trying to stop them), the following question came to my mind:
If you pick up a piece of garbage, ...
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Legislative Capacity Exception to Definition of 'Public Authority' in Aarhus Convention
I've encountered some difficulty in interpreting the Aarhus Convention Implementation Guide (https://unece.org/DAM/env/pp/Publications/Aarhus_Implementation_Guide_interactive_eng.pdf) in its ...
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Is the use of a former hotel site as asylum seekers’ accommodation exempt from public disclosure under FOIA or EIR?
Invariably when hotels are taken over by the authorities for asylum seekers' accommodation, they are staffed by zealously secretive security guards who refuse to answer basic questions about why, ...
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How does direct action result in a civil claims?
Greenpeace has been involved in direct action from around or before it was officially founded in 1969 - 71. Before this month I have not heard of civil cases being brought against them. Earlier this ...
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What emission laws apply to diesel electric trucks?
There’s a truck manufacturer called Edison motors. They make hybrid electric trucks where the truck is powered by batteries and there’s an onboard generator which charges the batteries when it gets ...
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Is installing and maintaining / cleaning a septic tank in Spain's Galicia permissionless?
I have a small solar, 232 m2, and the town hall rejects connecting it to the sewage system because it is not buildable ( edificable) due to being smaller than 500 m2. I would like to install a septic ...
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Can penalties for civil wrongs be retroactively increased by law?
This question is similar in nature to this one, however, my focus is on environmental law which is typically enforced via civil penalties.
Recently, the State of NJ passed something called the ...
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What is the legal implications of failure to pay Ultra Low Emission Zone charges?
Bob has driven through the Ultra Low Emission Zone but not paid to requisite fee. What are the legal consequences of this for Bob?
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In the real case represented in the Travolta film A Civil Action, why didn't plaintiffs just wait for the EPA report?
The film A Civil Action starred John Travolta as plaintiffs’ attorney Schilchtmann. It tells the true story of the plaintiffs’ efforts to establish the liability of two corporate defendants (Beatrice ...
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Can I issue a lawsuit against my city for having unsafe air quality?
I live in Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia(EU).
In many parts of my city, there are many times a high level of air pollution because of cars, especially in the area where I'm currently living. ...
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Bellowing helicopters in the sky: insight and recourse
Exceedingly loud helicopters seem to regularly fly in the sky where I live in the London Borough of Islington, both in the day and night, and often on Sundays, when noise is supposed to even be ...
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Is there any framework for prosecuting environmental crimes as war crimes?
It is in the news that the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines is an environmental catastrophe. There are calls for this to be treated as a war crime:
Methane leaking from yet-to-be explained ...
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Gas heating for single flat
Assume you own a flat in a larger house with floor heating in Germany and your gas heating breaks down in 2024.
Now a new gas heating is not possible because a new heating requires to be 65% "...
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How is Ethanol categorized in the 12 BImSchV (Germans implementation of Seveso Directive)
The 12 BImSchV (essentially germany implementation of the Seveso III directive, as far as I understand) defines certain industrial or other plants as hazardous, according to the substances stored ...
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