Formal and Informal Powers of the Judiciary to Address Climate Change People are increasingly taking to the courts to force governments and businesses to comply with and expedite climate change commitments. In contrast to the issues of legal liability for harm caused to the environment, health, and property, settled at...
Introduction Protecting the environment and reducing the negative impact of human activities on nature is a severe challenge of modern times. The US government is taking various measures to solve this problem, including passing bills to reduce human pollution. However, when analyzing environmental policies, multiple factors must be considered, including...
Introduction Environmental conservation is an instrumental component of many administrations and the state of Texas has been at the forefront to advocate for preservation. The policies proposed and implemented by the state have achieved strides that have slowed down environmental degradation, although there is a need for the administration to...
Introduction The plaintiff in this case is the United States, namely the Department of Justice on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The defender is the Reserve Mining Company, built in 1955 in Minnesota. Facts The Reserve Mining Company was engaged in extracting iron from taconite. At the same...
Introduction Recent developments in population growth, urbanization, and socio-economic development are changing land use planning, particularly in commercial areas. An increase in urban populations leads to higher demand for land for settlement public utilities such as roads and commercial infrastructure. New York is among the rapidly growing cities in population...
Fracking is a method of extracting oil and gas from deposits that are deep underground. In order to do this, a well is drilled down to the deposit, and then a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals is injected at high pressure into the rock. This fractures the rock and...
To: CEO From: NAME Subject: Creating a Sustainable Initiative Greetings, I am NAME, an administrator in the environmental department. I am writing to propose the adoption of an environmentally sustainable initiative to improve the company’s efficiency of operations. After a critical analysis of the company, I realized a significant amount...
Cap and trade is a form of emissions trading that allows the government to regulate the number of greenhouse gasses released into the atmosphere while reducing the number of organizations depending on solutions such as coal as a power source. Cap-and-trade allows the market and producers to determine the carbon...
The term environmental policy describes a set of rules, regulations, and laws that are enacted to protect the environment to ensure its sustainability. Environmental policies are used to protect different aspects of the environment such as wildlife, water, air and other natural resources in the ecosystem (Lars 98). The policies...
Introduction Environment plays a very important role in the existence of mankind and therefore the global community takes issues concerning the environment with a lot of care and precaution. The environment has a direct impact on human life and sometimes man has been hit hard by nature due to environmental...
The issue of business ethics remains controversial. For businesses to operate in a conducive environment, there are a set of laws that must adhere to. Businesses operate under different kind of laws upon which a penalty is given if the business fails to adhere to the stipulated rules. Some laws...
