Environmental Lawyer
The field of environmental law began after World War II (1939-1945) as a response to growing public concern about the impact of the massive amounts of toxic chemicals used in the ...
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Environmental Law
Environmental law has been defined as the law of planetary housekeeping. It is concerned with protecting the planet and its people from activities that upset the earth and its life...
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Environmental Law Institute
Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is an independent research and education center involved in developing environmental laws and policies at both national and internationa...
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Environmental Legislation in the United States
1862
Homestead Act makes free homesteads on unappropriated land available on a vast scale, speeding settlement of the Plains states and destruction of t...
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Environmental Regulation
The regulation of human interactions with the environment has taken shape in various political institutions, policies, and market mechanisms that have evolved over time accord...
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Enforcement
Both within the United States and other countries, enforcement by government agencies and individual private citizens is widely viewed as a crucial aspect of the implementation of environm...
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Laws and Regulations, United States
Although pollution control laws have been in use in the United States for a century, it was not until the 1970s, the "Environmental Decade," that mode...
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Environmental Lawyer
Environmental Law
Environmental Regulation
Enforcement