Downloading liability on municipalities
Senior governments seem to have no shame about downloading enormous, undisclosed environmental liabilities on municipalities. In an English case, Corby Group Litigation v. Corby District Council, the Corby Borough Council (CBC) has been held liable for allowing residents to become exposed t…
View the post titled Downloading liability on municipalitiesWhy is fairness irrelevant?
Innocent parties forced to pay unfair environmental costs should seek compensation in the civil courts, and should not expect any help from the ERT.
View the post titled Why is fairness irrelevant?Lead in Drinking Water
People who live in older buildings, especially with small children, should consider taking some precautions at home against lead in their drinking water.
View the post titled Lead in Drinking WaterWhat's changed in 20 years?
My guess is that we’re still running pretty hard to have results that look like standing still.
View the post titled What's changed in 20 years?Big wind projects: New Zealand no, California yes
The New Zealand Environment Court has refused to approve a $2 billion government-owned wind project (176 turbines) in the "outstanding natural landscape of the Lammermoor".
View the post titled Big wind projects: New Zealand no, California yesLexology?
Dear Lexology readers, Thank you for your attention in the last two years. Instead of publishing our articles through Lexology, we will now be available through Mondaq as well as through Linked In and directly on this blog. If you would like to receive a weekly email with our headlines, plea…
View the post titled Lexology?What are climate thinkers thinking?
There are many issues at stake in Copenhagen, but the basic science is not.
View the post titled What are climate thinkers thinking?Buy contaminated site, then sue?
I have never understood why so many people think they can knowingly buy a contaminated site and then force someone else to clean it up.
View the post titled Buy contaminated site, then sue?Mind games at Copenhagen
Why has there been so much fuss about the “leaked” document at Copenhagen? After all, there was nothing new or surprising in it: developing countries want richer countries to do all the paying and make all the carbon reductions, not them; developed countries don’t agree. Th…
View the post titled Mind games at CopenhagenWaste diversion: is it real?
Measuring the wrong thing can produce counterproductive results.
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