Environmental law Books

Book SynopsisInitially created as afterthoughts to competitive electricity markets, capacity markets were intended to enhance system reliability. They have evolved into massive, highly controversial, and poorly understood billion-dollar institutions. Electricity Capacity Markets examines the rationales for creating capacity markets, how capacity markets work, and how well these markets are meeting their objectives. This book will appeal to energy experts and non-experts alike, across a range of disciplines, including economics, business, engineering, public policy, and law. Capacity markets are an important and provocative topic on their own, but they also offer an interesting case study of how well our energy systems are meeting the needs of our increasingly complex society. The challenges facing capacity markets harnessing market forces for social good, creating networks that manage complexity, and achieving sustainability are very much core challenges for our twenty-first century advanced induTrade Review'Incentives to invest in electricity supply are crucial to successful market design. Introducing in rich detail both US experience and the academic literature, Professors Aagaard and Kleit provide essential background for identifying the reforms needed to make capacity markets efficient and effective in this rapidly evolving industry.' Benjamin F. Hobbs, Theodore M. and Kay W. Schad Professor of Environmental Management, The Johns Hopkins University'Aagaard and Kleit's Electricity Capacity Markets is a comprehensive and insightful discussion of the history, regulation, and economics of capacity markets in the eastern US RTOs. The authors identify many important tradeoffs in market design as well as opportunities to expand the role of economics in future incarnations. It is an invaluable resource for students, regulators, and market participants alike. I highly recommend it.' Karen Palmer, Director of the Future of Power Initiative, Resources for the Future'Electricity Capacity Markets provides compelling insights into the rationales and performance of capacity markets. The authors' call for a comprehensive assessment of these constructs is acutely felicitous. Now, at the apex of controversy, it is imperative to improve capacity markets for a reliable, innovative and cost-effective clean energy transition.' Devin Hartman, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy, R Street Institute'Capacity auctions are notoriously complicated due to their ever-changing rules and regional variations. Aagaard and Kleit bring much-needed clarity. Their work meticulously describes and critiques the fundamental elements of capacity auction design, from their theoretical underpinnings to their most recent rules that obstruct states' clean energy policies.' Ari Peskoe, Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law ProgramTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Capacity markets primer; 3. Restructured electricity markets and regional transmission organizations; 4. Reliability and the 'missing money' problem; 5. Capacity policies; 6. First-generation capacity markets; 7. Second-generation capacity markets; 8. Capacity market demand; 9. Capacity market supply; 10. Capacity market design; 11. Market power; 12. Minimum offer price rules; 13. The Texas alternative; 14. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisEvery person on our home planet is affected by a worldwide deluge of man-made chemicals and pollutants - most of which have never been tested for safety. Our chemical emissions are six times larger than our total greenhouse gas emissions. They are in our food, our water, the air we breathe, our homes and workplaces, the things we use each day. This universal poisoning affects our minds, our bodies, our genes, our grandkids, and all life on Earth. Julian Cribb describes the full scale of the chemical catastrophe we have unleashed. He proposes a new Human Right - not to be poisoned. He maps an empowering and hopeful way forward: to rid our planet of these toxins and return Earth to the clean, healthy condition which our forebears enjoyed, and our grandchildren should too.Trade Review'In Earth Detox, Cribb shows that humanity's chemical emissions are a threat to civilization on the scale of climate disruption - slaying more people every year now than any war in human history. On a bedrock of hard scientific evidence, he shows the way for urgent universal action to stem this colossal menace to our future. Another must-read by an outstanding science communicator.' Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic'Future generations will see this book as the 21st century equivalent of Rachel Carson's 1960s classic, Silent Spring. It documents in frightening detail how manufactured chemicals are poisoning us and the Earth's natural systems. Every day, about a kilogram of chemicals are produced for you and for every other human. About 25,000 people will die today from the effects of these chemicals. Read it and be empowered to help turn back the chemical tsunami which is drowning us all.' Ian Lowe, Griffith University'Julian Cribb's unrivalled passion for a clean environment is informed by his understanding that chemical contamination of the Earth poses no less than an existential risk to humanity. This outstanding book examines in beautiful language the scale and causes of the problem, and - crucially - what we can do to solve it. Cribb has warned us - we must now rise to the challenge.' Ravi Naidu, Newcastle University and CEO of CRC CARE'… a meticulously researched account of the quantity, variety, and number of chemicals released into the environment by human activities and the impact these chemicals are having on the health, wellbeing and, ultimately, the survival of humanity.' Alfred Poulos, Australian National University'… Earth Detox is impeccably researched, starkly engaging, beautifully written, and deeply unnerving. Telling us we are existentially awash in deadly dangerous, man-made chemical toxins. A must read for those who want a future in which humans can survive. Julian Cribb is one of the world's most important voices on the existential threats of our time.' Geoffrey Holland, author of The Hydrogen Age'Julian Cribb refuses to give up on our species. In this his latest book, Earth Detox, he succinctly describes how we find ourselves and our environments contaminated by chemicals while shining a light on pathways to a cleaner, healthier world.' Robyn Alders, Australian National University'… harrowing, tenacious and precise analysis of humanity's poisoning of the planet … From traces of arsenic on the high slopes of Mt. Everest, to flame-retardant chemicals in deepsea squid and bears in the Arctic, pesticides and nanopolluters, to neurotoxins, endocrine disrupters and chemical weapons, Cribb documents the unbearable orgy of toxins we are willy-nilly unleashing … This is not a book about hope versus despair. It is far more urgent and pragmatic than that. This is about your next breath.' Michael Charles Tobias, author, filmmaker, President of Dancing Star Foundation'… impeccably referenced and scary to say the least. But it needs to be widely read and understood if we seriously want our children to inherit a liveable world.' Bob Douglas, Commission for the Human Future'Science policy expert Julian Cribb's latest, deeply-documented, systemic overview of humanity's self-inflicted global crises is essential reading. Cribb provides evidence that our collective expanding cognition and actions offer clear pathways for redirecting societies toward survivable common futures on our endangered planet.' Hazel Henderson, global futurist, author of Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age, CEO of Ethical Markets Media, LLC'Earth Detox is a compelling, albeit unsettling book about the ways billions of tons of toxic chemicals are killing the planet - including people … Julian Cribb takes a no-holds-barred look at how dependence upon manufactured chemicals threatens the world. Every living being is touched in one way or another by toxic chemicals. They're in the air, in the oceans, in the soil, in the foods we eat, on our skin. In fact, almost every facet of our lives is touched by pollutants, whether we know it or not. Earth Detox lays out shocking facts about the many ways we've allowed pollutants to poison the planet. Fortunately, Julian also lays out many actions we can take, and policies to support, to change course and save lives. I encourage readers to pick up Earth Detox, learn the facts about toxic pollutants, and begin sharing some of the solutions with others so we can move toward a safe and healthy world for all beings.' Suzanne York, Director of Transition Earth'Confronting, challenging and yet empowering, Earth Detox offers a roadmap to dealing with the issues we all face together as a global community … Julian Cribb reminds us why he is one of the world's leading science writers … If knowledge is power then with this book we are empowered to act, effect change and truly make a difference … At this time of global reflection, the book is guiding light to a better and more sustainable future.' Ron Ehrlich, President of Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine'… readers will find this an urgent wake-up call.' Publisher's Weekly'Earth Detox is truly a masterpiece of deeply researched facts exposing a very, very big story, as big as the survival and condition of Earth's basic resources that support existence.' Robert Hunziker, CounterPunch'Cribb's most recent book Earth Detox: How and Why We Must Clean Up Our Planet, recently published by Cambridge University Press, demands to be widely read and carefully considered by policy makers everywhere. Earth Detox makes it clear every human on Earth is being profoundly and systematically poisoned and our governments are largely ignoring the problem.' Bob Douglas, Canberra Times'A readable, urgent argument for ceasing our profligacy and cleaning our nests.' Kirkus ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Chemical avalanche; 2. Poisoning a Planet; 3. Are you a contaminated site?; 4. Diabolic cocktail; 5. Unseen risks; 6. Sick society; 7. Getting away with murder; 8. Clean up Society; 9. Clean up the Earth; 10. Averting disaster; Postscript. A warning from deep time; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis Element provides a systematization of 'the politics of deep time' as a novel lens of planetary politics by demonstrating why deep-time interactions render the politics of deep time essential and explaining the politics of deep time using representative cases. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Deep time as a novel lens of planetary politics; 2. The why: Deep-time interactions; 3. The how: Politicization of deep time; 4. The what: Explicating the politics of deep time; 5. A conceptual framework of the politics of deep time; References.

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Book SynopsisConflicts between environmental protection laws and human rights present delicate trade-offs when concerns for social and ecological justice are increasingly intertwined. This book retraces how the legal ordering of environmental protection evolved over time and progressively merged with human rights concerns, thereby leading to a synergistic framing of their relation. It explores the world-making effects this framing performed by establishing how ''humans'' ought to relate to ''nature'', and examines the role played by legislators, experts and adjudicators in (re)producing it. While it questions, contextualises and problematises how and why this dominant framing was construed, it also reveals how the conflicts that underpin this relationship and the victims they affect mainly remained unseen. The analysis critically evaluates the argumentative tropes and adjudicative strategies used in the environmental case-law of regional courts to understand how these conflicts are judicially medTrade Review'We know that environmental pollution harms human lives, but can environmental protection also harm? Marie Petersmann incisively shows us that not all environmentalisms are alike, and that those privileged by international law and courts move between a narrow range, from conservative neo-Malthusianism to liberal sustainable development. These environmentalisms code perceptions of human-nature relationships, of how to know the world and be in it, and of evidence and expertise, that crowd out what Joan Martinez-Alier calls 'the environmentalism of the poor'. In analysis both powerful and poignant, Petersmann dissects the development of this mainstream of environmental protection, and who and what it excludes, and opens paths to new possibilities. A terrific and essential book.' Surabhi Ranganathan, University of Cambridge'At a moment when environmental and human rights norms are becoming ever more intertwined, this book makes a timely and crucial scholarly and political intervention by investigating the points of dissonance, tensions and trade-offs between these regimes. Petersmann persuasively shows the limitations of this anthropocentric normative synthesis, and draws on a rich body of interdisciplinary feminist, decolonial and post-human scholarship to open possibilities for a different legal language and practice of care for more-than-human worlds. This book is compulsory reading for those wanting to re-imagine legal relations in the Anthropocene.' Julia Dehm, La Trobe University'Laws that protect human rights and laws that protect the environment are growing ever closer. As we live through alarming ecological decline, theorists and practitioners are keen to point to normative convergence. Yet what is lost by this synergistic framing? Petersmann's original and compelling legal analysis, which draws on the case law of regional human rights courts as well as anthropology, geography and political theory, demonstrates the high stakes of the inquiry, and impels new thinking about the relationship between human rights and environmental protection.' Margaret Young, University of Melbourne'This scholarly, well-argued, and thought-provoking book rightly problematises uncritical assertions of 'synergy' between human rights and 'the environment' and exposes tacit imaginaries facilitating the on-going absorption of environmental concerns into human rights law. Petersmann draws timely and necessary attention to normative conflicts that are all too often over-looked. Theoretically astute and doctrinally informed, this book is simultaneously critical, affirmative and future-facing. It is a powerful contribution to the field.' Anna Grear, Cardiff UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. Constructing Synergies – Framing the Environment – Human Rights Interface: 1. Narratives of environmental and human rights protection – from a 'Pristine Wilderness' to a 'Human Environment'; 2. Horizons of synergy – adjudicating environmental and human rights protection; 3. Constructing and contesting anthropocentric synergies; 4. Countering the dominant frame – an account of trade-offs and tensions; Part II. Conflict Mediation through Universalisation: 5. The general interest as universalisation strategy; 6. Expert knowledge as universalisation strategy.

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Book SynopsisUsing time as a lens to understand environmental behaviour and impacts, this book pioneers a new understanding of environmental law for all societies, and makes recommendations for its reform. Promoting environmental restoration (past time) and slow living (the pace of time) are among solutions advocated for environmental law.Table of Contents1. It's time; 2. Temporalities of change; 3. The ever-present now; 4. Rear vision; 5. Rallentare; 6. Telling the time.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive manual provides guidance to the legal mechanisms used to protect wildlife and to conserve nature in the UK. For each section (e.g. trees, hedgerows, SSIs, protected species) there is an introduction covering the scale of the problem, the level of decline of the species and why there is a need to protect.Trade Review"this is a most practical book...it is well worth the attention of those involved in wildlife conservation or protecting the environment" "It also provides an excellent resource for veterinarians, biologists and others pursuing the many graduate and undergraduate courses which feature wildlife conservation law, ecology or planning." "It should definitely be on appropriate library shelves and course reading lists." The Veterinary Record, Feb 2003Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Law, Ecology and organisations - An introduction to the law; The principles of classification and ecology; The organisation and administration of nature conservation in the UK;. Part II Species and habitat protection - Species protection under UK law; Habitat and landscape protection under UK law; The protection of trees and hedgerows; European and international wildlife law;. Part III Planning, Urban Environments and Environmental Impact Assessment - Planning, highways and wildlife; Environmental impact assessment; The future; Appendices; Glossary and acronyms; Information sources; Index

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Book SynopsisThis important resource offers a comprehensive overview of the major U.S. environmental laws and approaches, strategies, standards, and enforcement techniques by which American law protects our environment and our health.Table of ContentsList of Text Boxes, Figures, and Tables ix Preface xiii The Authors xvii Chapter 1 Overview of the US Legal System 1 The Structure of American Government 2 Separation of Powers: Federal and State 3 Sources of American Law 9 Chapter 2 Transparency and Accountability in the Executive Branch: Judicial Review and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 23 Judicial Review 24 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 29 Chapter 3 Clean Air Act (CAA) 41 Background 42 Introduction to the Clean Air Act 43 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) 44 Regulating Emissions 48 Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) 58 Enforcement 65 Mobile Source Controls 66 Acid Rain Program 68 Cross-Border Air Pollution 71 Greenhouse Gases 72 Chapter 4 Clean Water Act (CWA) 77 Scope and Basics 79 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 81 Technology-Based Effluent Standards 83 Beyond Technology-Based Standards: Water Quality Safety Net 90 Enforcement 92 Pretreatment Program for Indirect Dischargers 96 Discharges of Fill and Dredged Materials 98 Chapter 5 Safe DrinkingWater Act (SDWA) 107 Who Is Regulated: Public Water Systems 109 What Contaminants Are Regulated? 110 National Drinking Water Regulations 112 Keeping Consumers Informed 116 A Closer Look at Public Water Systems 117 Source Water 120 Enforcement 124 Chapter 6 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or “Superfund Act”) 131 Overview and Definitions 133 Reporting Releases of Hazardous Substances 136 Responding to a Release of Hazardous Substances 136 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 142 The Superfund 145 Liability 146 Brownfields 152 Chapter 7 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 157 What Is a Hazardous Waste? 159 Cradle-to-Grave Regulation 163 Waste Minimization 172 Enforcement 172 Underground Storage Tanks 173 Chapter 8 Oil Pollution Act (OPA) 179 Overview 180 Spill Prevention 181 Spill Response 182 Liability and Penalties 186 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 189 Chapter 9 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) 193 Overview 194 Emergency Planning Provisions 196 Data Reporting 197 Toxic Release Inventory 198 Chapter 10 Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) 203 Background 205 What Are Employers’ Duties? 208 Health Standards 209 Setting Health Standards: Consensus, Permanent, Emergency Temporary 210 Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) 214 Records and Reporting 218 Monitoring and Enforcement 219 Chapter 11 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 225 Scope and Implementation 226 New Chemicals Program 228 Existing Chemicals 233 Significant New Use 235 Chapter 12 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 241 Background 242 Pesticide Registration Program 245 Removing Pesticides from the Market 250 Regulation of Pesticide Use 253 Nearly Exclusive Federal Control 255 Chapter 13 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) 261 Purpose and Programs 262 Foods 263 Drugs and Medical Devices 266 Dietary Supplements 271 Tobacco 275 Chapter 14 Common Law: Toxic Torts 285 Tort Law: An Overview 286 Toxic Torts 293 Causes of Action 293 Causation Problems in Toxic Tort Litigation 301 Scientific Evidence 303 Scientific Evidence in the Courtroom 307 Mass Litigation 309 Pushing the Envelope 310 Glossary 315 Acronyms 331 Resources and Additional Reading 335 Index 339

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Book SynopsisA veteran environmentalist shares her roadmap to a healthier world—one that uses the law to empower activists and provide hope for communities everywhere.We have reached a critical tipping point in our fight for the environment: Corporations profit off climate change, natural disasters devastate homes, and the most vulnerable suffer the health effects of pollution. Yet our laws are designed to accommodate this destruction rather than prevent it. Without government support, it’s no wonder people feel powerless.But there is a solution. In The Green Amendment, veteran environmentalist Maya K. van Rossum presents her radically simple plan for a green future: bypass local laws and turn to the ultimate authority—our state and federal constitutions—to ensure we have the right to a healthy environment.Through compelling interviews with activists on the ground, clear evidence from experts, and heartbreaking stories from those hit hardest by environmental ruin, The Green Amendment lights the path forward. In this updated edition of her trailblazing 2017 book, van Rossum invites readers to join the movement by sharing: Why Green Amendments work where other movements have failed How to position Green Amendments and what specific language offers the strongest legal protections How to argue in favor of environmental rights, and the economic and health benefits that will help activists make the case How Green Amendments address the crucial intersection of environmentalism and anti-racism What everyone—from artists and students to scientists and lawyer—can do to further the cause With the power of The Green Amendment, we can claim our environmental rights, ensuring a clean, safe Earth for generations to come.Trade Review"In an age of environmental pessimism, van Rossum gives me hope."Mark Ruffalo, actor, clean water activist, founder of Water Defense, and cofounder of The Solutions Project"A rallying cry not only for conservationists and wildlife biologists, but for pediatricians, teachers, psychologists, architects, city plannerseveryone who is concerned about the welfare of all species, including human beings. Please read this important book." Richard Louv, chairman emeritus of the Children & Nature Network and author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle"Constitutional protection of natural and human communities may be our best hope for survival." Bradley M. Campbell, President of the Conservation Law Foundation, former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and former Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" The Green Amendment asks us to imagine a world in which the right to pure water and healthy air exist on par with due process and free speechand then shows us how to make it so." Sandra Steingraber, PhD, author of Living Downstream and Raising Elijah , recipient of the Rachel Carson Leadership Award, and co-founder of New Yorkers Against Fracking"If we were writing our Constitution for the first time today, wise leaders would surely insert protections for our environment." Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont". . . you will be inspired by the notion, transformed into a call for a constitutional amendment, that we, the people, have always had more power than we thought." A. R. Ingraffea, PhD, PE, Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering Emeritus and Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow at Cornell University

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Book SynopsisThis supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.

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Book SynopsisU.S. Environmental Policy: Domestic and Global Perspective frames U.S. environmental policy in the context of international environmental concerns. Each chapter explains U.S. policy considerations followed by an exploration of the global context of the issue. The book opens with a discussion of U.S. policy institutions and actors, followed by a discussion of the international system for multilateral environmental agreements dominated by the United Nations System. The root causes of environmental degradation – population growth, consumption patterns, and the limited carrying capacity of the Earth – are explored in the context of adequate access to water, food, and energy. Subsequent chapters survey U.S. policy and global concerns regarding air quality; water quality and access; non-hazardous solid waste; chemicals and hazardous substances; land, natural resources, and wildlife; the oceans; fossil fuels; nuclear power; renewable energy; the ozone layer; and climate change. • Environmental issues are both local and global in the 21st century. This book looks at environmental issues across both dimensions. • The importance of energy issues in the 21st century is emphasized by the inclusion of 3 full chapters on energy.• A truly global approach to 21st century environmental issues is provided through comprehensive discussions of the world's oceans, the ozone layer, and climate change.• Up to date details on the impact of the first two years of the Trump administration are reviewed.

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