Environmental and energy law / edited by Karen E. Makuch, Ricardo Pereira.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Makuch, Karen E.

Pereira, Ricardo M. (Law teacher)

Series:

New York Academy of Sciences Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy industries--Environmental aspects.

Energy industries.

Energy industries--Law and legislation.

Environmental policy.

Power resources--Law and legislation.

Power resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (677 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley Blackwell, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite bringing prosperity, industrialisation generally leads to increasing levels of pollution which has a detrimental impact on the environment. In response, legislation which seeks to control or prevent such impact has become common. Similarly, climate change and energy security have become major drivers for the regulatory regimes that have emerged in the energy field. Given the global or regional scope of many environmental problems, international cooperation is often necessary to ensure such legislation is effective. The EU and the UK have contributed to the development of the environm

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction

pt. 2. Innovation, sustainability and the law

pt. 3. Sustainable energy and climate change law

pt. 4. Exploration and exploitation of energy resources

pt. 5. Clean technologies and the clean development mechanism

pt. 6. Waste, water, air quality management and pollution control

pt. 7. The regulation of chemicals and laboratory safety

pt. 8. Governance, impact assessment, compliance and enforcement in environmental law

pt. 9. Case studies on environmental law implementation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-118-25736-7

1-78539-353-7

1-283-54240-4

9786613854858

1-118-25734-0

OCLC:

801365211