Climate, energy, and environment. Volume 3 : issues, analyses, and developments / Jake S. Diaz, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diaz, Jake S., editor.

Series:

Climate, Energy, and Environment: Issues, Analyses, and Developments (NOT ON COVER)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This third volume of ""Climate, Energy, and Environment: Issues, Analyses, and Developments"" presents current topical research in the study of climate change and existing law; U.N. convention on the law of the sea; a climate action plan to reduce methane emissions; clean coal loan guarantees and tax incentives; the oil spill liability trust fund; and environmental considerations in federal procurement.

Contents:

""CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT: ISSUES, ANALYSES, AND DEVELOPMENTS. VOLUME 3""; ""CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT: ISSUES, ANALYSES, AND DEVELOPMENTS. VOLUME 3""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXISTING LAW: A SURVEY OF LEGAL ISSUES PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""I. THRESHOLD BARRIERS TO LITIGATION""; ""II. MITIGATION�REDUCING GHG EMISSIONS""; ""III. LIABILITY FOR HARMS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE""; ""IV. CLIMATE CHANGE-INDUCED WATER SHORTAGES""

""V. SEA LEVEL RISE AND EXTREME PRECIPITATION""""VI. OTHER ADAPTATION RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE""; ""VII. RESPONDING TO AND REBUILDING AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS""; ""VIII. IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE LAW""; ""Chapter 2: U.N. CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA: LIVING RESOURCES PROVISIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""LIVING RESOURCES PROVISIONS""; ""DISPUTE SETTLEMENT FOR LIVING RESOURCES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Chapter 3: CLIMATE ACTION PLAN: STRATEGY TO REDUCE METHANE EMISSIONS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""REDUCING METHANE EMISSIONS""; ""IMPROVING METHANE MEASUREMENT""

""Chapter 4: CLEAN COAL LOAN GUARANTEES AND TAX INCENTIVES: ISSUES IN BRIEF""""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""LOAN GUARANTEES""; ""TAX INCENTIVES""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""Chapter 5: THE OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND: THE DEFINITION OF “OIL� AND RELATED ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OIL SANDS�BACKGROUND""; ""OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND""; ""SCOPE OF TAXED OIL VS. SCOPE OF SPILLED OIL""; ""CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS""; ""Chapter 6: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN FEDERAL PROCUREMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF THE LEGAL AUTHORITIES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION""

""SUMMARY""""INTRODUCTION""; ""PLACE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN FEDERAL PROCUREMENT""; ""LEGAL AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS""; ""IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES""; ""APPENDIX. ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS FOR MAJOR TYPES OF PREFERRED PRODUCTS""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 16, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-657-0

OCLC:

899272865