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Cases
Canada -- Daishowa Inc. v. Friends of the Lubicon, 39 O.R. (3d) 620 (1998.4.14) (Ontario Supreme Court)
Canada -- Haida Nation v. British Columbia, 2004 SCC 73 (2004.11.18) (Supreme Court of Canada)
Canada -- Imperial Oil Ltd. v. Quebec (Minister of the Environment), 2003 SCC 58 (2003.10.30) (polluter pays principle)
Inter-American -- Application to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Teodoro Cabrera García and Rodolfo Montiel Flores (Case 12.449) against the United Mexican States (2009)
Jamaica -- Alcoa v. Broderick, Supreme Court Civil Appeal 15/95 (1996) (nuisance, aluminum plant)
Mexico -- Controversia Constitional 344/2001 (6/9/2002) (la Ley de Derechos y Cultura Indígena)
Peru -- Menace to the water resources and indigenous communities as a result of the construction of the “Ingahuasi” water collecting canal. Provinces of Huancavelica, Castrorreyna and Huaytara, Huancavelica Region (2007)
Peru -- Amenaza a los recursos hídricos y comunidades autóctonas por la construcción del Canal Colector Ingahuasi del Proyecto Choclococha. Provincias de Huancavelica, Castrorreyna y Huaytará, Región de Huancavelica. República del Perú (2007)
Romero v. Drummond Co., Inc., 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 25861 (11th Cir. 12/22/08) (Alien Tort Claims Act)
U.S. -- Montana Environmental Information Center et al v. MDEC, 296 Mont. 207, 988 P.2d 1236 (MT 1999)
U.S. -- 9th Circuit Doe I v. Unocal Corp.
U.S. -- Air Quality permit for Mittal`s Burns Harbor facility
U.S. -- Air Quality permit for U.S. Steet`s Gary Works facility
U.S. -- Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell (U.S. Supreme Court, 1986)
U.S. -- Northern Plains Resources Council v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Case No. 03-69-BLG-RWA (2005.7.13) (imposing nominal bond on public interest plaintiffs challenging oil and gas field development)
U.S. -- S.P.A.C.E v. Hurley, 291 A.D.2d. 563, 739 N.Y.S.2d. 164 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
U.S. -- Sajida Bano v. Union Carbide Corp.(2003.03.18)(Bhopal Gas Leak)
U.S. -- U.S. v. Bengis, No. 07-4895-CR (2d Cir. Jan 4, 2011) (ordering restitution for illegal overfishing)
U.S. -- U.S. v. Shell Offshore, Inc. and Shell Exploration and Production Co. (complaint) (5 August 2003)
U.S. -- U.S. v. Shell Offshore, Inc. and Shell Exploration and Production Co. (settlement) (5 August 2003)
U.S. -- U.S. v. State of Washington, Case No. CV 9213RSM (Order on Cross Motions for Summary Judgment) (27 August 2007) (Right to "take" fish includes right that fish shall survive to be taken)
United Nations Human Rights Committee -- Lubicon Lake Band v. Canada, Communication no. 167/94 (1990.03.26) (United Nations Human Rights Committee)
EIAs
Mexico -- Autopista Lerma-Tres Marias y Ramal Tenango
Mexico -- Pesca de Camaron en el Alto Golfo de California (July 2009)
General Publications
U.S. EPA (August 1989) “Municipal Waste Combustion Assessment: Combustion Control at New Facilities.” (EPA-600/8-89-057)
Canada -- British Columbia, Environmental Objectives and Best Management Practices for Aggregate Extraction
Canada -- Enforcement Versus Voluntary Compliance (1983-1998)
Canada -- Environmental Code of Practice for Integrated Steel Mills
Climate Change Litigation: A Growing Phenomenon (April 2008)
Draft Interaction Profile for Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium and lead
Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives --A Technical Framework (777 KB)
Guía de Participación Ciudadana en Materia Ambiental de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá (español)
Guide to Public Participation in Environmental Matters in Mexico, the United States of America and Canada (English)
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (Oregon 2000) “Best Management Practices for Oregon Shipyards.”
Sulfur in Fuels, Final Report of the Expert Panels (889 KB)
Technical Review Guidelines for Gravel Mining Activities Within or Adjacent to 100-year Floodplains
U.S. -- Adopting State Feed-in Tariff Laws without Federal Preemption
U.S. -- Available Paths for Designing Strong State Feed-in Tariffs
U.S. -- Development at Historic Fill Sites And Licensed Landfills: Consideration And Potential Problems
U.S. -- Earthjustice Paper on The WTO`s Interpretation of the SPS Agreements has Undermined the Right of Governments to Establish Appropriate Levels of Protection Against Risk
U.S. -- Effect of Fuel Sulfur on Emission Control Technology/Fuel Desulfurization
U.S. -- EPA Technical Report - Treatment of Cyanide Heap Leaches and Tailings
U.S. -- EPA: OAQPS Economic Analysis Resource Document (1401 KB)
U.S. -- Human Rights and Environment Issue Paper (Prepared by Earth Justice for the 59th U.N. Session on Human Rights)
U.S. -- Hydrogen Sulfide: Evaluation of Current California Air Quality Standards With Respect to Protection of Children
U.S. -- International Investment, Expropriation and Environmental Protection
U.S. -- Maricopa County, Arizona, Sand and Gravel Mining Floodplain Use Permit Application Guidelines
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (September 2008) "§309 Reviewers Guidance for New Nuclear Power Plant Environmental Impact Statements."
U.S. EPA Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses (2.4 MB)
U.S. EPA, Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors AP-42, Fifth Edition Section 5.1 Petroleum Refining
U.S. National Wildlife Federation (2000) "Hardrock Reclamation Bonding Practices"
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency (October 1999) "Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants: Environmental Standard Review Plan (NUREG-1555)"
U.S.: NOAA Fisheries (formerly National Marine Fisheries Service) National Gravel Extraction Guidance -- 2006
Use of Non-Market Valuation Methods in the Courtroom
Laws
Antigua and Barbuda -- Oil Pollution of Maritime Areas Act
Bahamas -- Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 11 of 2001)
Canada -- Canada Shipping Act
Canada -- Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
Canada -- Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
Canada -- Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (2007)
Canada -- Marine Liability Act
Canada -- Soil Quality Guidelines
Canada: Manatoba -- Fishermen`s Assistance and Polluter`s Liability Act, Chapter F 100
Mexico -- Municipal waste landfill guidelines - NOM 083-96
Mexico -- Ley de Aguas Nacionales(1992.12.01)
Mexico -- Ley de Pesca (Spanish)
Mexico -- Ley para Retribucion por la Proteccion de los Servicios Ambientales del Suelo de Conservacion del Distrito Federale
Mexico -- Recursos Hidraulicos - Varios Documentos
Mexico -- Reglamento de la ley de aguas nacionales(1994.01.12)
Mexico -- Reglamento de la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente en materia de Registro de Emisiones
U.S. -- 43 CFR Part 11 Natural Resource Damage Assessments
U.S. -- Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Regulation 12, Rule 11 - Flare Monitoring at Petroleum Refineries
U.S. -- Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Regulation 28, Rule 8 - Episodic Releases from Pressure Relief Devices at Petroleum Refineries and Chemical Plants
U.S. -- Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Regulation 7 - Odorous substances
U.S. -- California Regulatory limit on fuel sulfur content
U.S. -- Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. sec. 1321)
U.S. -- Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Closure and Post-Closure Care (40 CFR Part 258, Subpart F)
U.S. -- Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Design Criteria (40 CFR Part 258, Subpart D)
U.S. -- Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Location Restrictions (40 CFR Part 258, Subpart B)
U.S. -- Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Operating Criteria (40 CFR Part 258, Subpart C)
U.S. -- Draft SEC rules implementing revenue transparency provisions in Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (December 2010)
U.S. -- EPA Emission Standards for Municipal Waste Combustors Built After Sept 20, 1994
U.S. -- Eugene, Oregon City Ban on Smoking in Public Places
U.S. -- Eugene, Oregon Toxics Right-to-Know, municipal law (English)
U.S. -- Executive Order 12866 - Regulatory Planning and Review
U.S. -- Fisherman’s Protective Act (Pelly Amendment) (22 USC 1971-1979)
U.S. -- Migratory Birds Treaty Act
U.S. -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing; Final Rule
U.S. -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors - 63.1200 Who is subject to these regulations
U.S. -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors - 63.1201 Definitions and acronyms used in this subpart
U.S. -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors - 63.1203 What are the standards for hazardous waste incinerators?
U.S. -- Oil Pollution Act
U.S. -- Regulations of the National Park Service of Department of the Interior, relating to Parks, Forests, and Public Property (36 C.F.R. sec. 2.5) (English)
U.S. -- State of Michigan -- Sand Dunes Protection and Management Act
U.S. -- Sustainable Fisheries Act
U.S. -- Sustainable Fisheries Act (11 October 1996)
U.S. -- Washington State RCW 34.05.328 (1)(c) - Benefit and Cost Analysis in Rulemaking
U.S. – EPA Part 60, Subpart J - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries – Section 100 - Applicability and designation
U.S. – EPA Part 60, Subpart J - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries – Section 101 - Definitions
U.S. – EPA Part 60, Subpart J - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries – Section 102 - Standard for particulate matte
U.S. – EPA Part 60, Subpart J - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries – Section 103 - Standard for carbon monoxide
U.S. – EPA Part 60, Subpart J - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries – Section 104 - Standard for sulfur dioxide
U.S. – EPA Part 60, Subpart J - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries – Section 105 - Monitoring of emissions and op
U.S. – EPA Part 60, Subpart J - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries – Section 106 - Test methods and procedures
U.S. – EPA Part 60, Subpart J - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries – Section 107 - Reporting and recordkeeping re
U.S. – EPA Part 60, Subpart J - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries – Section 108 - Performance and compliance pro
U.S. – U.S. EPA national recommended water quality criteria: 2002
United States -- Connecticut: An Act Concerning Connecticut Global Warming Solutions
United States -- Pennsylvania Climate Change Act (2008)
Other Resources
Americas -- Guide to using the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM) of the Inter-American Development Bank
Amicus Brief filed by CEDHA and CIEL in Montiel v. Mexico (2002)
Amicus Brief filed by EarthRights International (ERI) in Montiel v. Mexico (espanol)
Amicus Brief filed by EDLC in Monteil v. Mexico
California energy crisis
Canada -- National Climate Change Action Plan
Jamaica -- Review of the EIA for the proposed Bahia Principe Hotel Resort Development
Jamiaca -- Evaluation of The Environmental Impact Assessment Report Soapberry Wastewater Treatment Plant, St. Catherine
Legal Research: ELAW's Court Websites Database
Mexico - Review water quality Verde and Santiago rivers
Mexico -- EIA water hyacinth control in lake Chapala
Mexico -- Memoria de la Reforma a la Ley Ambiental de Baja California (espanol)
Mexico -- National Strategy on Climate Change
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries - Mine Dewatering and Ground Water Protection
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries - River Bend Sand & Gravel Company, Amendment Application for Turner Lake in Marion County
U.S. - permit issued by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to Lafarge North America Inc. for the Portland cement plant in Buffalo, Iowa, on 28 March 2009
U.S. -- Alaska Climate Change Strategy
U.S. -- Arizona Climate Change Action Initiative
U.S. -- Artificial Reef Management Plan for Maryland 2007 (English)
U.S. -- Artificial Reef Management Plan for New Jersey 2005 (English)
U.S. -- California Climate Adaptation Strategy
U.S. -- Citizen Submissions to the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC) (Provided by Earthjustice)
U.S. -- Citizen Submissions to the WTO from Earthjustice
U.S. -- Colorado Climate Action Plan
U.S. -- Final Management Plan for Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (English)
U.S. -- Florida Adaptation Strategies
U.S. -- Florida: Energy and Climate Change Action Plan
U.S. -- Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement/Management Plan (English)
U.S. -- Maryland: Climate Action Plan (2008)
U.S. -- Methanex Case: Amended Petition to Appear as Amici Curiae in the Arbitration under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA and the UNCITEAL Arbitration Rules between Methanex Corporation and United States of America
U.S. -- New Hampshire: NH Climate Action Plan
U.S. -- Petitions Submitted in the United States Using the Pelly Amendment
U.S. -- Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative: A Local Action Strategy (Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, 2004) (English)
United States -- Injury Assessment: Guidance Document for Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
United States -- National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan
United States -- Primary Restoration: Guidance Document for Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Related Links
Canada -- MiningWatch Canada
Accelerated Actions on Benzene
Acceso Público a la Información Ambiental en Manos Gubernamentales – Informe Sobre Legislación, Políticas y Prácticas en América
Anti-SLAPP Resource Center (First Amendment Project)
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Blanco – Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District Rules
California Coastal Commission (1993) Seawater Desalination in California
California Global Corporate Accountability Project
Canada -- Environmental Mining Council of British Columbia
Canada -- Summary of Canadian mining law requirements
Canada -- The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency`s guide describing an approach for addressing cumulative environmental ef
Canada -- The Halifax Initiative
Canada-Chile Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
Center for International Environmental Law -- Trade Program
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Community Chemical Scorecard
Constitutions from the Americas -- Georgetown University
Earthjustice -- Trade and Environment
Economic Performance and Environmental Quality
Ecosystem Valuation
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Stressors of Rivers
Environmental Valuation & Cost Benefit Website
Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory
Fish Farming Requirements
IDEAS, University of Connecticut; Department of Economics
Idling Vehicle Emissions
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (description)
Inter-American Development Bank
Litigating Environmental Abuses Under the Alien Tort Claims Act: A Practical Assessment by Richard L. Herz, Earthrights Internat
Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association
Mexico -- Mexico`s General Environmental Law (Ley General del Equilibrio Ecologico y la Proteccion al Ambiente) (espanol)
Mexico -- Overview of environmental law in Mexico (English)
Mining Wastes
Mittal Steel -- Ohio Citizen Action
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement - Secretariat (English, Español, Français)
Oil Spill Response Planning and Spill Response Roles
Oil Tanker Routing to Prevent Spills
http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/State-Adapation-Planning-02-11-08_0.pdf
Procedures for Emission Inventory Preparation
Reclamation
Report on economic benefits of forest protection (Sierra Club 2000)
http://www.elc.uvic.ca/documents/Sencot'en%20Report%20September%201,%202006.pdf
Requirements for Aquatic Facilities
Resources for the Future
Right-to-Know Network
Saving Biodiversity: A Status Report on State Laws, Policies, and Programs (Defenders of Wildlife)
Securing Access to Justice: Fighting Court Secrecy (Trial Lawyers for Public Justice)
The Canada - Chile Agreement on Environmental Cooperation - Canadian Secretariat (English)
U.S. -- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
U.S. -- Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act
U.S. -- California Anti-SLAPP Project
U.S. -- Coral Reef Early Warning System - Florida Keys
U.S. -- Council of Environmental Quality and information about the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
U.S. -- Description of current reef management issues for National Park Service Coral Reef Management
U.S. -- ECONorthwest
U.S. -- Effluent Limitation Guidelines for the Canned and Preserved Seafood Processing Point Source Category
U.S. -- Environmental Effects of Aquaculture in the United States
U.S. -- Environmental Protection Agency National Center for Environmental Economics
U.S. -- EPA Mercury Website
U.S. -- EPA Mining Waste Rulemaking
U.S. -- EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
U.S. -- EPA Office of Solid Waste
U.S. -- EPA Pulp and Paper Rulemaking
U.S. -- EPA`s Tire Site
U.S. -- FDA Action Levels for Poisonous Substances
U.S. -- federal Clean Air Act
U.S. -- federal Clean Water Act
U.S. -- federal Endangered Species Act
U.S. -- Fish and Wildlife Service`s Endangered Species Program
U.S. -- FOIAdvocate - U.S. FOIA information and resource
U.S. -- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
U.S. -- Links from NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program
U.S. -- Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation v. Great Spring Waters of America, Inc.
U.S. -- National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
U.S. -- National Freedom of Information Coalition`s resources page with links to state and national laws and other information
U.S. -- National Marine Fisheries Service - Sea Turtle Protection Page
U.S. -- Natural Resource Damage Assessment - Relevant U.S. Laws
U.S. -- Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 534: Underground Water and Wells
U.S. -- NOAA`s “A Reef Manager’s Guide to Coral Bleaching”
U.S. -- NOAA`s “Implementation of the National Coral Reef Action Strategy: Report to Congress (2005)”
U.S. -- NOAA’s Coral Reef Information System
U.S. -- Ocean Discharge Guidelines - summary
U.S. -- Oregon Department of Forestry Regulations
U.S. -- Oregon Mined Land Reclamation Act
U.S. -- Public Health Assessment, Summitville Mine, Colorado
U.S. -- Pulp and Paper Regulations
U.S. -- Rules and Regulations for Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
U.S. -- State Forestry Laws (Report by Defenders of Wildlife)
U.S. -- Summary of the U.S. Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. -- Summary of U.S. Pesticide Laws
U.S. -- Sustainable Forestry on Wisconsin`s Menominee Indian Reservation (1997 article)
U.S. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
U.S. -- Tropical Forest Conservation Act, 22 U.S.C. sec. 2431 et seq. (2001)
U.S. -- Tropical Forest Conservation Act: Student Guide by the U.S. Forest Service
U.S. -- Washington State Shoreline Management Act
U.S. -- `Plain Language` Requirements: Oregon Environmental Council v. Kunzman, 817 F.2d 484 (9th Cir. 1987)
U.S. EPA: Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses
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