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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Englebert Nbcobo & Others v. Thor Chemical Holdings Ltd., Case No. 1994 N 1212 (U.K.) . . . . . … resources such as rivers and waterways but it was a restricted ownership and could not be granted to private … to determine which substances should be banned or severely restricted. Long lists of polluting substances whose …
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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… that pollutes or contaminates another. Any physical, chemical, biological or radiological substance that causes an … in three ways, (1) containment, where the contaminant is restricted to a specified domain to prevent further … is calculated either to relocate that resource to more restricted uses or to subject public uses to the …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Court at Kampala 40 THE AMERICAS Canada 1. R v Varnicolor Chemical Limited Tri Union Chemical of Elmira and Severin … they were not receiving and transferring PCBs and other restricted contaminants to the United States. The accused … on the basis that the environmental legislation in force restricted the citizen's property rights. Arguing the …
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The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… Hurricane Katrina lacked standing to sue fossil fuel and chemical companies for alleged civil conspiracy because their … plaintiff property owners alleged that certain power and chemical companies’ GHG emissions contributed to climate … VCAT 1988, local residents challenged the permitting of a chemical storage facility. All other cases within the …
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UNEP Global Judges Programme

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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… in some countries access to environmental justice is very restricted, so that there are almost no verdicts. In Brazil, … respects highly technical, as use is made of physical and chemical standards. Science and tech- nology play an …
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