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The Politics of Rights of Nature

The Politics of Rights of Nature

The Politics of Rights of Nature

Strategies for Building a More Sustainable Future

by Craig M. Kauffman and Pamela L. Martin

ISBN: 9780262542920

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 17, 2021

How Rights of Nature laws are transforming governance to address environmental crises through more ecologically sustainable approaches to development.
The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution

The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution

The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution

UNEP at Fifty

by Maria Ivanova

Foreword by John W. McDonald

ISBN: 9780262542104

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 23, 2021

The past, present, and possible future of the agency designed to act as “the world's environmental conscience.”
Fracking the Neighborhood

Fracking the Neighborhood

Fracking the Neighborhood

Reluctant Activists and Natural Gas Drilling

by Jessica Smartt Gullion

ISBN: 9780262534628

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 8, 2017

What happens when natural gas drilling moves into an urban area: how communities in North Texas responded to the environmental and health threats of fracking.
Climate of Capitulation

Climate of Capitulation

Climate of Capitulation

An Insider's Account of State Power in a Coal Nation

by Vivian E. Thomson

ISBN: 9780262036344

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 21, 2017

How power is wielded in environmental policy making at the state level, and how to redress the ingrained favoritism toward coal and electric utilities.
Carbon Capture and Storage

Carbon Capture and Storage

Carbon Capture and Storage

Efficient Legal Policies for Risk Governance and Compensation

by Michael Gebert Faure and Roy A. Partain

ISBN: 9780262035590

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 14, 2017

A theoretical and practical analysis of the complex liability issues raised by carbon capture and storage systems for containing greenhouse gases.
Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics

Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics

Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics

Reclaiming the Environmental Agenda

by Nicholas A. Killingbeck and Charles C. Caldart

ISBN: 9780262533997

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 30, 2017

Traces important legal, economic, and scientific developments in the environmental field through an examination of environmental law cases and commentaties by leading scholars, focusing on pollution prevention and control and emphasizing the evaluation, design, and use of the law to stimulate technological change and industrial transformation.
Fighting King Coal

Fighting King Coal

Fighting King Coal

The Challenges to Micromobilization in Central Appalachia

by Shannon Elizabeth Bell

ISBN: 9780262528801

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 18, 2016

An examination of why so few people suffering from environmental hazards and pollution choose to participate in environmental justice movements.
Consensus and Global Environmental Governance

Consensus and Global Environmental Governance

Consensus and Global Environmental Governance

Deliberative Democracy in Nature's Regime

by Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett

ISBN: 9780262527224

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 27, 2015

An examination of the potential and limitations of deliberative consensus as a way to achieve effective international environmental governance.
Global Democracy and Sustainable Jurisprudence

Global Democracy and Sustainable Jurisprudence

Global Democracy and Sustainable Jurisprudence

Deliberative Environmental Law

by Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett

ISBN: 9780262512916

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 12, 2009

A proposal for a philosophical foundation and a realistic deliberative mechanism for creating a transnational common law for the environment.
Environmental Justice in Latin America

Environmental Justice in Latin America

Environmental Justice in Latin America

Problems, Promise, and Practice

Edited by David V. Carruthers

ISBN: 9780262533003

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 15, 2008

Scholars and activists investigate the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement, offering analysis and case studies that illustrate the connections between popular environmental mobilization and social justice in the region.
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