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- Liability for environmental damages

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- Brownfields dilemma.
State governments are exploring new and improved ways to clean up contaminated sites. Since the Superfund Law has proven ineffective in curbing pollution, states have been looking to implement a 'voluntary cleanup' program. Under such a program, property owners, prospective buyers and lenders can offer to take part in the cleanup of contaminated land while getting protection from civil liability for environmental damages.
- State Legislatures
- Vol. 21 Nbr. 8, September 1995
- House Oks Offshore Oil Drilling Safeguards
WASHINGTON - In its most sweeping response to the gulf oil spill, the House on Friday approved legislation that would impose new environmental safeguards for offshore drilling, remove a liability cap for spill damages and slap industry with a new tax to fund conservation projects nationwide. The Democratic-drafted legislation passed on a largely party- line 209-193 vote but faces trouble in the deeply divided Senate.
- Charleston Gazette
- August 02, 2010
- 24 CFR 599.107 - Required State and local commitments.
...(5) Voluntary environmental compliance program. A shared or limited environmenntal liability program, with limited liability from certain legal... cleanup (and not against lawsuit for damages). Risk of cleanup may be shared by the developer o...
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 24: Housing and Urban Development

- Environment, Energy & Resources Law Report - Special Litigation Report - January 2010.
... and undoubtedly a little more environmentally friendly. However, the proliferation of electronic... Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) against a Canadian company that owns ... a novel approach to seek recovery of damages against foreign companies for the alleged environm...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2010, January 2010
- R.R. STREET & CO. INC. V. TRANSPORT INSURANCE COMPANY, (9th Cir. 2011)
... of state and federal litigation over liability for damages and defense costs in certain environme...
- Federal Circuits
- Parens patriae litigation to redress societal damages from the BP oil spill: the latest stage in the evolution of crimtorts.
...(44) Transocean's liability stems from its operation of the Deepwater Horizon'...
- UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
- Vol. 29 Nbr. 1, June 2011
- Shortcomings of the Cartagena Protocol: resolving the liability loophole at an international level.
...Quantifying Injury and Damages D. Proving Causation VI. CONCLUSION I. . INTRODUCT...
- UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
- Vol. 27 Nbr. 1, June 2009
- Seeds of hope: how new genetic technologies may increase value to farmers, seed companies, and the developing world.
...During Borlaug's lifetime, environmental advocate Vandana Shiva contended that the ethnic v... a legal framework for apportioning liability resultant harm from the use of GMOs, (11) few atte... of the GMO is only held liable for the damages resulting from a defect in the product, therefore ...
- Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal
- Vol. 36 Nbr. 2, June 2010
- Amazon Defense Coalition: Plaintiff's Final Arguments in Ecuador Court Show 'Overwhelming' Proof of Chevron Contamination
Oil Giant's Liability for Amazon Disaster On Full Display In Public Document LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lawyers for the Amazonian communities suing Chevron have submitted the first part of their final written argument to the Ecuador court, outlining the evidence demonstrating Chevron's liability in the $113 billion environmental damages lawsuit and the fraud behind the company's primary defense of remediation.
- U.S. Newswire
- January 24, 2011
- Calling All PRPS With Contribution Claims: Pay Up, Or Steer Clear Of Bankruptcy Court.
... designated a responsible party for environmental cleanup costs files for bankruptcy protection, the... Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"). Congress enacted CERCLA more than ... cleanup costs, natural-resource damages, and certain other categories of recovery on PRPs,...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2011, January 2011