Sacramento Sustainability Action Group
Connecting Sacramento's Sustainability Movement
This page came from the desire to harness some of the energy raised at the Sacramento Sustainability Symposium May 2008. This page is a tool for organizing future sustainability-related events. We subsequently are part of the Rising Tide North America network, which works to confront the root causes of climate change.
GROUP DETAILS
Created: Jun 06, 2008
Updated: Oct 21, 2009
Membership: Open To Apply
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Environmental Law and Policy
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Definition
Environmental law and policy refers to the practice of creating new regulations, laws, and practices, and of changing existing ones through campaigning, lobbying, advocacy, and direct action, which have been adopted by a government or an organization, and which govern activity related to the environment, such as laws and policies relating to land use planning or toxic dumping
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environmental law, reform, public interest, protection, land, pollution, externalities, lobbying, legislation, environmental protection, enforcement, access to legal defense, community representation, information, skills, resources, policy change, advocacy, analysis, resource management solutions, environmental law enforcement, environmental policy, toxic waste, chemical
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House members weigh ’smart grid’ planWaxman plans to release draft emissions bill this monthAlaska’s senators seek to change polar bear language in omnibus |
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Featured Resource Indigenous Peoples, The Environment And Law"This book provides a broad perspective on the intersection of indigenous peoples and the law, particularly within environmental law and international environmental law, emphasizing themes that are increasingly prominent on the agenda of the international community.".
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A new science is being proposed to challenge the many problems caiused by economics and economic growth and provide an appropriate framework for initiatives reflecting human rights, sustainability, care for the environment and concern for future generations.
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