1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452645903321

Titolo

Environmental and energy law [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Karen E. Makuch, Ricardo Pereira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-78539-353-7

1-283-54240-4

9786613854858

1-118-25734-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (677 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MakuchKaren E

PereiraRicardo, Dr.

Disciplina

344.04/6

Soggetti

Energy industries - Environmental aspects

Energy industries - Law and legislation

Power resources - Law and legislation

Environmental policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Innovation, sustainability and the law -- pt. 3. Sustainable energy and climate change law -- pt. 4. Exploration and exploitation of energy resources -- pt. 5. Clean technologies and the clean development mechanism -- pt. 6. Waste, water, air quality management and pollution control -- pt. 7. The regulation of chemicals and laboratory safety -- pt. 8. Governance, impact assessment, compliance and enforcement in environmental law -- pt. 9. Case studies on environmental law implementation.

Sommario/riassunto

Despite bringing prosperity, industrialisation generally leads to increasing levels of pollution which has a detrimental impact on the environment. In response, legislation which seeks to control or prevent such impact has become common.  Similarly, climate change and energy security have become major drivers for the regulatory regimes that have emerged in the energy field. Given the global or regional



scope of many environmental problems, international cooperation is often necessary to ensure such legislation is effective. The EU and the UK have contributed to the development of  the environm