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Polluter pays principle, that is, make the party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the damage done to the environment. The aim of the States-Parties to the Convention is to prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area caused by harmful substances [4] from all sources, including:
[175] [176] Industry groups and Republican lawmakers applauded the proposed changes while critics expressed concerns as they are coming at a time of crisis when as many as one million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction. Numerous state attorneys general and environmental groups have said that they will sue the administration over ...
Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Wetlands, Riverbanks, Lake Shores and Sea Shore Management) Regulations 2009; Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act 1999 / no 8; Environmental (Prevention Of Pollution In Coastal Zone And Other Segments Of The Environment) Regulation, 2003; Fisheries Act (Chapter 378) Forests Act (Chapter 385)
Oct. 29—Ozone pollution has been declining nationwide for decades. But there's one location seeing an increase — and it's here in New Mexico. At a Monday meeting of the legislative Water and ...
For Republican lawmakers, the undermining of the DEQ represents mission accomplished. For state residents, it means more pollution for state waterways that provide drinking water, recreation ...
Advocates say they're pleased the Minnesota Legislature put $16 million toward solving southeast Minnesota's nitrate pollution problem, but some are concerned lawmakers shortchanged efforts to ...
The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean, [1] originally the Convention for Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, [2] and often simply referred to as the Barcelona Convention, [3] is a regional convention adopted in 1976 to prevent and abate pollution from ships, aircraft and land based sources in the Mediterranean ...
Marine pollution made further international headlines after the 1967 crash of the oil tanker Torrey Canyon, and after the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill off the coast of California. [citation needed] Marine pollution was a major area of discussion during the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm.