Environmental Law - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics Where environmental laws set acceptable standards for ambient environmental quality, and these standards are routinely published, individuals may become keenly aware of variations in, for example, the level of smog and particulate matter in the air; the taste, smell, or color of drinking water; or the level of noise Legal instruments are used
Environmental laws and enforcement: Prospects and challenges In environmental law, this approach involves the setting of environmental standards or enactment of environmental laws and regulations, the prescription of penalty for noncompliance, and the designation of a competent authority to enforce compliance through the imposition of the prescribed penalty (Abott, 2009) Traditionally, governments have
Analysis of the evolution of environmental laws in Puerto Rico (1897 . . . The time series data analysis indicates a steady increase in environmental laws passed, pointing towards an exponential growth trend The decomposition analysis offers several insights into this trend Firstly, it shows a consistent upward trend in the passage of environmental laws, highlighting a growing emphasis on environmental regulation
Public participation in environmental governance in the Philippines . . . First is the Philippine Clean Air Act, with Section 4g outlining the right to bring about action in court or quasi-judicial bodies all activities in violation of environmental laws and regulations; and (h) the right to bring action in court for compensation of personal damages resulting from the adverse environmental or public health impacts of
How does new environmental law affect public environmental protection . . . Lu et al (2012) demonstrated that environmental protection laws in developed countries contribute to the transfer of environmental pollution Zhao et al (2015) demonstrated that environmental protection laws and regulations promote the green development of companies The theoretical model of planned behavior is widely used in the field of the
Unravelling the legal labyrinth: Investigating barriers to effective . . . The fragmented state of knowledge about the factors contributing to the failure of environmental laws is a longstanding challenge in environmental governance This semi-systematic review aimed to critically examine whether the reason for the failure of environmental laws is based on the Homo economicus model or on their underlying treaty-based
Environmental Laws and Regulations - ScienceDirect In the United States, most environmental legislation consists of federal legislation that has been enacted within the last 40 years (Table 30 1) In addition, there are many state environmental laws and regulations that have been patterned after—and work together with—the federal programs
Environmental laws and ecological restoration projects enhancing . . . Most of environmental laws observed for different ERPs in China, and we found that environmental laws focused on increasing investment in environmental improvement, environmental technology, and scientific research As a comparison, we found that China's ERPs still lack environmental monitoring and supervision (Supplementary Fig 6)
Environmental Legislation - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics There are threads that run in common through environmental laws in SIDS These range across protection and conservation of natural resources, such as water, forests, and wildlife; management of waste and pollution, including laws related to air and water quality; regulation of certain development or economic activities such as mining, oil and gas extraction, and tourism development; fragile
Environmental laws and ecological restoration projects enhancing . . . The impact of environmental laws on ERP needs to be investigated urgently The Ministry of Ecology and Environment noted that China intended to spend more than 400 billion RMB (9 1% annual increase) on ecological restoration in 2020 (Cai et al , 2020)