Questions tagged [environmental]
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Is it illegal to kill honeybees in Oregon or in the USA?
Recently had an issue with a honeybee hive and a beekeeper said to me "It's illegal to kill honeybees". Not completely believing this at face value, I did a little digging.
My research seems to show that honeybees are protected against certain types…
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Bellowing helicopters in the sky: insight and recourse
Exceedingly loud helicopters seem to regularly fly in the sky where I live in the London Borough of Islington, both in the day and night, and often on Sundays, when noise is supposed to even be legally restricted in the day. What methods are…
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Are businesses in Wisconsin required to accept waste oil?
This morning I stopped by a Jiffy Lube with a couple gallons of waste oil, as I had just changed the oil in my car over the weekend and I had dropped this sort of thing off at this location in years past with no issue. I was surprised this time when…
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Is a company liable for "potential" harms?
Case 1, you hired the Company to build your house. However, the in-door air quality does not meet the standards. While there is no short term harm to your health, there might be a long term harm which is hard to prove.
Case 2, you bought and ate…
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What happens if I buy a stormwater basin from a property tax auction?
I've recently been reviewing property that is available either at auction or for immediately for purchase from the various counties in the state of TExas. Most of them are simply what you would expect, lots of little value or that are not worth…
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Does the XR vs. Shell case create precedent for environmental activism being necessary?
Six Extinction Rebellion activists were charged with criminal damage to the Shell HQ building in London’s Waterloo in April 2019. All admitted the actions, and five of the six relied on the defense that their actions were necessary, in that their…
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"In a manner inconsistent with its labeling": What's the deal with all the exceptions?
7 USC 136 (ee) defines what it means when the government says "To use any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its labeling". It is loaded with exceptions in a mighty wall of text and run-on sentence. What does it all mean in…
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Can I issue a lawsuit against my city for having unsafe air quality?
I live in Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia(EU).
In many parts of my city, there are many times a high level of air pollution because of cars, especially in the area where I'm currently living. I don't have a car so for my daily
chores I…
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Finding Text of Negotiations for Biodiversity Convention
I'm currently reading the Biodiversity Convention (CBD) 1992 and came across this passage:
"The Contracting Parties, Conscious of the intrinsic value of
biological diversity and of the ecological, genetic, social, economic,
scientific, educational,…
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Is there any framework for prosecuting environmental crimes as war crimes?
It is in the news that the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines is an environmental catastrophe. There are calls for this to be treated as a war crime:
Methane leaking from yet-to-be explained damage on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines is likely…
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The VW emission scandal, what laws or regulations were broken?
I'm a programmer trying to understand the minutia of the case more, but I'm having a hard time finding information that isn't simplified for sound bite eating public or thick legalesse.
What laws or regulations were broken by VW with their 'defect…
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In the US, what federal codes govern the operation of a shooting range?
I'm trying to understand what laws and codes give guidance for the operation of a shooting range.
I'm particularly interested in the laws regarding hazardous materials (lead from the backstop(s)).
A doubtlessly-incomplete list of some things I've…
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Can the Whanganui river be prosecuted for corporate manslaughter?
On March 15th, 2017, a law was approved in New Zealand recognising the Whanganui River as a legal person. In accompanying media articles it wasn't clear whether this meant a living entity, a person or a human; the article author says "human", the…
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Legal requirement for products to be advertised as biodegradeable and nontoxic
In the bike industry, there has been a movement towards branding certain chemical components (chain lubes, greases, etc.) as "biodegradeable" and/or "nontoxic". One example is this white lightning grease. Essentially all of these products are…
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Is it littering if you pick something up, examine it, and put it back?
Watching children play with random garbage found on the side of the road (and their parents futilely trying to stop them), the following question came to my mind:
If you pick up a piece of garbage, examine it, and then put it back on the ground, do…
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