Editing Environmental Law (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Environmental Law''' — Regulations and statutes designed to protect the environment and public health.
* '''Sustainability''' — Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
* '''Polluter Pays Principle''' — The principle that those who produce pollution should bear the costs of managing it to prevent damage to human health or the environment.
* '''Precautionary Principle''' — The principle that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, the burden of proof that it is ''not'' harmful falls on those taking an action.
* '''Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)''' — A formal process used to predict the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or project prior to the decision to move forward.
* '''Biodiversity''' — The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
* '''Endangered Species Act (ESA)''' — A law that provides for the conservation of species that are endangered or threatened.
* '''Clean Air Act / Clean Water Act''' — Foundational US environmental laws that regulate air and water pollution.
* '''Kyoto Protocol / Paris Agreement''' — International treaties aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
* '''Carbon Tax''' — A tax on the carbon content of fuels (to discourage fossil fuel use).
* '''Cap and Trade''' — A system for controlling carbon emissions and other forms of atmospheric pollution by which an upper limit is set on the amount a given business or other organization may produce.
* '''Standing''' — The legal right to bring a lawsuit (In environmental law, the debate is often: "Who has the right to speak for a river or a forest?").
* '''Remediation''' — The removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water.
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