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The Rise of U.S. Food Sustainability Litigation

Tai, Steph - 2014

movement and its rising use of litigation. In particular, it focuses on two growing areas of food sustainability litigation … legal avenues fail to mesh with the values of the food sustainability movements. This article concludes by drawing from … studies of other historical movements and argues that the food sustainability movement, if it is to succeed in transforming …

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The Unsustainable Trend of Natural Hazard Losses in the United States

Gall, Melanie; Borden, Kevin A.; Emrich, Christopher T.; … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 11, pp. 2157-2181

In the United States, direct losses from natural hazards are on the rise with hurricanes, flooding, and severe storms contributing about three quarters of the total damages. While losses from severe storms have been stable over the past fifty years, hurricane and flood losses have tripled. Per...

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Testing the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis for Biodiversity Risk in the US: A Spatial Econometric Approach

Tevie, Justin; Grimsrud, Kristine M.; Berrens, Robert P. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 11, pp. 2182-2199

This study investigates whether the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) relationship is supported for a measure of biodiversity risk and economic development across the United States (US). Using state-level data for all 48 contiguous states, biodiversity risk is measured using a Modified Index...

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The green economy and job creation : inclusion of people with disabilities in the USA

Bruyère, Susanne; Filiberto, David - In: International journal of green economics 7 (2013) 3, pp. 257-275

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Do Cities Mitigate or Exacerbate Environmental Damages to Health?

Molitor, David; White, Corey D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is theoretically ambiguous: while urban areas have traditionally been associated with heightened exposure to environmental pollutants, the economies of scale and density inherent to...

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