Study after study affirms that low-income, minority communities bear a disproportionate burden of pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has acknowledged that polluting industries and hazardous waste dumps are most often located in predominantly poor minority communities.Although...

Injunctions are a useful and commonly invoked remedy in planning and environmental cases. This article summarizes the different types of injunctions, the situations in which injunctions may be granted, and the jurisdiction of courts and tribunals to grant injunctions in these situations. The...

Principles concerning liability for environmental damage are surprisingly underdeveloped in international law. Some countries consider that no development of existing law is needed because the issue has been adequately deal with under the International Law Commission`s articles on State...