Last week I attended an international seminar put on by Baker and McKenzie attorneys. This firm has lawyers all over the globe.
There were some interesting take aways. The global recession has impacted every country. Many thought that a slow down in adopting new environmental laws, particularly on climate change, would then follow. That seems logical [...]
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In the absence of federal legislation in both the United States and Canada, the states and provinces have been forming regional groupings and “agreeing” to impose local legislation by certain target dates. This has taken the form of a northeast initiative, midwest initiative and western initiative. If the United States takes federal action before the [...]
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Another issue to consider, is artificial snow good or bad for the environment?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE2DF1431F937A25752C1A962958260
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/apr2008/gb20080421_199362.htm
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CYP/is_/ai_77276469
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