| The United Nations Environment Programme |
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| The United Nations (UN) formed the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to coordinate UN activities regarding environmental management. The UNEP's mission is to "provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations." Through its programs, the UNEP promotes the sustainable development of the global environment through the use of the world's natural resources in ways that preserve and protect the environment. More... |
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| The Global Environment Facility |
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| The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a international financial organization whose mission is to protect the global environment. The GEF was established in 1991 and has three implementing agencies: the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the United Nations Development Programme; however, it is independent of each of those three agencies. The GEF assists international efforts to achieve goals of sustainable development--development that improves living standards of people everywhere while preserving natural resources and the environment for the use and enjoyment of future generations--developed at United Nations conferences in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972 and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992. More... |
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| Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste |
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| High-level radioactive waste is made up almost exclusively of the spent fuel from nuclear power plants and makes up by volume a very small percentage of all of the radioactive waste produced in the United States. However, because it contains potentially lethal amounts of radiation that cannot be decreased by any process except the passage of thousands of years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires that special precautions be taken in the handling and disposal of high-level radioactive waste. More... |
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| The Constitutional Basis of Federal Environmental Regulation |
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| Authority to enact laws for the protection of the environment is not among the powers specifically granted to Congress by the United States Constitution. Yet, the constitutionality of most of the environmentally-oriented legislation passed by Congress has been upheld. More... |
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| The Takings Clause and Environmental Regulatory Takings |
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| Under the United States Constitution, a government may not take private property for public use without compensation, whether federal, state, or local. More... |
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