Title: Environmental and energy law /
Authors: Makuch, Karen E.; Pereira, Ricardo M.
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Energy industries Environmental aspects; Energy industries Law and legislation.; Power resources Law and legislation; Environmental policy
Abstract: Despite bringing prosperity, industrialisation generally leads to increasing levels of pollution which has a detrimental impact on the environment. In response, legislation which seeks to control or prevent such impact has become common. Similarly, climate change and energy security have become major drivers for the regulatory regimes that have emerged in the energy field. Given the global or regional scope of many environmental problems, international cooperation is often necessary to ensure such legislation is effective. The EU and the UK have contributed to the development of the environmental and energy law regimes currently in force, spanning across international, transnational and national levels. At the same time, practical responses to environmental and energy problems have largely been the focus of engineers, scientists and other technical experts.^