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Introduction of alternative sources of energy as a tool for provision of environmental human rights

Shulga, Ievgenii; Kalayanov, Dmytro; Shynkaruk, Oleksandra - In: European Journal of Sustainable Development : EJSD 9 (2020) 1, pp. 141-149

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Constitutional Environmental Human Rights in India: Negating a Negating Statement

Jeffords, Christopher - University of Connecticut, Human Rights Institute - 2012

not correspond highly with that of current definitions of environmental human rights. Furthermore, its legal strength is … give life to constitutional environmental human rights in India. …

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Constitutional Environmental Human Right to Water: An Economic Model of the Potential Negative Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Quantity and Quality in Pennsylvania

Jeffords, Christopher - University of Connecticut, Human Rights Institute - 2012

The process of hydraulic fracturing (HF) for natural gas leads to two potential negative externalities: (1) a reduction in the quantity of existing drinking water, and (2) a reduction in the quality of existing drinking water. These two externalities can further conspire to lead to a broader...

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Constitutional Environmental Human Rights: A Descriptive Analysis of 142 National Constitutions

Jeffords, Christopher - University of Connecticut, Human Rights Institute - 2011

environmental human rights, and ten include a direct human right to water. Focusing mostly on the language of the provisions and the … countries are taking environmental human rights seriously. The findings note that constitutions that reference the environment … strength of constitutional environmental human rights provisions and offers the data as an alternative, positive (versus …

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