The Effectiveness of Environmental Laws in Preventing Transboundary Pollution from Oil Drilling in the Arctic

• Main Author: Kannan, Radhika
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2020
• Subjects: Environmental law, International; Offshore oil well drilling > Environmental aspects; Oil pollution of the sea; Law; FOS Law; Marine pollution > International cooperation; Arctic; Norway; Handle The; Arctic biodiversity
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ray8-3a68; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/d8-ray8-3a68

Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas. At the heart of international law is the balance between a state’s right to extract resources within its sovereign boundaries and its obligation to prevent harm to other states. Recent research suggests that offshore hydrocarbon extraction within a sovereign stat...