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Center for International Environmental Law

Type: Organization

Name: Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

Web Address: http://www.ciel.org/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Center for International Environ...

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

US Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. unable to follow suit

Contact: Baskut Tuncak, btuncak@ciel.org, phone: +1 206 669 7203Geneva, Switzerland – Over 160 countries attending the 6th Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) have agreed to phase out hexabromocyclododecane ... [Published Center for International Environmental Law - May 15 2013]

Entities: Center for International Environmental Law, Chemical, United States, US Environmental Protection Agency

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Potential of best practice to reduce impacts from oil and gas projects in the Amazon

ScienceDaily: Hydrocarbon exploration and production continues to press into the most remote corners of the western Amazon, one of the most biologically and culturally diverse zones on Earth. A new best practice framework that combines technical engineering ... [Published Water Conserve: News - May 04 2013]

Entities: best practice, Center for International Environmental Law, Hydrocarbon Exploration

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University: Paper Offers Framework for Amazon Oil and Gas Development

Oil and gas development continues to press into the most remote corners of the western Amazon, one of the most biologically and culturally diverse zones on Earth. Now a study proposes a new 10-point, best-practice framework that combines technical engineering ... [Published Individual.com - May 02 2013]

Entities: best practice, North Carolina State University, Oil & Gas Development Co Ltd

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Human Rights Watch

World: World Bank: Commit to Rights in 2030 Vision

Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: World Guard Against Human Rights Abuses (Washington, DC, April 20, 2013) – The World Bank’s “vision” statement will be undermined if it fails to recognize the importance of human rights, nine organizations said today. ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: World Bank Group, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

World Bank Group

new online mapping tool

Early Warning System Launched to Alert Communities to Investments that may Affect their RightsFor Immediate ReleaseMedia Contact:Amanda Kistler, Center for International Environmental Law, akistler@ciel.org, 202.742.5832Washington, D.C.. Today, the Center ... [Published Center for International Environmental Law - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Center for International Environmental Law, Human Rights, World Bank Group

First reported Apr 03 2013 - Updated Apr 04 2013 - 1 reports

59 Groups Pressure World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Center for International Environmental Law · Friends of the Earth US Institute for Policy Studies · Oil Change International Sierra Club · Vasudha Foundation Contacts: Elizabeth ... [Published Oil Change - Apr 03 2013]

Entities: World Bank Group, Fossil Fuel, Global Warming/Climate Change, Institute For Policy Studies

First reported Mar 11 2013 - Updated Mar 11 2013 - 1 reports

Steve Aftergood: When Can a Court Reject an Agency Classification Claim?

When Can a Court Reject an Agency Classification Claim? Last year, DC District Judge Richard W. Roberts ordered the U.S. Trade Representative to disclose a classified document to a FOIA requester because, he said, the classification of the document was ... [Published Public Intelligence Blog - Mar 11 2013]

Entities: Center for International Environmental Law, Roberts, District Judge

First reported Mar 11 2013 - Updated Mar 11 2013 - 1 reports

When Can a Court Reject an Agency Classification Claim?

Last year, DC District Judge Richard W. Roberts ordered the U.S. Trade Representative to disclose a classified document to a FOIA requester because, he said , the classification of the document was not properly supported. That ruling in Center for ... [Published Secrecy News - Mar 11 2013]

Entities: Brett Kavanaugh, Center for International Environmental Law, Executive (government), Roberts

First reported Nov 28 2012 - Updated Nov 28 2012 - 1 reports

Classification Decisions are Reviewable by Courts, Govt Admits

Executive branch decisions to classify national security information are subject to judicial review in Freedom of Information Act cases, government attorneys acknowledged in a brief filed yesterday. That potentially explosive question arose following ... [Published Secrecy News - Nov 28 2012]

Entities: Center for International Environmental Law, Security Classification, National Security

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...Barack Obama and under the leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder has been a tremendous honor," said Assistant Attorney General Moreno. "I am grateful for the outstanding work of the division's talented and dedicated public servants and the steadfast support of the department's leadership. Together, we have vigorously enforced and defended the nation's environmental laws for the benefit of all Americans, promoted responsible stewardship of our nation's natural resources, protected tribal sovereignty, treaty rights and natural resources, and found creative solutions to complex problems that had previously defied resolution. I believe that the division's work will benefit the American people for years to come."

Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno Announces Departure from Department of Justice [Published Individual.com - May 08 2013]

"The engineering section of the guidelines addresses the full range of key project components," said co-author Bill Powers of E-Tech International. "In addition to greatly reducing negative impacts such as deforestation, we found that best practice does not impose substantially greater costs than a conventional project, and may in fact reduce overall costs."

North Carolina State University: Paper Offers Framework for Amazon Oil and Gas Development [Published Individual.com - May 02 2013]

...kind accountability mechanism at the World Bank," says Kristen Genovese, Senior Attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law. "The Early Warning System takes it to the next level and provides a tool for communities and civil society to hold MDBs and their member states accountable to international human rights law."

new online mapping tool [Published Center for International Environmental Law - Apr 18 2013]

Nov 26: Albuquerque Journal, "Is Modernization Overshadowing the Rest of U S Nuclear Weapons Policy?"

FAS Roundup December 3, 2012 [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Dec 03 2012]

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U.S. unable to follow suit [Published Center for International Environmental Law - May 15 2013]
Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno An... [Published Individual.com - May 08 2013]
Potential of best practice to reduce impacts fr... [Published Water Conserve: News - May 04 2013]
North Carolina State University: Paper Offers F... [Published Individual.com - May 02 2013]
Potential of best practice to reduce impacts fr... [Published PhysOrg.com - May 01 2013]
World: World Bank: Commit to Rights in 2030 Vision [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 20 2013]
new online mapping tool [Published Center for International Environmental Law - Apr 18 2013]
Early Warning System Launched [Published Center for International Environmental Law - Apr 18 2013]
59 Groups Pressure World Bank to Clean Up Energ... [Published Oil Change - Apr 03 2013]
Steve Aftergood: When Can a Court Reject an Age... [Published Public Intelligence Blog - Mar 11 2013]
When Can a Court Reject an Agency Classificatio... [Published Secrecy News - Mar 11 2013]
FAS Roundup December 3, 2012 [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Dec 03 2012]
Classification Decisions are Reviewable by Cour... [Published Secrecy News - Nov 28 2012]
World Bank Should Address Adverse Human Righ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Nov 15 2012]
Growth at the expense of SA society [Published South Africa Star - Sep 06 2012]
Court Rejects Agency’s National Security Claim [Published Secrecy News - Apr 22 2011]
Fact Sheet for Center for International Environ... [Published Able2Act - May 16 2006]

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59 Groups Pressure World Bank to Clean Up Energ... [Published Oil Change - Apr 03 2013] For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Center for International Environmental Law · Friends of the Earth US Institute for Policy Studies · Oil Change International Sierra Club · Vasudha Foundation Contacts: Elizabeth ...
When Can a Court Reject an Agency Classificatio... [Published Secrecy News - Mar 11 2013] Last year, DC District Judge Richard W. Roberts ordered the U.S. Trade Representative to disclose a classified document to a FOIA requester because, he said , the classification of the document was not properly supported. That ruling in Center for ...
FAS Roundup December 3, 2012 [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Dec 03 2012] Having trouble reading this email? View it on the web. FAS Roundup : December 3, 2012B-61 12 bomb contract signed, new CRS reports, and much more. From the Blogs Classification Decisions are Reviewable by Courts, Gov't Admits: Executive branch ...
Classification Decisions are Reviewable by Cour... [Published Secrecy News - Nov 28 2012] Executive branch decisions to classify national security information are subject to judicial review in Freedom of Information Act cases, government attorneys acknowledged in a brief filed yesterday. That potentially explosive question arose following ...
Court Rejects Agency’s National Security Claim [Published Secrecy News - Apr 22 2011] In Freedom of Information Act litigation, courts will almost always defer to a government agency when it asserts that national security requires that certain information remain classified. Judges say they are reluctant to “second guess” agency national ...