Environmental Nuisance Lawsuit

Environmental Nuisance Lawsuit

Environmental Nuisance Lawsuit

Severe strains on natural capital can lead to collapse, as Jared Diamond has pointed out in his 2005 book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Because ecological disasters can bring an end to economic activity in that location, it may seem sensible to impose legal limits on the kinds or amounts of consumption or to encourage different technologies or activities. Effective or not, legal attempts to preserve old-growth timber, limit fish catches, or phase out ozone-depleting chemicals exemplify laws intended to avoid ecological degradation and thereby maintain natural capital for current ...