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9 - US Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2019

Jesse L. Reynolds
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
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Solar geoengineering is presently being researched through indoor work and outdoor experiments without potential transboundary impacts. Existing national and subnational legislation and common law govern such activities, including for their environmental risks, and is an essential component of the existing governance framework within which solar geoengineering is developing. To offer a case study, this chapter reviews applicable American law. The United States was chosen because its environmental legal regime is among the most elaborate and influential, and because solar geoengineering research is presently moving forward most rapidly there. The text considers three major pieces of federal environmental legislation: the Clean Air Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Endangered Species Act. Liability for harm, which is found in the common law of torts, is briefly introduced. Thereafter, the chapter describes relevant laws regarding weather modification and marine pollution, as well as a federal geoengineering bill. A salient question throughout this concerns the extraterritorial application of US law.

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The Governance of Solar Geoengineering
Managing Climate Change in the Anthropocene
, pp. 138 - 149
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • US Law
  • Jesse L. Reynolds, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book: The Governance of Solar Geoengineering
  • Online publication: 11 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316676790.009
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  • US Law
  • Jesse L. Reynolds, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book: The Governance of Solar Geoengineering
  • Online publication: 11 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316676790.009
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  • US Law
  • Jesse L. Reynolds, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book: The Governance of Solar Geoengineering
  • Online publication: 11 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316676790.009
Available formats
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