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List of environmental lawsuits that concern the well-being of an environmental asset, like water or air, or lawsuits with environmental relevance, in which a non-environmental entity was in a dispute that had relevance for a specific environmental asset. This list of environmental law cases spans several centuries and lawsuits all over the world. The most popular common subjects of eco lawsuits include water, wildlife, and land pollution, protection, and access rights. Environmental laws can be complicated as environmental assets can impact more than just the jurisdictions in which they lay. Water, oil, air, and forest and coastlands are frequently in dispute as private citizens, local communities, special interest groups, and the federal government debate how to treat them.
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    Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation v. EPA

    “ 2004 - Air: authority to overrule state decisions about technology, US „
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    Aldred's Case

    “ 1610 - Aesthetics: smell from pig sty „
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    Amchem Products Inc. v. British Columbia Worker's Compensation Board

    “ 1993 - Workplace: asbestos, Supreme Court of Canada „
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    American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut

    “ 2011 - Climate: greenhouse gas emissions, US „
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    Anderson v. Cryovac

    “ Water: toxic contamination „
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    Baltimore Gas & Elec. Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

    “ 1983 - General environment: production and disposal of nuclear fuel, US „
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    Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate

    “ 1965 - Oil fields: destruction during World War II, Scotland „
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    Cardwell v. American Bridge Co.

    “ 1885 - Waterways: common highways, US „
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    Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia

    “ 1990 - Recycling: bottle deposit, Australia „
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    Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt

    “ 1992 - Cleanliness: interstate importation fee for disposal of hazardous waste, US „
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    Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

    “ 1984 - Air: emissions from new equipment and total emissions from plant, US „
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    Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe

    “ 1971 - Parkland: highway routing, US „
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    City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey

    “ 1978 - Cleanliness: interstate importation of waste, US „
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    Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

    “ 2009 - Water: gold mine waste disposal in Lower Slate Lake, US „
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    Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States

    “ 1976 - Water: supply, US „
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    Commonwealth v Tasmania

    “ 1983 - Water: hydroelectric dam on Gordon River, Australia „
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    Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen

    “ 2004 - Air: pollution from international transport, US „
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    Dolan v. City of Tigard

    “ 1994 - Land: paving a parking lot, and providing a greenway and a pedestrian and bicycle pathway, US „
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    Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group

    “ 1978 - Workplace: nuclear accidents, US „
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    Edwards v. National Coal Board

    “ 1949 - Land: preventing accidental rock fall in coal mine „
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    Entergy v. Riverkeeper

    “ 2009 - Water: cooling water intakes for power plants, US „
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    Environment Agency v Clark

    “ Land: compliance with landfill licence terms „
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    Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker

    “ 2008 - Water and land: compensation for victims of oil spill, US „
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    Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation

    “ 1960 - Water: hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls, US „
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    Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.

    “ 2000 - Water: industrial pollution of North Tyger River, US „

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