Environmental Science
8 years ago

Controversy over Applying Environmental Regulations to International Highway Project.

New York University journal of international law & politics/New York University journal of international law and politics
APPLICATION OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969 TO THE DARIEN GAP HIGHWAY PROJECT
A. Dan Tarlock

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