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REVIEW OF EUROPEAN COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 141-152Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/reel.12234
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Environmental policymaking has conventionally aimed at preserving the integrity of the environment. To protect ourselves from the consequences of (man-caused) environmental degradation and climatic change, however, intentional manipulation of the environment through means of technology appears more and more necessary. In this context, this research introduces the core objectives of EU environmental law - preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment' and protecting human health' - as increasingly conflictive. Taking an environmental ethics perspective, this research explains that both the letter of the law as well as the case law of the Court provide a mixed picture of environmental rationales captured in these two objectives. In the absence of clear legal and ethical direction, it becomes all the more necessary to closely re-examine what goals ought to be pursued through EU environmental law in the Anthropocene.
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