{"title":"Contamination and a Compact: Remediless Environmental Harm in the Marshall Islands","authors":"Shannon Marcoux","doi":"10.1080/10406026.2021.1911392","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Since its arrival in the Marshall Islands in 1944, the United States military has caused widespread, deadly, and lasting environmental harm. The Compact of Free Association binding the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands creates legal gaps allowing for ongoing harm without an avenue for adequate remedy. Current Compact renegotiations between the Marshall Islands and the United States offer an opportunity to provide an adequate remedy for past abuses and accountability for ongoing and future contamination. Further, legislative avenues remain an alternate means of addressing the legal and funding gaps currently depriving the Marshall Islands of a remedy.","PeriodicalId":11761,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Claims Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10406026.2021.1911392","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Environmental Claims Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10406026.2021.1911392","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Environmental Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Since its arrival in the Marshall Islands in 1944, the United States military has caused widespread, deadly, and lasting environmental harm. The Compact of Free Association binding the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands creates legal gaps allowing for ongoing harm without an avenue for adequate remedy. Current Compact renegotiations between the Marshall Islands and the United States offer an opportunity to provide an adequate remedy for past abuses and accountability for ongoing and future contamination. Further, legislative avenues remain an alternate means of addressing the legal and funding gaps currently depriving the Marshall Islands of a remedy.
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The Environmental Claims Journal is a quarterly journal that focuses on the many types of claims and liabilities that result from environmental exposures. The ECJ considers environmental claims under older business insurance policies, coverage and claims under more recent environmental insurance policies, as well as toxic tort claims. Exposures and claims from all environmental media are considered: air, drinking water, groundwater, soil, chemicals in commerce and naturally occurring chemicals. The journal also considers the laws, regulations, and case law that form the basis for claims. The journal would be of interest to environmental and insurance attorneys, insurance professionals, claims professionals, and environmental consultants.
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