JASON J. CZARNEZKI

See here. But for Court followers there is the most intriguing article quote: "The court scheduled five and half hours of argument instead of the usual one, a testament to the importance of the case…" 5.5 hours of oral argument?!?! "The justices will hear two hours of argument on whether Congress overstepped its constitutional authority, 90 minutes on whether the mandate may be severed from the balance of the law if Congress did go too far, and an hour each on the Medicaid and Anti-Injunction Act questions."

…yes according this Swedish article, Förvirring stoppar miljömärkning ("Confusion stops ecolabelling"). The Google Translation is below. Note that in Europe "ecological" is the equivalent of "organic."

Confusion stops ecolabelling
Published 2011-11-09 | Updated 2011-11-09

Someone at the EU Eco-label for foods is not likely to be launched in the near future. The risk of confusion is too great.
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To food and agricultural products may be organic is well known. EU Eco Eco-label, formerly known as the flower, are less familiar, and does not include food.
Likelihood of confusion

The European Commission has for years wanted to change it, not least to increase the Ecolabel relevance for EU consumers.

Now, a study commissioned by the Commission has concluded that there are major problems with an eco-label for food, in addition to the ecological already.

One reason is that the risk of confusion is great, even if the Eco-label would measure in some other things that impact of the product after the primary production, ie, in processing, transportation and consumption.

It would require major information effort to sort things out.
Hard to find criteria

The investigators also note that consumers expect that an eco-label also includes requirements for animal care and reasonable compensation to the producers. That makes it even more difficult to find adequate criteria for a rating.

The greatest resistance to an Eco-label for food is as investigators of farmer, environmental and consumer organizations, the organic sector and food industry cooperative body.

They are concerned above all of the risk of a new eco erode the ecological.

http://vtdigger.org/2011/11/11/czarnezki-field-are-food-imports-from-china-safe/

In some sense it is an expected comparison (the decline of Midwestern manufacturing and the rise of China), but the article, “Where city factories, and now babies, die,” is also tragic.

http://www.jsonline.com/features/health/economic-decline-elevated-infant-mortality-go-handinhand-in-53210-zip-code-mh2kv7l-133758368.html

http://greenlaw.blogs.law.pace.edu/2011/11/10/epacoe-planning-a-rulemaking-on-waters-of-united-states-definition/

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article2583206.ece

http://chinaenvironmentalgovernance.com/2011/10/29/beijing-air-quality-data-comparison/

Liu calls for environmental law collaboration
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/oct/28/liu-calls-for-environmental-law-collaboration/

21st-Century China – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic
http://m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/21st-century-china/100174/

This evening I’m guest lecturing in an undergraduate environmental law class at Williams College about the impacts of everyday behavior on the environment and the role of law. In an open discussion to start the class by the regular professor, students brought of the following news stories:
California’s new cap and trade program
Disputes regarding solar panel production in China
The pika
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