Similar to the United States (US) Natural Resource Damage (NRD) program, defined under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or "Superfund") and the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), the European Union's (EU) Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) imposes liability for, and requires remediation of, significant damage to natural habitats and species protected at Community and national levels, surface and ground waters covered by the Water Framework Directive, and land.The ELD was first published in 2004 and has since been transposed into the national laws of all EU Member States. However there is little guidance available to authorities and industry in interpreting and applying the ELD and meeting its prevention and restoration objectives. This volume is the first to describe the EU's ELD and to examine the emerging issues and practices in its application. While there are differences between the US and EU regimes, some of the underlying concepts, approaches and definitions embedded in NRD are also mirrored in the text of the ELD. The book includes a comparison of similarities and differences as well as synergies in practice; hence, this book will be of interest to both US and European readers.
The ELD imposes liability for significant damage to natural habitats and species protected at Community and national levels, surface and ground waters covered by the Water Framework Directive, and land. Prior to the ELD's adoption many Member States had programs in place for the restoration of soil and groundwater contamination, but none had a regime for addressing harm to unowned natural resources. This volume presents a comprehensive legal commentary on the legal issues arising under the ELD, as well as an overview of administrative, technical, and legal issues and practices in applying the ELD regimes to cases of actual or threatened environmental damage. In doing so, it discusses both substantive issues and important procedural and process-related issues. Several case studies are presented to illustrate the issues and practical solutions. In addition, emerging best practices relating to practical ELD application are identified and presented.
Identifying and discussing a wide range of emerging administrative, technical, and economic practice issues arising under member state legislation transposing and implementing the ELD, this book will be a valuable resource for all those whose work is affected by the ELD.

El mito de Marie Curie -la pobre inmigrante polaca quien, gracias a su genio y a su obsesión por el trabajo, soportó años de vejaciones y esfuerzos para conseguir obtener radio, la luminosa panacea para todos los males de la tierra, incluido el cáncer- ha velado lo que realmente fue su vida de descubridora. La idea brillante pero controvertida de Curie fue que la radiactividad es una propiedad del átomo que podía emplearse para descubrir nuevos elementos. Aunque sus investigaciones le valieron dos premios Nobel y transformaron nuestro mundo, no consiguieron liberarla ni de los prejuicios de la comunidad cientifica, en la que las mujeres no eran bien recibidas, ni de los prejuicios de la sociedad francesa. Esta es la biografía de una mujer que intentó compatibilizar la ciencia, el amor y la familia.A partir de documentos jamás utilizados (cartas, diarios, entrevistas con la familia), Barbara Goldsmith, la aclamada escritora e historiadora, revela la mujer detrás del mito, ofreciendo un exuberante retrato de Curie, de sus sorprendentes descubrimientos y del precio que tuvo que pagar por haber alcanzado la fama.