Quebec Environmentalists Urge ICSID To Toss Driller's Claim

By Christopher Crosby ( September 12, 2017, 3:02 PM EDT) -- The Quebec Center of Environmental Law urged an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes tribunal to reject a U.S. natural gas driller's request for $103.6 million in damages related to oil exploration permits after the province banned drilling beneath the St. Lawrence River, arguing that it's settled international law that governments can act to protect the public interest even if the issue isn't scientifically settled....

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