Sovereignty resistance blocks international environmental coordination just as it blocks federal

Evidence

Also heavily implicated by the trade–environment debate are matters of national sovereignty. Just as individual states in the United States continue to resist the loss of sovereignty implicit in national environmental legislation, so too do many nation-states find it difficult (if not wholly unacceptable) to agree to surrender any of their sovereignty to international authorities. Indeed, the sovereignty obstacle is far greater in the international context—small and large nations alike resist any such acquiescence. Wholly apart from the underlying merits of the problem to be addressed, these states react adversely to any notion that their laws must be either strengthened or relaxed in order to accommodate the concerns of other countries. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 651

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Conservation efforts get framed as colonial threats to national sovereignty — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2533

Broader Connections

• Conservation efforts get framed as colonial threats to national sovereignty #qualifies (0.78) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2533