David Messner (University of Graz - Faculty of Law) has posted The Foundations of Civil Liability for Industrial Pollution on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In European private law, operators of industrial facilities, power plants and other sites using special substances or procedures are made responsible for harm caused by pollution even where it is doubtful that such harmdoing is unreasonable or could have been foreseen. Analysing both fault-based and strict liability, the author discusses legal bases for this liability and its justification in European jurisdictions.
