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Avoiding The Catch-22: Reforming The Renewable Fuel Standard To Protect Freshwater Resources And Promote Energy Independence, Leah Stiegler
Avoiding The Catch-22: Reforming The Renewable Fuel Standard To Protect Freshwater Resources And Promote Energy Independence, Leah Stiegler
Law Student Publications
Part I presents background on the ethanol industry and the implementation and development of the RFS. It also gives a brief overview of the non-water-related reasons that have led various sectors of the economy to oppose ethanol. Part II provides an overview of ethanol production (from cornfield to refinery) and the impact each stage of the process has on freshwater resources in the United States. Given the harm that the current RFS has caused by failing to consider the impact of the ethanol production process on our nation's freshwater resources, a policy change needs to happen. Yet there are some …
Reading The Standing Tea Leaves In American Electric Power Co. V. Connecticut, Bradford C. Mank
Reading The Standing Tea Leaves In American Electric Power Co. V. Connecticut, Bradford C. Mank
University of Richmond Law Review
The U.S. Supreme Court by an equally divided vote offour to four affirmed the Second Circuit's decision finding standing and jurisdiction in the case in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut. While not binding as precedent beyond the Second Circuit,the case offers clues to how the Court is likely to rule in future standing cases. This article discusses the likely identities of the four Justices on each side of the standing issue in the case, as well as how Justice Sotomayor might have voted if she had not recused herself. Furthermore, the article examines how the decision expand- ed on …
Environmental Law, Benjamin A. Thorp Iv, William K. Taggart
Environmental Law, Benjamin A. Thorp Iv, William K. Taggart
University of Richmond Law Review
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Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Eric A. Degroff
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Eric A. Degroff
University of Richmond Law Review
This article summarizes federal and state environmental developments occurring in, or potentially affecting, the Commonwealth of Virginia during the period of June 1998 to June 2000. Legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments are included.
Finding The Pearl In The Oyster: Strategies For A More Effective Implementation Of Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, Patrick J. Skelley Ii
Finding The Pearl In The Oyster: Strategies For A More Effective Implementation Of Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, Patrick J. Skelley Ii
University of Richmond Law Review
Since our nation's infancy, the Chesapeake Bay ("Bay") has been one of Virginia's natural treasures. The Bay is America's largest and historically most productive estuary, valued today as an economic resource, a wilderness sanctuary, and an aesthetic asset. Every year, commercial fishermen harvest blue crabs, oysters, and a multitude of fish species in mass quantities to satiate our desire for seafood. Nature aficionados can observe ospreys, laughing gulls, and other shorebirds taking their share of the Bay's bounty. From the -shoreline, quiet vacation homes overlook the waters across coves and inlets. Despite these idyllic images, the Bay has been facing …
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Henry R. Pollard V.
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Henry R. Pollard V.
University of Richmond Law Review
Federal and Virginia courts and legislatures acted on a wide variety of environmental issues and topics in the June 1995 to June 1996 period. This article reviews the key environmental developments at the federal and state level from that period involving air, water, waste, Superfund, wetlands, and environmentally related constitutional, land use, and property tort law.
Transportation Conformity And Land-Use Planning: Understanding The Inconsistencies, D. Brennen Keene
Transportation Conformity And Land-Use Planning: Understanding The Inconsistencies, D. Brennen Keene
University of Richmond Law Review
Since the boom of federal environmental laws in the early 1970s, Congress, federal administrative agencies, and the states have grappled with how best to obtain the lofty goals of these laws. As evidence of this struggle, Congress has made substantial amendments to several major environmental laws on one or more occasions in order to achieve these goals, and the states have followed suit in order to keep pace with the changes on the federal level. The resulting mass of state and federal environmental laws and regulations has led to a series of complex, and often confusing, layers of laws and …
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Theodore R. Kingsley, Carole M. Agee
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Theodore R. Kingsley, Carole M. Agee
University of Richmond Law Review
This article addresses significant developments in Virginia law pertaining to air quality, water quality and solid and hazardous waste which have occurred between the publication of the 1990 survey and May 1, 1992.
Legal Issues Affecting Local Governments In Implementing The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, W. Todd Benson, Philip O. Garland
Legal Issues Affecting Local Governments In Implementing The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, W. Todd Benson, Philip O. Garland
University of Richmond Law Review
A profound chapter in Virginia land use law has begun. The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act ("CBPA"), passed in 1988, asks localities to look beyond their geographic boundaries and beyond the health and well-being of their citizens, and to exercise their police and zoning powers to protect the quality of state waters. Localities also are asked to cooperate with a new state agency violating the sanctum of the local government land use prerogative.
What's Current In Asbestos Regulations, Janis L. Kirkland
What's Current In Asbestos Regulations, Janis L. Kirkland
University of Richmond Law Review
Asbestos, once valued as a superb insulator, is now recognized as a deadly carcinogen. The United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") estimates that 733,000 public and commercial buildings in the United States contain friable asbestos or asbestos-containing materials. Thus, it is not surprising that an avalanche of litigation has resulted from concerns over exposure to asbestos.
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Theodore R. Kingsley
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Theodore R. Kingsley
University of Richmond Law Review
This article addresses significant developments in Virginia law pertaining to air and water pollution, solid and hazardous waste, and pesticide regulation which have occurred between the publication of last year's survey and August 1, 1989. Not considered herein are the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations promulgated by the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board.
The Status Of The At-Will Employment Doctrine In Virginia After Bowman V. State Bank Of Keysville, Gary S. Marshall, Maris M. Wicker
The Status Of The At-Will Employment Doctrine In Virginia After Bowman V. State Bank Of Keysville, Gary S. Marshall, Maris M. Wicker
University of Richmond Law Review
The development of the employment-at-will doctrine has tracked the changing character of the work force from the days of simple master-servant domestic relations to the commercial realities of twentieth-century industrial capitalism. The rule grew out of the humane principle that it would be unjust to employ a laborer during the planting and harvesting months, only to discharge that laborer during the harsh winter. Hence, the realities of the agrarian economy of the British Isles and the closeness of the master and domestic servant relationship shaped the yearly hiring rule. This rule developed into a presumption that a hiring for an …
Waste To Energy: Environmental And Local Government Concerns, Kelly Outten
Waste To Energy: Environmental And Local Government Concerns, Kelly Outten
University of Richmond Law Review
"The problem we are confronting here is immense-literally mountains of trash and garbage." With these words, Representative William S. Moorhead accurately described a current American dilemma-what to do with the four billion tons of solid waste annually produced by Americans. Concurrent with the problem of increasing quantities of waste are the problems of decreasing availability of land fill space and an ever-rising demand for energy. The existence of these problems is leading federal, state, and local governments to take a second look at their municipal solid waste and to realize that "waste is something more than an undesirable by-product of …
The Role Of Localities In The Transportation And Disposal Of Nuclear Wastes, Marvin Swift, Mars M. Wicker
The Role Of Localities In The Transportation And Disposal Of Nuclear Wastes, Marvin Swift, Mars M. Wicker
University of Richmond Law Review
Transportation and disposal of nuclear wastes brings the apprehensions associated with nuclear power into close physical and psychological proximity to many Americans. The subject of transportation comes with its own set of problems, including potential accidents, packaging, routing, security, sabotage, and special agency actions. Common to all of these problems is the element of the unknown. "Clearly nuclear shipments pre- sent some kind of public health hazard, not necessarily as great as some other activities do and .. .the nature of that hazard is not known precisely."
Rule 23 Class Action Enforcement Of The Clean Air Act Of 1970
Rule 23 Class Action Enforcement Of The Clean Air Act Of 1970
University of Richmond Law Review
This country has recently taken a great interest in air pollution, and the extent of its concern has manifested itself in federal legislation to help abate this growing menace. The most significant legislative attempt to clean up the air is the Clean Air Act of 1970.