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Fears, Faith, And Facts In Environmental Law, William W. Buzbee
Fears, Faith, And Facts In Environmental Law, William W. Buzbee
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Environmental law has long been shaped by both the particular nature of environmental harms and by the actors and institutions that cause such harms or can address them. This nation’s environmental statutes remain far from perfect, and a comprehensive law tailored to the challenges of climate change is still elusive. Nonetheless, America’s environmental laws provide lofty, express protective purposes and findings about reasons for their enactment. They also clearly state health and environmental goals, provide tailored criteria for action, and utilize procedures and diverse regulatory tools that reflect nuanced choices.
But the news is far from good. Despite the ambitious …
The Missing Element Of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis: Compensation For The Loss Of Regulatory Benefits, Karl S. Coplan
The Missing Element Of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis: Compensation For The Loss Of Regulatory Benefits, Karl S. Coplan
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Despite its critics, cost-benefit analysis remains a fixture of the environmental regulation calculus. Most criticisms of cost-benefit analysis focus on the impossibility of monetizing environmental and health amenities protected by regulations. Less attention has been paid to the regressive wealth-transfer effects of regulations foregone based on cost-benefit analysis. This regressive effect occurs as long as downwind communities that suffer health and harms from environmental contamination are generally less wealthy than the owners of pollution sources that avoid regulatory-compliance costs. The availability of compensation to pollution-victims has the potential to ameliorate this regressive effect. This Article recommends that the availability of …
Slides: Integrated Policy, Planning, And Management Of Water Resources, Robert Wilkinson
Slides: Integrated Policy, Planning, And Management Of Water Resources, Robert Wilkinson
Western Water Law, Policy and Management: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry (Martz Summer Conference, June 3-5)
Presenter: Robert Wilkinson, Ph.D., Director of the Water Policy Program, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California-- Santa Barbara
60 slides
The Taming Of The Precautionary Principle, John S. Applegate
The Taming Of The Precautionary Principle, John S. Applegate
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
The Failure Of Federal Land Planning, Steven P. Quarles
The Failure Of Federal Land Planning, Steven P. Quarles
The National Forest Management Act in a Changing Society, 1976-1996: How Well Has It Worked in the Past 20 Years?: Will It Work in the 21st Century? (September 16-18)
26 pages.
Legal Devices For Enhancing Water Diversion Opportunities Within The Appropriation System, David C. Hallford
Legal Devices For Enhancing Water Diversion Opportunities Within The Appropriation System, David C. Hallford
Moving the West's Water to New Uses: Winners and Losers (Summer Conference, June 6-8)
28 pages.
Water Development And Acquisition For A Municipal Supply, Tom Griswold
Water Development And Acquisition For A Municipal Supply, Tom Griswold
Western Water: Expanding Uses/Finite Supplies (Summer Conference, June 2-4)
18 pages.