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Moonshine To Motorfuel: Tax Incentives For Fuel Ethanol, Roberta F. Mann, Mona L. Hymel Oct 2008

Moonshine To Motorfuel: Tax Incentives For Fuel Ethanol, Roberta F. Mann, Mona L. Hymel

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


“Everybody Loves Trees”: Policing American Cities Through Street Trees, Irus Braverman Oct 2008

“Everybody Loves Trees”: Policing American Cities Through Street Trees, Irus Braverman

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Is It Safe To Drink The Water?, James Salzman Oct 2008

Is It Safe To Drink The Water?, James Salzman

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


United States V. Atlantic Research Corp.: Who Should Pay To Clean Up Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites?, Aaron Gershonowitz Oct 2008

United States V. Atlantic Research Corp.: Who Should Pay To Clean Up Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites?, Aaron Gershonowitz

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


The Dirt On International Environmental Law Regarding Soils: Is The Existing Regime Adequate?, Alexandra M. Wyatt Oct 2008

The Dirt On International Environmental Law Regarding Soils: Is The Existing Regime Adequate?, Alexandra M. Wyatt

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


“Political Questions”: An Invasive Species Infecting The Courts, Philip Weinberg Oct 2008

“Political Questions”: An Invasive Species Infecting The Courts, Philip Weinberg

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Power Generation Technology In Mitigating Global Climate Change, Frank Princiotta Apr 2008

The Role Of Power Generation Technology In Mitigating Global Climate Change, Frank Princiotta

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Climate Change And The Limits Of The Possible, Jedediah Purdy Apr 2008

Climate Change And The Limits Of The Possible, Jedediah Purdy

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Be Cool! Staying Open Minded About Climate Policy Development, Scott H. Segal Apr 2008

Be Cool! Staying Open Minded About Climate Policy Development, Scott H. Segal

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Come Hell Or High Water: Reexamining The Takings Clause In A Climate Changed Future, Michael A. Hiatt Apr 2008

Come Hell Or High Water: Reexamining The Takings Clause In A Climate Changed Future, Michael A. Hiatt

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Environmental Standing: Who Determines The Value Of Other Life?, Francisco Benzoni Apr 2008

Environmental Standing: Who Determines The Value Of Other Life?, Francisco Benzoni

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Massachusetts Versus Epa: Parens Patriae Vindicated, Ryke Longest Apr 2008

Massachusetts Versus Epa: Parens Patriae Vindicated, Ryke Longest

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Integrating State, Regional, And Federal Greenhouse Gas Markets: Options And Tradeoffs, Jonas Monast Apr 2008

Integrating State, Regional, And Federal Greenhouse Gas Markets: Options And Tradeoffs, Jonas Monast

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Corn Futures: Consumer Politics, Health, And Climate Change, Jedediah Purdy, James Salzman Jan 2008

Corn Futures: Consumer Politics, Health, And Climate Change, Jedediah Purdy, James Salzman

Faculty Scholarship

The Mexicans have long been known as the Corn People, but that label perhaps provides a better fit for modern day Americans. The simple seeds of corn play a fundamental role unprecedented in the history of human agriculture. Corn now underpins two major sectors, arguably the two most important sectors, of our modern economy - food supply and energy supply. How we choose to consume this seed has far-ranging consequences for pressing issues as far apart as climate change and diabetes, energy policy and immigration, tropical deforestation and food riots.


Foreword: Making Sense Of Information For Environmental Protection, James Salzman, Douglas A. Kysar Jan 2008

Foreword: Making Sense Of Information For Environmental Protection, James Salzman, Douglas A. Kysar

Faculty Scholarship

Despite the ubiquity of information, no one has proposed calling the present era the Knowledge Age. Knowledge depends not only on access to reliable information, but also on sound judgment regarding which information to access and how to situate that information in relation to the values and purposes that comprise the individual's or the social group's larger projects. This is certainly the case for wise and effective environmental governance. A regulator needs accurate information to understand the nature of a problem and the consequences of potential responses. Likewise, the regulated community needs information to decide how best to comply with …


California Climate Change And The Constitution, Christopher H. Schroeder, Neil S. Siegel, Erwin Chemerinsky, Brigham Daniels, Brettny Hardy, Tim Profeta Jan 2008

California Climate Change And The Constitution, Christopher H. Schroeder, Neil S. Siegel, Erwin Chemerinsky, Brigham Daniels, Brettny Hardy, Tim Profeta

Faculty Scholarship

While the United States has of yet not passed meaningful legislation that addresses climate change, several U.S. states are taking steps to reduce the carbon footprints of their industries and citizens. As it has in the past, California is leading the way. But are its actions legal?


Climate Change Policy, And Policy Change In China, Jonathan B. Wiener Jan 2008

Climate Change Policy, And Policy Change In China, Jonathan B. Wiener

Faculty Scholarship

Solving the climate change problem by limiting global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will necessitate action by the world’s two largest emitters, the United States and China. Neither has so far committed to quantitative emissions limits. Some argue that China cannot be engaged on the basis of its national interest in climate policy, on the ground that China’s national net benefits of limiting greenhouse gas emissions would be negative, as a result of significant GHG abatement costs and potential net gains to China from a warmer world. This premise has led some observers to advocate other approaches to engaging China, such …


Maximum Carbon Intensity Limitations And The Agreement On Technical Barriers To Trade, Charles O. Verrill Jr. Jan 2008

Maximum Carbon Intensity Limitations And The Agreement On Technical Barriers To Trade, Charles O. Verrill Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

Emission of greenhouse gases is a global problem. Any nation seeking to restrict such emissions by its manufacturers should avoid putting them at a disadvantage in world and domestic markets where they are likely to compete with producers that do not bear the cost of emission controls. One approach being considered in the United States would be adoption of technical regulations limiting the carbon intensity of basic products, such as cement, aluminum, steel, etc., offered for sale in the US market (carbon intensity would be defined as the C02 equivalent emissions per ton of product). Domestic and imported products that …


Radiative Forcing: Climate Policy To Break The Logjam In Environmental Law, Jonathan B. Wiener Jan 2008

Radiative Forcing: Climate Policy To Break The Logjam In Environmental Law, Jonathan B. Wiener

Faculty Scholarship

This article recommends the key design elements of US climate law. Much past environmental law has suffered from four design problems: fragmentation, insensitivity to tradeoffs, rigid prescriptive commands, and mismatched scale. These are problems with the design of regulatory systems, not a rejection of the overall objective of environmental law to protect ecosystems and human health. These four design defects raised the costs, reduced the benefits, and increased the countervailing risks of many past environmental laws. The principal environmental laws successfully enacted since the 1990s, such as the acid rain trading program in the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments …