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America’S Next Move: The United States’ Domestic And International Policies On Global Warming After The Kyoto Protocol, Joshua Van Der Ploeg Jan 2008

America’S Next Move: The United States’ Domestic And International Policies On Global Warming After The Kyoto Protocol, Joshua Van Der Ploeg

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

The international Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming—negotiated in 1997 and ratified by nearly all signatory countries except the United States and Kazakhstan—will expire in 2012, at the end of the upcoming presidential term. Whichever candidate the American people select to lead our nation for the next four years will face two great challenges to confront global climate change: what direction to take the country within the international community as the world decides how to replace Kyoto, and what policies to implement domestically to help curb this impending crisis.


A U.S.-China Partnership To Protect Our Climate, Thomas P. Lyon Jan 2008

A U.S.-China Partnership To Protect Our Climate, Thomas P. Lyon

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

Climate change is an environmental problem of global dimensions, but we lack a system of international law that can impose a coordinated response. Bilateral agreements between key nations may present a solution. A partnership between the United States and China to develop technology for carbon capture and sequestration offers hope for mitigating the climate impacts of China’s rapidly growing number of coal-burning electric power plants.


A Climate Agenda For The New President, Lisa Heinzerling Jan 2008

A Climate Agenda For The New President, Lisa Heinzerling

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

The Bush Administration squandered eight years denying the reality of climate change and delaying action on it. Nevertheless, the president who comes into office in January will face two happy realities. First, whatever the Bush Administration has done (through obstruction or inaction) on climate change can easily be undone due to its legal and scientific flimsiness. And second, statutes now on the books provide plenty of legal authority for swift action on the most important environmental issue of our time.


Overview: Radical Environmental Change In The Polar Regions Is The Globe’S Wake-Up Call, William J. Snape Iii Jan 2008

Overview: Radical Environmental Change In The Polar Regions Is The Globe’S Wake-Up Call, William J. Snape Iii

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’S Guide To Global Warming By Bjørn Lomborg, Mary J. Bortscheller Jan 2008

Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’S Guide To Global Warming By Bjørn Lomborg, Mary J. Bortscheller

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Using The Polar Bear Framework To Protect The Arctic Habitat, Tim P. Shields Jan 2008

Using The Polar Bear Framework To Protect The Arctic Habitat, Tim P. Shields

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


A Tale Of Two Poles: A Comparative Look At The Legal Regimes In The Arctic And The Antarctic, Erika Lennon Jan 2008

A Tale Of Two Poles: A Comparative Look At The Legal Regimes In The Arctic And The Antarctic, Erika Lennon

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Sustainable Soils: Reducing, Mitigating, And Adapting To Climate Change With Organic Agriculture, Meredith Niles Jan 2008

Sustainable Soils: Reducing, Mitigating, And Adapting To Climate Change With Organic Agriculture, Meredith Niles

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Welcome To The (Impenetrable) Jungle: Massachusetts V. Epa, The Clean Air Act And The Common Law Of Public Nuisance, P. Leigh Bausinger Jan 2008

Welcome To The (Impenetrable) Jungle: Massachusetts V. Epa, The Clean Air Act And The Common Law Of Public Nuisance, P. Leigh Bausinger

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


What About The Polar Bears - The Future Of The Polar Bears As Predicted By A Survey Of Success Under The Endangered Species Act, Laura Navarro Jan 2008

What About The Polar Bears - The Future Of The Polar Bears As Predicted By A Survey Of Success Under The Endangered Species Act, Laura Navarro

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Derogating The Precautionary Principle, A. W. Harris Jan 2008

Derogating The Precautionary Principle, A. W. Harris

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Realistic Evaluation Of Climate Change Litigation Through The Lens Of A Hypothetical Lawsuit, Shi-Ling Hsu Jan 2008

A Realistic Evaluation Of Climate Change Litigation Through The Lens Of A Hypothetical Lawsuit, Shi-Ling Hsu

University of Colorado Law Review

Several dozen cases that can be classified as "climate change litigation" have been filed worldwide, and legal scholars have already generated a considerable amount of writing on the phenomenon. The debate and scholarship has sometimes gotten ahead of itself, reflecting on the normative implications of outcomes that are still speculative at this point. This Article seeks to ground this debate by analyzing the actual legal doctrines that may serve as bases for liability, and seeks to make a realistic evaluation of the likelihood of success of these types of suits. Climate change litigation, in its various forms, raises issues of …