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Escaping The Sporhase Maze: Protecting State Waters Within The Commerce Clause, Mark S. Davis, Michael Pappas
Escaping The Sporhase Maze: Protecting State Waters Within The Commerce Clause, Mark S. Davis, Michael Pappas
Faculty Scholarship
Eastern states, though they have enjoyed a history of relatively abundant water, increasingly face the need to conserve water, particularly to protect water-dependent ecosystems. At the same time, growing water demands, climate change, and an emerging water-oriented economy have intensified pressure for interstate water transfers. Thus, even traditionally wet states are seeking to protect or secure their water supplies. However, restrictions on water sales and exports risk running afoul of the Dormant Commerce Clause. This Article offers guidance for states, partciularly eastern states concerned with maintaining and improving water-dependent ecosystems, in seeking to restrict water exports while staying within the …
Scrap Tires, Jacquin Milhouse, Terri Morse
Scrap Tires, Jacquin Milhouse, Terri Morse
Student Environmental Law Films/Golden Tree Films
This film discusses the problem of how to dispose of used tires.
Six Stages In The History Of Environmental Law, Nat Keller, Sasha Millard, Emily Rohm
Six Stages In The History Of Environmental Law, Nat Keller, Sasha Millard, Emily Rohm
Student Environmental Law Films/Golden Tree Films
The film “Six Stages in the History of Environmental Law” won the University of Maryland School of Law's “Golden Tree” award for Best Use of Special Effects. Nat Keller, Sasha Millard, and Emily Rohm used moving stick figures against a backdrop of historic photos to illustrate the history of environmental law as described in Professor Percival’s casebook.
Believe, Taggart Hutchinson, Shauna Stringham, Beth Grasso, Will Tilburg
Believe, Taggart Hutchinson, Shauna Stringham, Beth Grasso, Will Tilburg
Student Environmental Law Films/Golden Tree Films
The student created film “Believe,” a parody of the notion of clean coal, won the “Golden Tree” for Best Use of Humor. Produced by Taggart Hutchinson, Shauna Stringham, Beth Grasso and Will Tilburg, the film featured Tagg showering with coal-based soap, using a coal lightbulb, and cooking with coal.