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2009

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More About Oysters Than You Wanted To Know, Garrett Power Sep 2009

More About Oysters Than You Wanted To Know, Garrett Power

Garrett Power

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Chesapeake Waters: Pollution, Public Health, And Public Opinion, 1607-1972, John Capper, Garrett Power, Frank Shivers Sep 2009

Chesapeake Waters: Pollution, Public Health, And Public Opinion, 1607-1972, John Capper, Garrett Power, Frank Shivers

Garrett Power

Preface The Chesapeake Bay is the most studied and best understood estuary in the United States. Yet, it is practically unexamined in the areas of the social sciences and the humanities. While millions of dollars have been spent on producing the thousands of studies that examine the physical, biological, chemical, and engineering aspects of the Bay, little attention has been given to understanding the political, cultural, and economic character of Bay governance. The relationship of the governments of Maryland and Virginia to the Bay is imperfectly documented. Government documents which do exist are scattered in various libraries in both states …

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Should Owners And Developers Of Low-Performance Buildings Pay Impact Or Mitigation Fees To Finance Green Building Incentive Programs And Other Sustainable Development Initiatives?, Carl J. Circo Dec 2008

Should Owners And Developers Of Low-Performance Buildings Pay Impact Or Mitigation Fees To Finance Green Building Incentive Programs And Other Sustainable Development Initiatives?, Carl J. Circo

Carl J. Circo

As more states and local governments decide to offer green building incentives and other programs to offset the impact of land uses that do not meet sustainable development standards, they must decide how to fund or offset the costs of their programs. This Article argues that developer fees should be used more ambitiously to help finance the most progressive sustainability objectives, and it examines the legal limits that apply to developer funding devices for sustainability, such as sustainability impact and mitigation fees. The U.S. Supreme Court’s land use exactions opinions do not provide meaningful guidance concerning the constitutionality of monetary …

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