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Environmental Law News - Fall 2007

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

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A Brief On Biosolids: Options For Biosolids Management, California Research Bureau

California Agencies

Biosolids are municipal sewage treated to meet federal and state standards required for land application. This paper describes the production and management of biosolids in California; the regulatory framework that controls the use and disposal of biosolids; and, the controversy surrounding their use as a soil amendment and alternatives to the current management practices for biosolids with emphasis on their potential use as a source of energy.

Access To Parkland: Environmental Justice At East Bay Parks, Paul Stanton Kibel

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

In the United States, the environmental justice movement began with a focus on the inequitable burden of toxic exposures placed on low-income minority residents. There is now an increasing recognition that low-income minority residents also often face inequitable access to environmental amenities such as open space, parks and wilderness. Access to Parkland: Environmental Justice at East Bay Parks examines questions of equity for low-income minority residents related to the parkland holdings of the East Bay Regional Park District, the agency that manages close to 100,000 park acres in Alameda and Contra Costa counties east of San Francisco Bay.

Roots Of The Grassroots: An Introduction To The Issue, Paul Stanton Kibel, Edward J. Lubarsky

Publications

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Symposium Examines Implications Of Global Warming For Toxins Containment At Bay Area Landfills

Press Releases

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Symposium Examines Implications Of Global Warming For Toxins Containment At Bay Area Landfills, Unknown

Press Releases

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Rio Grande Designs: Texans' Nafta Water Claim Against Mexico, Paul S. Kibel, Jonathan R. Schultz

Publications

Our article begins with an analysis of the historical context and key provisions in the 1944 Rivers Treaty between Mexico and the United States. Next, we explain the expropriation claims process established by NAFTA's Chapter 11 and describe the environmental controversy that has arisen over its implementation. We follow with an account of the Texans' NAFTA water claim against Mexico, including an analysis of this claim's relation to the Tulare Lake decision and parallel dispute resolution proceedings at the International and Boundary Waters Commission.

At the end of this review, our finding is that the Texans' NAFTA water claim against …

The Insistent (And Unrelenting) Challenges Of Protecting Biodiversity In Brazil: Finding The Law That Sticks, Colin Crawford, Guilherme Pignataro

Publications

Following the introduction, Part I of this article will outline threats to biodiversity within Brazil's borders. Because this is a topic that has already been explored extensively, this article makes no attempt to cover that ground exhaustively. Instead, Part I will attempt to highlight the variety and extent of Brazilian ecosystems and the biodiversity within them. Part I will also discuss current and emerging threats to biodiversity in Brazil, and above all, threats that have become even more real since the United Nation's celebrated "Earth Summit," held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. In particular, Part I will focus on …

Environmental Law News - Winter 2007

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

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The People Down The Hill: Parks Equity In San Francisco's East Bay, Paul Stanton Kibel

Publications

The public parkland system managed by the East Bay Regional Park District (East Bay Parks) is impressive in its geographic scope. It covers nearly 100,000 acres of land in Alameda and Contra Costa counties east of San Francisco, with 55 separate units comprising 14 Regional Parks, 19 Regional Preserves, 9 Regional Recreation Areas and 13 Regional Shorelines. The acreage under East Bay Parks’ jurisdiction constitutes the largest regional metropolitan regional park system in the United States. In selecting East Bay Parks as an initial focus of environmental justice inquiry, this article is mindful that East Bay Parks is only one …

Strategies For Implementing The Environmental Justice Vision, Clifford Rechtschaffen

Publications

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2007 Annual Report Bay Area Air Management Quality District, Bay Area Air Quality Management District

California Agencies

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