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The Ecology Of Breastfeeding, Kim Diana Connolly

Journal Articles

This essay reflects on the ecological advantages of breastfeeding, and argues that that laws promoting and supporting breastfeeding should be included among laws labeled as “environmental.”

Keeping Wetlands Wet: Are Existing Protections Enough?, Kim Diana Connolly

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Small Town Trash: A Model Comprehensive Solid Waste Ordinance For Rural Areas Of The United States, Kim Diana Connolly

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A Retrospective On Lucas V. South Carolina Coastal Council: Public Policy Implications For The 21st Century, Kim Diana Connolly

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Has The Field Grown Too Complex For A State-Specific "Handbook" On Environmental Law? (Reviewing The Government Institute's South Carolina Environmental Law Handbook (3rd Ed. 2000)), Kim Diana Connolly

Book Reviews

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An Introduction To The Essential Fish Habitat (Efh) Consultation Process For The South Atlantic Region, Kim Diana Connolly

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The New Environmental Law: Forest Certification, Errol E. Meidinger

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This paper argues that the rapidly expanding practice of forest certification, together with similar developments in other sectors, is creating a new template for environmental law. Nongovernmental organizations and some industry actors are establishing binding regulatory standards, systems for monitoring compliance, sanctions for non-compliance, and, when things work well, methods for assessment and revision. It locates these developments as a part of “phase 3” of environmental law, which also involves a proliferation of other initiatives beyond traditional regulation. Finally, it offers a preliminary discussion of the efficacy, adaptability, coherence, and legitimacy of the emergent system.

Environmental Certification Systems And U.S. Environmental Law: Closer Than You May Think, Errol E. Meidinger

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Many industrial organizations are committing to achieve improved environmental performance through non-governmentally instituted environmental certification programs. Such programs typically define the environmental standards that firms must meet as well as the organizational mechanisms required to achieve and "certify" compliance. Well known examples include the chemical industry's "Responsible Care" program, the International Organization for Standardization's "ISO 14000" environmental management program, and the Forest Stewardship Council's well-managed forests program.

Because of their ostensibly private and voluntary nature, environmental certification programs are often presumed to be separate and distinct from law. In fact, however, they are deeply intertwined with law, and seem likely …

"Streamlined" Permits, Migratory Birds And Draining Ditches: Recent Developments Confirm Need To Amend Statutory Wetlands Protection, Kim Diana Connolly

Other Scholarship

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"Private" Environmental Regulation, Human Rights, And Community, Errol E. Meidinger

Journal Articles

Private organizations have recently established numerous programs aimed at improving the environmental performance of industry. Many of the new programs seek to define and enforce standards for environmental management, and to make it difficult for producers not to participate in them. They claim, explicitly and implicitly, to promote the public interest. They take on functions generally performed by government regulatory programs, and may change or even displace government programs. Private programs thus have the potential to significantly reshape domestic and international policy institutions.

This paper describes three major private environmental regulatory programs applicable to forestry and discusses their implications for …

Wise Replacements For Nwp 26, Kim Diana Connolly, Virginia S. Albrecht

Other Scholarship

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Look Who's Making The Rules: International Environmental Standard Setting By Non-Governmental Organizations, Errol E. Meidinger

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Liberal Environmental Jurisprudence, David A. Westbrook

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Creating Pollution Prevention Incentives For Small Business: The Erie County Program, Barry Boyer

Other Scholarship

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Environmental Policy In The European Community: Observations On The European Environment Agency, David A. Westbrook

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James Lovelock's The Ages Of Gaia: A Biography Of Our Living Earth (Book Review), David Leacock, David A. Westbrook

Book Reviews

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Privatizing Regulatory Enforcement: A Preliminary Assessment Of Citizen Suits Under Federal Environmental Laws, Barry Boyer, Errol Meidinger

Journal Articles

This article provides a preliminary assessment of the potential effects of the privatization of regulatory enforcement and speculates on what such a realignment might portend for the regulatory process. Based primarily on an indepth review of the first wave of citizen suits brought under the federal Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, it identifies four key problems that can undermine the citizen suit as a device for regulatory enforcement: (1) Citizen suits must surmount a series of doctrinal barriers that could make it difficult or impossible to mount an effective private enforcement campaign. Courts have generally been able to control …

A Brief Inquiry Into The Imperatives Of The Coastal Zone And The Processes Of Institutional Change . . . ., Robert I. Reis

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Environmental Activism: Thermal Pollution—Aec And State Jurisdictional Considerations, Robert I. Reis

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Citizen Suits In The Environmental Field: Peril Or Promise?, Barry B. Boyer, Roger C. Cramton

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Legal Planning For Ground Water Production, Robert I. Reis

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