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Revitalizing Environmental Federalism, Daniel C. Esty
Revitalizing Environmental Federalism, Daniel C. Esty
Michigan Law Review
Politicians from Speaker Newt Gingrich to President Bill Clinton, cheered on by academics such as Richard Revesz, are eagerly seeking to return authority over environmental regulation to the states. In the European Union, localist opponents of environmental decisionmaking in Brussels rally under the banner of "subsidiarity." And in debates over international trade liberalization, demands abound for the protection of "national sovereignty" in environmental regulation. All of these efforts presume that a decentralized approach to environmental policy will yield better results than more centralized programs. This presumption is misguided. While the character of some environmental concerns warrants a preference for local …
Preserving Dynamic Systems: Wetlands, Ecology And Law, Alyson C. Flournoy
Preserving Dynamic Systems: Wetlands, Ecology And Law, Alyson C. Flournoy
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Beyond The Balance Of Nature, Jonathan Baert Wiener
Beyond The Balance Of Nature, Jonathan Baert Wiener
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Change, Constancy, And Creativity: The New Ecology And Some Old Problems, Bryan Norton
Change, Constancy, And Creativity: The New Ecology And Some Old Problems, Bryan Norton
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Managing Without A Balance: Environmental Regulation In Light Of Ecological Advances, Timothy H. Profeta
Managing Without A Balance: Environmental Regulation In Light Of Ecological Advances, Timothy H. Profeta
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Environmental Law: Ethics Or Science?, A. Dan Tarlock
Environmental Law: Ethics Or Science?, A. Dan Tarlock
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Adjusting Law To Nature’S Discordant Harmonies, Daniel B. Botkin
Adjusting Law To Nature’S Discordant Harmonies, Daniel B. Botkin
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Preserving Dynamic Systems: Wetlands, Ecology And Law, Alyson C. Flournoy
Preserving Dynamic Systems: Wetlands, Ecology And Law, Alyson C. Flournoy
UF Law Faculty Publications
Ecology has advanced human understanding of natural systems considerably over the course of this century. Wetlands law and policy have evolved in response to our increased understanding of wetlands and the many benefits we derive from them. Notwithstanding this shift in policy and law, roughly 50% of the wetlands that existed in the continental United States in colonial times have been lost or degraded largely as a result of recent human activity. Current policies struggle to reconcile the goal of preventing further loss with the pervasive concern for making our laws more efficient.
This essay explores the lessons ecology offers …