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The Advent Of Zoning, Garrett Power Nov 2009

The Advent Of Zoning, Garrett Power

Garrett Power

This essay looks at some of the lawyers and judges who were instrumental in the enactment and judicial approval of American zoning laws.


Baselines Newsletter, No. 5, Fall 2009, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Oct 2009

Baselines Newsletter, No. 5, Fall 2009, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Baselines: The Natural Resources Law Center Newsletter (2007-2011)

No abstract provided.


Advocates At Cross-Purposes: The Briefs On Behalf Of Zoning In The Supreme Court, Garrett Power Sep 2009

Advocates At Cross-Purposes: The Briefs On Behalf Of Zoning In The Supreme Court, Garrett Power

Garrett Power

No abstract provided.


Baselines Newsletter, No. 4, Spring 2009, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Apr 2009

Baselines Newsletter, No. 4, Spring 2009, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Baselines: The Natural Resources Law Center Newsletter (2007-2011)

No abstract provided.


Wind Power, National Security, And Sound Energy Policy, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson Jan 2009

Wind Power, National Security, And Sound Energy Policy, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson

Prof. Elizabeth Burleson

Wind-generated electricity in the United States has grown by more than 400 percent since 2000. According to the Department of Energy, 6 percent of US land could supply more than one and a half times the current electricity consumption of the country. Yet, challenges remain in matching demand for electricity with supply of wind as well as achieving grid parity. Careful wind turbine and transmission line siting can occur through cooperation between federal, state, tribal, and civil society participation in decision-making. Tribal wind initiatives have shown that developing wind power can also benefit rural communities. Congress should pass a national …


Modern Lights, Sara C. Bronin Jan 2009

Modern Lights, Sara C. Bronin

University of Colorado Law Review

This Article functions as a companion to a piece, Solar Rights, concurrently published in the Boston University Law Review.1 In that piece, the author analyzed the absence of a coherent legal framework for the treatment of solar rightsthe rights to access and harness the rays of the sun. The growing popularity of, and need for, solar collector technology and other solar uses calls for reform. Answering the call for reform in Solar Rights, this Article proposes a framework within which a solar rights regime might be developed. First, as a baseline, any regime must recognize the natural characteristics of sunlight. …


Private Conservation Easements: A Record Of Achievements And The Challenges Ahead, Gerald Korngold Jan 2009

Private Conservation Easements: A Record Of Achievements And The Challenges Ahead, Gerald Korngold

Other Publications

Over the past 25 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the acquisition of conservation easements by nonprofit organizations. Privately held conservation easements, i.e., those held by nonprofits rather than governmental entities, have thus emerged as an important and growing tool for the preservation of natural and scenic features of the United States landscape.


Modern Lights, Sara Bronin Dec 2008

Modern Lights, Sara Bronin

Sara C. Bronin

This Article functions as a companion to a piece, Solar Rights, recently published in the Boston University Law Review. In that piece, the author analyzed the absence of a coherent legal framework for the treatment of solar rights - the rights to access and harness the rays of the sun. The growing popularity of, and need for, solar collector technology and other solar uses calls for reform. Answering the call for reform in Solar Rights, this Article proposes a framework within which a solar rights regime might be developed. First, as a baseline, any regime must recognize the natural characteristics …


Solar Rights, Sara C. Bronin Dec 2008

Solar Rights, Sara C. Bronin

Sara C. Bronin

The rights to access and to harness the rays of the sun - solar rights - are extremely valuable. These rights can determine whether and how an individual can take advantage of the sun’s light, warmth, or energy, and they can have significant economic consequences. Accordingly, for at least two thousand years, people have attempted to assign solar rights in a fair and efficient manner. In the United States, attempts to assign solar rights have fallen short. A quarter century ago, numerous American legal scholars debated this deficiency. They agreed that this country lacked a coherent legal framework for the …