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President Trump, The New Chicago School And The Future Of Environmental Law And Scholarship, Sarah B. Schindler Nov 2018

President Trump, The New Chicago School And The Future Of Environmental Law And Scholarship, Sarah B. Schindler

Faculty Publications

Recent presidents including Bill Clinton, G. W. Bush, and Barack Obama have refined how environmental law has been enacted and carried out. Under President Trump, the scope of public environmental law will most certainly narrow. It seems likely that the future of environmental law will depend not upon traditional federal command-and-control legislation or executive branch maneuvering, but instead upon activating environmentalism through expanded substantive areas and innovative regulatory techniques that fall outside the existing, traditional norms of environmental law and legal scholarship. This chapter is an attempt to acknowledge this monumental change, recognizing that these barriers to traditional environmental regulation …

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Thinking Ahead: The Impacts Of Sea Level Rise On Coastal Landscape Protections, Chad J. Mcguire, Devon Lynch May 2013

Thinking Ahead: The Impacts Of Sea Level Rise On Coastal Landscape Protections, Chad J. Mcguire, Devon Lynch

Chad J McGuire

The purpose of this article is to highlight the impact of sea level rise on coastal landscape protections. To begin, a summary is provided of how coastal land is both utilized and protected. The utilization of coastal land includes a discussion of the values associated with coastal zones, including the development value of coastal land and the intrinsic ecological values that exist within coastal landscapes. From this summary, the issue of coastal landscape protection is discussed in relationship to sea level rise. This discussion focuses on two main choices relative to sea level rise response: staying at the coastline or, …

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The California Environmental Quality Act (Ceqa) After Two Decades: Relevant Problems And Ideas For Necessary Reform, Sean Stuart Varner Nov 2012

The California Environmental Quality Act (Ceqa) After Two Decades: Relevant Problems And Ideas For Necessary Reform, Sean Stuart Varner

Pepperdine Law Review

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Brownfields And Brac: A Surprising "Compatibility", Joel B. Eisen Feb 2008

Brownfields And Brac: A Surprising "Compatibility", Joel B. Eisen

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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Public Access To Virginia's Tidelands: A Framework For Analysis Of Implied Dedications And Public Presecriptive Rights, Margit Livingston May 1983

Public Access To Virginia's Tidelands: A Framework For Analysis Of Implied Dedications And Public Presecriptive Rights, Margit Livingston

William & Mary Law Review

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