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Climate Change Comes To The Clean Water Act: Now What?, Robin Kundis Craig
Climate Change Comes To The Clean Water Act: Now What?, Robin Kundis Craig
Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment
In January 2009, the EPA agreed to respond to the Center for Biological Diversity’s (CBD’s) petition requesting it to modify its marine pH water quality criteria to reflect ocean acidification. Ocean acidification, however, is a by-product of increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Thus, climate change has come to the Clean Water Act—and in May 2009, the CBD filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Washington to bring this point home. The question, of course, is what the Clean Water Act can actually contribute to efforts to deal with climate change. After reviewing the …
Greening The Economy Sustainably, David L. Markell
Greening The Economy Sustainably, David L. Markell
Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment
No abstract provided.
Climbing Mount Mitigation: A Proposal For Legislative Suspension Of Climate Change "Mitigation Litigation", J. B. Ruhl
Climbing Mount Mitigation: A Proposal For Legislative Suspension Of Climate Change "Mitigation Litigation", J. B. Ruhl
Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment
No abstract provided.
Climate Change, Scale, And Devaluation: The Challenge Of Our Built Environment, Nathan F. Sayre
Climate Change, Scale, And Devaluation: The Challenge Of Our Built Environment, Nathan F. Sayre
Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment
Climate debate and policy proposals in the United States have yet to grasp the gravity and magnitude of the challenges posed by global warming. This paper develops three arguments to redress this situation. First, the spatial and temporal scale of the processes linking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to climate change is unprecedented in human experience, challenging our abilities to comprehend, let alone act. An adequate understanding of the scale of global warming leads to an unequivocal starting point for all discussions: we must leave as much fossil fuel in the ground as possible, for as long as possible. Second, a …