Seattle University School of Law
GableGotwals
University of Minnesota Law School
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Forhdam University School of Law
Reasonable Inference Of Authority To Control Hazardous Waste Disposal Results In Potential Liability: United States V. Aceto Agricultural Chemicals Corporation,
2020
University of New Mexico
Reasonable Inference Of Authority To Control Hazardous Waste Disposal Results In Potential Liability: United States V. Aceto Agricultural Chemicals Corporation, Anita Letter
Natural Resources Journal
No abstract provided.
Solenex Llc V. Jewell,
2019
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Solenex Llc V. Jewell, F. Aaron Rains
Public Land & Resources Law Review
In Solenex LLC v. Jewell, the Secretary of the Interior cancelled a highly contentious oil and gas lease in Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine area, an environmentally sensitive and culturally significant area to the Blackfeet Tribe, nearly thirty years after the lease had been issued. Solenex, a Louisiana based oil and gas company and holder of the lease, brought this action to enjoin the cancellation. The District Court for the District of Columbia agreed with Solenex and found that the Secretary’s decision took an unreasonable amount of time and violated good-faith contractual obligations. On these grounds, the court found the ...
Sierra Club V. Virginia Electric & Power Company,
2019
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Sierra Club V. Virginia Electric & Power Company, Thomas C. Mooney-Myers
Public Land & Resources Law Review
The Sierra Club alleged Dominion violated the Clean Water Act by allowing arsenic to leak from coal ash storage pits into state waters. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found for the polluter, using a narrow definition of point source. Additionally, the Fourth Circuit deferred to agency interpretation of the polluter’s permit to find no violation occurred.
Pipelines & Power-Lines: Building The Energy Transport Future,
2019
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Pipelines & Power-Lines: Building The Energy Transport Future, James W. Coleman
Faculty Scholarship
The United States is in the middle of three profound energy revolutions — with booming production of renewable power, natural gas, and oil. The country is replacing coal power with renewable and natural gas power, reducing pollution while saving consumers money. And it has dramatically cut its oil imports while becoming, for the first time in half a century, an important oil exporter. The U.S. is on the cusp of an energy transformation that will provide immense economic and environmental benefits.
This new energy economy will require massive investment in energy transport — especially power lines to bring wind and solar ...
Energy Competition: From Commodity To Boutique & Back,
2019
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Energy Competition: From Commodity To Boutique & Back, James W. Coleman
Faculty Scholarship
Energy products such as power, gas, and oil have long been the world’s premier commodities. Consumers demand that power and fuel are available when they want it and they prefer to pay less for it. Few know or care where their fuel or power comes from. So for years energy companies believed that efforts to differentiate their products were mostly ineffective — they were re-signed to compete on price in fierce global commodity markets. But in recent years, a new focus on regulating how energy commodities are produced has begun to splinter previously integrated energy markets, creating markets for boutique ...
Recent Case Decisions,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Recent Case Decisions
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Uniting Energy And Environmental Law: Focus On Innovation, Creativity, And Economics,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Uniting Energy And Environmental Law: Focus On Innovation, Creativity, And Economics, Inara Scott
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
The State Of The Us Energy Sector,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
The State Of The Us Energy Sector, Joshua D. Rhodes, Phd
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Pennsylvania Gas: Trusts, Takings, And Judicial Temperaments,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Pennsylvania Gas: Trusts, Takings, And Judicial Temperaments, Joshua Ulan Galperin
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Turning The Tide In Coastal And Riverine Energy Infrastructure Adaptation: Can An Emerging Wave Of Litigation Advance Preparation For Climate Change?,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Turning The Tide In Coastal And Riverine Energy Infrastructure Adaptation: Can An Emerging Wave Of Litigation Advance Preparation For Climate Change?, Dena Adler
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Editor’S Introduction,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Editor’S Introduction, Collin Mccarthy
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. V. Big Man,
2018
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. V. Big Man, Brett Berntsen
Public Land & Resources Law Review
The tribal exhaustion doctrine requires that parties first exhaust available tribal court remedies before challenging tribal jurisdiction in federal court. Exactly what constitutes an exhaustion of tribal court remedies, however, remains riddled with nuance. In Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Big Man, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana rejected a U.S. magistrate judge’s recommendation to remand a case to tribal court to further develop the factual record. Instead, the district court relied on federal circuit court precedent in holding that exhaustion had occurred when the tribal appellate court expressly ruled on the ...
The Carbon Tax Vacuum And The Debate About Climate Change Impacts: Emission Taxation Of Commodity Crop Production In Food System Regulation,
2018
Food Law International
The Carbon Tax Vacuum And The Debate About Climate Change Impacts: Emission Taxation Of Commodity Crop Production In Food System Regulation, Gabriela Steier
Pace Environmental Law Review
The scientific consensus on climate change is far ahead of U.S. policy on point. In fact, the U.S. has a legal vacuum of carbon taxation while climate change continues to impact the codependence of agriculture and the environment. As this Article shows, carbon taxes follow the polluter-pays model, levying taxes on the highest greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions—and contributions to climate change. But this is not only unsustainable; it would also undermine agricultural production and, thus, food security. This Article describes how the law can regulate climate change contributions and promote adaptation and mitigation supported through carbon taxes ...
Planning For Excellence: Insights From An International Review Of Regulators’ Strategic Plans,
2018
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Planning For Excellence: Insights From An International Review Of Regulators’ Strategic Plans, Adam M. Finkel, Daniel E. Walters, Angus Corbett
Pace Environmental Law Review
What constitutes regulatory excellence? Answering this question is an indispensable first step for any public regulatory agency that is measuring, striving towards, and, ultimately, achieving excellence. One useful way to answer this question would be to draw on the broader literature on regulatory design, enforcement, and management. But, perhaps a more authentic way would be to look at how regulators themselves define excellence. However, we actually know remarkably little about how the regulatory officials who are immersed in the task of regulation conceive of their own success.
In this Article, we investigate regulators’ definitions of regulatory excellence by drawing on ...
Market Segmentation Vs. Subsidization: Clean Energy Credits And The Commerce Clause's Economic Wisdom,
2018
University of Washington School of Law
Market Segmentation Vs. Subsidization: Clean Energy Credits And The Commerce Clause's Economic Wisdom, Felix Mormann
Washington Law Review
The dormant Commerce Clause has long been a thorn in the side of state policymakers. The latest battleground for the clash between federal courts and state legislatures is energy policy. In the absence of a decisive federal policy response to climate change, nearly thirty states have created a new type of securities—clean energy credits—to promote low-carbon renewable and nuclear power. As more and more of these programs come under attack for alleged violations of the dormant Commerce Clause, this Article explores the constitutional constraints on clean energy credit policies. Careful analysis of recent and ongoing litigation reveals the ...
1-Click Energy: Managing Corporate Demand For Clean Power,
2018
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
1-Click Energy: Managing Corporate Demand For Clean Power, Gina S. Warren
Maryland Law Review
Globally, more private businesses, especially Fortune 100 companies are generating their own electricity, investing in renewable energy facilities, and voluntarily purchasing renewable energy credits to cover their carbon footprints. This shift could have a significant impact on the existing energy delivery system. On the one hand, this shift shows positive momentum toward the incorporation of clean energy into a fossil fuel dominated grid. As the negative impacts of climate change accelerate around the globe, decreasing reliance on fossil fuels is certainly an important goal. On the other hand, corporate disruption of what has historically been a highly regulated public service ...
Balancing Sustainability, The Right To Regulate, And The Need For Investor Protection: Lessons From The Trade Regime,
2018
Texas A&M University Law School
Balancing Sustainability, The Right To Regulate, And The Need For Investor Protection: Lessons From The Trade Regime, Elizabeth Trujillo
Boston College Law Review
Recent initiatives for investment reform demonstrated by the 2016 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and 2018 World Investment Reports have raised key issues for sustainable development in the context of investment in natural resources and energy. Where there has been increasing convergence between trade and environmental norms as trade regimes confront domestic regulatory measures for environmental protection and climate change mitigation, similarly investment regimes also have had to address such domestic measures but with little progress towards normative convergence. At the same time, there’s an increasing skepticism for the traditional models of globalization of the 1990s and ...
Measuring Brief (Fossil Creek Watchers, Inc.),
2018
University of Montana College of Law
Measuring Brief (Fossil Creek Watchers, Inc.), Lowell J. Chandler, Nathan A. Burke
Pace Environmental Law Review Online Companion
No abstract provided.
Measuring Brief (Enerprog, Llc),
2018
Loyola Law School
Measuring Brief (Enerprog, Llc), Mehrded Safvati, Joshua Smith, Gabriela S. Perez
Pace Environmental Law Review Online Companion
No abstract provided.
Measuring Brief (Epa),
2018
Columbia Law School
Measuring Brief (Epa), Zachary Jones, Narayan Subramanian, Shravya Govindgari
Pace Environmental Law Review Online Companion
No abstract provided.
