About Sdlp,
2022
American University Washington College of Law
About Sdlp
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
The Sustainable Development Law & Policy Brief (ISSN 1552-3721) is a student-run initiative at American University Washington College of Law that is published twice each academic year. The Brief embraces an interdisciplinary focus to provide a broad view of current legal, political, and social developments. It was founded to provide a forum for those interested in promoting sustainable economic development, conservation, environmental justice, and biodiversity throughout the world.
Because our publication focuses on reconciling the tensions found within our ecosystem, it spans a broad range of environmental issues such as sustainable development; trade; renewable energy; environmental justice; air, water, and …
Editor's Note,
2022
American University Washington College of Law
Editor's Note, Juliette Jackson, Bailey Nickoloff
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
Dear Readers,
For more than two decades, the Sustainable Development Law and Policy Brief (SDLP) remains true to its mission of providing innovative solutions to some of the most important legal issues related to environmental law, energy law, and natural resources law. We are honored to be the Editors-in-Chief during these unprecedented times in our history, as we witnessed a historical presidential election and now enter the third year of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Despite these unparalleled times, the SDLP staff brought our readership another great issue.
In this issue, our authors provide an in-depth analysis into current regulations and …
A Broad View Of Broadview Solar: How Ferc’S Whiplash-Inducing Orders Expand The Scope Of Purpa,
2022
University of Minnesota Law School
A Broad View Of Broadview Solar: How Ferc’S Whiplash-Inducing Orders Expand The Scope Of Purpa, Christopher Cerny
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology
No abstract provided.
Recent Case Decisions,
2022
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Recent Case Decisions
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
County Of Maui V. Hawaii Wildlife Fund And Its Impact On Clean Water Act Jurisprudence,
2022
University of Oklahoma College of Law
County Of Maui V. Hawaii Wildlife Fund And Its Impact On Clean Water Act Jurisprudence, Sydney Bale
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Cutting The Aegean Gordian Knot: A Pathway To Harness The Petroleum Resources Lying Within The Aegean Seabed,
2022
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Cutting The Aegean Gordian Knot: A Pathway To Harness The Petroleum Resources Lying Within The Aegean Seabed, Costas S. Michail
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Production In Paying Quantities In Oklahoma In The Twenty-First Century,
2022
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Production In Paying Quantities In Oklahoma In The Twenty-First Century, Raymond B. (“Ray”) Roush
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Editor's Introduction & Front Pages,
2022
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Editor's Introduction & Front Pages, Piper Hampton
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Legal Challenges And Opportunities For Peer-To-Peer Electricity Trading In Thailand,
2022
Chulalongkorn University
Legal Challenges And Opportunities For Peer-To-Peer Electricity Trading In Thailand, Piti Eiamchamroonlarp
Centre for Commercial Law in Asia
Electricity is a critical resource for a country as it powers devices and enables modern living with digital transactions, crypto mining, deployment of electric vehicles (EV) etc. Given these emerging activities, electricity demand is forecasted to keep rising. The peak electricity load in Thailand for 2018, 29,969 MW, will likely increase to 53,997 MW by 2037. However, Thailand, as a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, must consider negative impacts on the environment from electricity generation. To meet these challenges, renewable resources are needed for cleaner electricity generation and ensuring security of electricity supply, while simultaneously …
Opposition To Renewable Energy Facilities In The United States: March 2022 Edition,
2022
Columbia Law School, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Opposition To Renewable Energy Facilities In The United States: March 2022 Edition, Hillary Aidun, Jacob Elkin, Radhika Goyal, Kate Marsh, Neely Mckee, Maris Welch, Leah Adelman, Shane Finn
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Achieving lower carbon emissions in the United States will require developing a very large number of wind, solar, and other renewable energy facilities, as well as associated storage, distribution, and transmission, at an unprecedented scale and pace. Although host community members are often enthusiastic about renewable energy facilities’ economic and environmental benefits, local opposition often arises. This report updates a previous Sabin Center report, published in February 2021, and documents local restrictions on and opposition to siting renewable energy projects for the period from 1995 to early 2022. Importantly, the authors do not make normative judgments as to the legal …
Preview — Denezpi V. United States (2022). Double Jeopardy In Indian Country,
2022
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Preview — Denezpi V. United States (2022). Double Jeopardy In Indian Country, Paul A. Hutton Iii
Public Land & Resources Law Review
On February 22, the Supreme Court of the United States will decide the single issue of whether a Court of Indian Offenses constitutes a federal entity and, therefore, separate prosecutions in federal district court and a Court of Indian Offenses for the same act violates the Double Jeopardy Clause as prosecutions for the same offense.
Fracturing The Rule Of Capture: The Improper Application Of The Rule Of Capture To Subsurface Intrusions Resulting From Hydraulic Fracturing,
2022
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Fracturing The Rule Of Capture: The Improper Application Of The Rule Of Capture To Subsurface Intrusions Resulting From Hydraulic Fracturing, Alexis K. Désiré
Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law
Imagine that during the course of hydraulically fracturing a tract of land—a process used to extract gas from low-permeability rock formations —a drilling company causes fractures, as well as some of the materials necessary to the fracturing process, to cross the boundary of its property line and enter an adjoining property—that is, it makes a subsurface intrusion onto a neighbor’s property. Assume further that, because the company’s fractures have extended into the neighbor’s property, oil and gas from the neighboring land travels to the company’s wellbore, causing the neighbor to bring a tort action against the company for harms related …
State Broadband Profile - Ohio (Feb. 2022),
2022
New York Law School
State Broadband Profile - Ohio (Feb. 2022), New York Law School
Reports and Resources
No abstract provided.
Comparative Analysis Between Saudi Arabia And Norway In Moving Beyond Fossil Fuels Towards A Sustainable Economy: A Special Emphasis On The Renewable Energy Sector,
2022
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Comparative Analysis Between Saudi Arabia And Norway In Moving Beyond Fossil Fuels Towards A Sustainable Economy: A Special Emphasis On The Renewable Energy Sector, Saad Nasser Alqahtani
Dissertations & Theses
Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the Middle East and the 18th largest in the world. The country has the world's second-largest proven petroleum reserves and is the largest exporter of petroleum. In 2016, Saudi Arabia had the third highest estimated value of natural resources at $34.4 trillion (US). However, because of the 2014 oil crash, climate change, and the development of renewable energy technology, the government has decided to transition from its complete reliance on oil revenues and to start investing heavily in other non-oil sectors, such as the renewable energy sector. The Saudi government plans to generate …
Should Missouri Consider The Social Cost Of Carbon In Policymaking?,
2022
Saint Louis University School of Law
Should Missouri Consider The Social Cost Of Carbon In Policymaking?, Matthew Geer
SLU Law Journal Online
The social cost of carbon (SCC) is a tool used by federal agencies to quantify the cost of carbon emissions in policymaking. As concerns surrounding climate change become more pressing, some states have also begun using the SCC in their own policies, rules, and regulations, while other states like Missouri have actively challenged the metric. In this article, Matthew Geer looks at the origin of the federal social cost of carbon and considers its effectiveness as a tool by state governments to guide policymaking that will prevent climate change from causing irreversible harm to Planet Earth.
The Long-Term Problem With Electric Vehicle Batteries: A Policy Recommendation To Encourage Advancement For Scalable Recycling Practices,
2022
Seattle University School of Law
The Long-Term Problem With Electric Vehicle Batteries: A Policy Recommendation To Encourage Advancement For Scalable Recycling Practices, Lauren Fricke
Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law
With the growing popularity of electric vehicles, the demand for lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries, which are the dominant energy source for electric vehicles, are skyrocketing. By default, this means a growing demand for the raw materials needed to manufacture these complex batteries such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel. Economic, environmental, and political supply chain factors bring into question the sustainability of these batteries as a solution to the issues surrounding gasoline powered transportation, creating a need for large scale Li-ion battery recycling. By 2030, 140 million EVs are predicted to be on the road worldwide. In that time, eleven million …
Uranium 233: The Nuclear Superfuel No One Is Using,
2022
Seattle University School of Law
Uranium 233: The Nuclear Superfuel No One Is Using, Maris Hanson
Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law
Nuclear power offers more energy in less physical space than solar and wind and yields more energy per pound than fossil fuels. However different nuclear fuels yield different waste profiles and create different beneficial products. Uranium 233 (U233) resists use in nuclear weapons, yields beneficial daughter products, and produces dramatically less of the most problematic waste products than Uranium 235 (U235). U233 results from reactions with Thorium, a plentiful, ubiquitous element currently considered waste from rare earth mines. Additionally, U233 functions well in a liquid fuel reactor resulting in safer, more efficient reactors than current solid fuel U235 or Plutonium …
Land Use Conflicts Between Wind And Solar Renewable Energy And Agriculture Uses,
2022
Ohio State University Agricultural & Resource Law Program
Land Use Conflicts Between Wind And Solar Renewable Energy And Agriculture Uses, Peggy Kirk Hall, Whitney Morgan, Jesse Richardson
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Local Power,
2022
Vanderbilt University Law School
Local Power, Alexandra B. Klass, Rebecca Wilton
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Article is about “local power.” We use that term in two distinct but complementary ways. First, local power describes the authority of local governments to enact regulatory policies in the interests of their citizens. Second, local power describes the authority of local governments to exercise proprietary control over the sources and delivery of electric power to their citizens. This dual meaning of local power is particularly important today, as an increasing number of local governments are seriously considering “municipalizing”--taking control of local electric power systems-—at the same time that, outside the electric power sector, many states are constraining local …
Energy Grid Decarbonization: A Tale Of Resistance And Compliance In Florida,
2022
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Energy Grid Decarbonization: A Tale Of Resistance And Compliance In Florida, Rachel Tennant
Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice
No abstract provided.