Cracks' In The Court's Analysis? Court Strikes Balancing Act Between Citizens' Constitutional Rights And Government's Exploitation Of Natural Gas Reserves In Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation V. Commonwealth, 2016 Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Cracks' In The Court's Analysis? Court Strikes Balancing Act Between Citizens' Constitutional Rights And Government's Exploitation Of Natural Gas Reserves In Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation V. Commonwealth, Gabriella T. Soreth
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Sorry, Access Denied: Department Of Environmental Protection V. Delaware Riverkeeper Network And The Relationship Between The Public's Right To Know And An Agency's Right To Conceal, 2016 Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Sorry, Access Denied: Department Of Environmental Protection V. Delaware Riverkeeper Network And The Relationship Between The Public's Right To Know And An Agency's Right To Conceal, Aya D. Samra
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Casenote Update: The Supreme Court Restricts Plaintiff Options For Climate Change Litigation In American Electric Power Co. V. Connecticut, 2016 Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Casenote Update: The Supreme Court Restricts Plaintiff Options For Climate Change Litigation In American Electric Power Co. V. Connecticut, Matthew R. Weiss
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Making The Most Of El Nino: Stormwater Collection And Rainwater Harvesting As Potential Solutions To Water Shortages In Southern California, 2016 Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Making The Most Of El Nino: Stormwater Collection And Rainwater Harvesting As Potential Solutions To Water Shortages In Southern California, Benjamin A. Harris
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
There's Something In The Water: The Ehb Disregards Its Mandate And Disrespects Contract Law In Robinson Coal Company V. Department Of Environmental Protection, 2016 Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
There's Something In The Water: The Ehb Disregards Its Mandate And Disrespects Contract Law In Robinson Coal Company V. Department Of Environmental Protection, Ryan P. Duffy
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Reaching For Environmental And Economic Harmony: Can Ttip Negotiations Bridge The U.S.-Eu Chemical Regulatory Gap?, 2016 University of Georgia School of Law
Reaching For Environmental And Economic Harmony: Can Ttip Negotiations Bridge The U.S.-Eu Chemical Regulatory Gap?, Ashley Henson
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Water, Water Everywhere, But Just How Much Is Clean?: Examining Water Quality Restoration Efforts Under The United States Clean Water Act And The United States-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, 2016 University of Georgia School of Law
Water, Water Everywhere, But Just How Much Is Clean?: Examining Water Quality Restoration Efforts Under The United States Clean Water Act And The United States-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Jill T. Hauserman
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Providing For Environmental Safeguards In The Development Loans Given By The World Bank Group To The Developing Countries, 2016 University of Georgia School of Law
Providing For Environmental Safeguards In The Development Loans Given By The World Bank Group To The Developing Countries, John W. Kindt
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
The Concept Of Compensation In The Field Of Trade And Environment, 2016 United Nations Environment Programme
The Concept Of Compensation In The Field Of Trade And Environment, Shadia Schneider-Sawiris
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Environmental Justice And Community-Based Reparations, 2016 Seattle University School of Law
Environmental Justice And Community-Based Reparations, Catherine Millas Kaiman
Seattle University Law Review
This Article seeks to illuminate the lack of adequate legal remedies that are available for low-income, predominantly minority communities that have suffered historic environmental injustices. The Article not only discusses the lack of adequate legal remedies, but also proposes the use of local, state, and federal reparations programs for communities that have previously suffered environmental injustices; are still living with the effects of environmental injustices, by way of disease, air, soil, and water pollution; or are suffering current and ongoing environmental injustices. As has been recently illustrated by Michigan’s state action of providing lead-contaminated water for over a year to …
Laudato Si’ And Care For Our Common Home: What Does It Mean For The Legal Professional?, 2016 Catholic University of America
Laudato Si’ And Care For Our Common Home: What Does It Mean For The Legal Professional?, Lucia A. Silecchia
Seattle Journal of Environmental Law
No abstract provided.
Article Iii Standing For Private Plaintiffs Challenging Greenhouse Gas Regulations, 2016 University of San Diego
Article Iii Standing For Private Plaintiffs Challenging Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Bradford C. Mank
San Diego Law Review
An important unresolved question is whether non-state plaintiffs have standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution to sue in federal courts in climate change cases. In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court held a state government could sue the U.S. government to address climate change issues, and suggested, but did not decide, that private litigants might have lesser rights than states. In Washington Environmental Council v. Bellon, the Ninth Circuit held that private groups did not have standing to challenge Washington State’s failure to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from five oil refineries, and implied that private plaintiffs may …
Transcanada Lawsuit Highlights Need To Scuttle Tpp, 2016 Columbia University, The Center for Sustainable Development
Transcanada Lawsuit Highlights Need To Scuttle Tpp, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Brooke Güven, Lisa E. Sachs
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
The Obama administration is still trying, against the odds, to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment agreement (TPP) through the lame-duck session of Congress after the November presidential vote. The administration knows that TPP can’t pass before the election because both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump oppose it; therefore, they are hoping for a stealth Senate vote between the election and inauguration of the new president in 2017.We can therefore “thank” TransCanada for reminding us why the TPP needs to be scuttled.
Space For Local Content Policies And Strategies, 2016 Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Space For Local Content Policies And Strategies, Lise Johnson
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
This paper explores both the role that local content measures can play in advancing sustainable development, and the impact that trade and investment treaties concluded over the past 20 years have had and will continue to have on the ability of governments to employ those tools. Certain local content measures had been restricted under the WTO due to wide agreement by negotiating parties that their costs outweigh their benefits. But the WTO also left a number of local content measures in governments’ policy toolboxes. As is discussed in this paper, however, that is changing, with the range of permissible actions …
A Policy Framework To Approach The Use Of Associated Petroleum Gas, 2016 Columbia Law School
A Policy Framework To Approach The Use Of Associated Petroleum Gas, Shay Banerjee, Perrine Toledano
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
CCSI developed "A Policy Framework to Approach the Use of Associated Petroleum Gas."
Associated Petroleum Gas (APG) is a form of natural gas that is found associated with petroleum fields. APG is often flared or vented for regulatory, economic or technical reasons. The flaring, however, is problematic from health and environmental perspectives. Moreover, flaring and venting APG wastes a valuable non-renewable resource that could be re-injected into the oil field or used for local and regional electricity generation.
This framework aims at providing guidance for regulators, policymakers, and industry leaders seeking to develop practical approaches to unlock the economic value …
Submission To The Sec On Addressing Land Tenure Risks Through Regulation S-K, 2016 Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Development
Submission To The Sec On Addressing Land Tenure Risks Through Regulation S-K, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
In July 2016, CCSI sent a submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide input into how land tenure risks could be addressed through disclosure requirements for public companies. The SEC was seeking input into modernizing business and financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K, including whether Regulation S-K should be amended to require disclosure of public policy and sustainability information. CCSI argued that, due to the significant financial risk created by land tenure disputes in countries with weak or transitioning land governance systems, companies should be required to report on land tenure risks. Disclosure should be required for …
Mapping Mining To The Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas, 2016 Columbia Law School
Mapping Mining To The Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas, Columbia Center On Sustainable Investment, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, United Nations Development Programme, World Economic Forum
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
CCSI has been working with the World Economic Forum, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to create a shared understanding of how the mining industry can most effectively contribute to the SDGs. The report will help mining companies navigate where their activities – from exploration, through operations and mine closure – can help the world achieve the SDGs. Governments, civil society and other stakeholders can also identify opportunities for shared action and partnership with the industry.
A draft report of Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: A Preliminary Atlas was released for …
Employment From Mining And Agricultural Investments: How Much Myth, How Much Reality?, 2016 Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Development
Employment From Mining And Agricultural Investments: How Much Myth, How Much Reality?, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Olle Östensson, Perrine Toledano
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
Employment creation is often seen as a key benefit of investment in natural resources. However, this benefit sometimes falls short: job estimates may be inflated, governmental policies may fail to maximize employment generation, and, in some cases, investments may lead to net livelihood losses. A more thorough examination of employment tied to mining and agricultural investments is thus useful for assessing whether and how employment from natural resource investments contributes to sustainable economic development – a particularly timely topic as countries consider how they will achieve the Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015.
This report aims to clarify the processes …
Ocean Acidification Through The Lens Of Ecological Theory, 2016 University of Washington School of Law
Ocean Acidification Through The Lens Of Ecological Theory, Brian Gaylord Et Al.
Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
Ocean acidification, chemical changes to the carbonate system of seawater, is emerging as a key environmental challenge accompanying global warming and other human-induced perturbations. Considerable research seeks to define the scope and character of potential outcomes from this phenomenon, but a crucial impediment persists. Ecological theory, despite its power and utility, has been only peripherally applied to the problem. Here we sketch in broad strokes several areas where fundamental principles of ecology have the capacity to generate insight into ocean acidification’s consequences. We focus on conceptual models that, when considered in the context of acidification, yield explicit predictions regarding a …
Federal Treaty And Trust Obligations, And Ocean Acidification, 2016 University of Washington School of Law
Federal Treaty And Trust Obligations, And Ocean Acidification, Robert T. Anderson
Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
Ocean acidification will have profound effects on the entire human population and natural resources that depend in any way upon Earth’s oceans and lakes. In turn, those effects will be even greater, and potentially catastrophic, for indigenous populations who rely on the seas for physical, cultural, and spiritual sustenance. While most research on carbon dioxide absorption from the atmosphere has focused on oceans and the resulting acidification, many believe that acidification levels also will also increase in the Great Lakes. Indian tribes in the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes regions share reliance on marine and freshwater resources, and many …