Letter To The Reader,
2022
University of Montana
Table Of Contents,
2022
University of Montana
Editors And Staff Members,
2022
University of Montana
Appeal No. 1002: Omni Energy Group Llc V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management,
2022
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Appeal No. 1002: Omni Energy Group Llc V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission
Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions
Review of Chief's Order 2021-179 & 2021-180 (Saltwater Injection Wells GMR #1 & GMR #2)
Appeal No. 1001: Omni Energy Group Llc V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management,
2022
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Appeal No. 1001: Omni Energy Group Llc V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission
Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions
Review of Chief's Order 2021-179 & 2021-180 (Saltwater Injection Wells GMR #1 & GMR #2)
Appeal No. 1005: Atlas Noble, Llc. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management,
2022
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Appeal No. 1005: Atlas Noble, Llc. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission
Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions
Review of Chief's Order 2021-182 (Thap William Unit 1 Well)
Come Hell Or No Water: The Story Of Sandbranch And The Unincorporated Community Fight For Public Services,
2022
Texas A&M University School of Law
Come Hell Or No Water: The Story Of Sandbranch And The Unincorporated Community Fight For Public Services, Daeja Pemberton
Student Scholarship
Sandbranch is the only unincorporated community left in Dallas County, and the residents of this majority-Black, impoverished community have had their cries for basic necessities—such as clean, running water—largely ignored. With the County and the City of Dallas not remedying the problem so far, there is a question as to who is responsible for providing water and other public services to the community’s eighty residents. As it currently stands, Texas law simply permits local governments to offer assistance to unincorporated communities but does not mandate that affirmative measures be taken to ensure that these communities are provided for. What is …
Lumpy Social Goods In Energy Decarbonization: Why We Need More Than Just Markets For The Clean Energy Transition,
2022
Texas A&M University School of Law
Lumpy Social Goods In Energy Decarbonization: Why We Need More Than Just Markets For The Clean Energy Transition, Daniel E. Walters
Faculty Scholarship
To avoid the worst consequences of global climate change, the United States must achieve daunting targets for decarbonizing its electric power sector on a very short timescale. Policy experts largely agree that achieving these goals will require massive investment in new infrastructure to facilitate the deep integration of renewable fuels into the electric grid, including a new national high-voltage electric transmission network and grid-scale electricity storage, such as batteries. However, spurring investment in these needed infrastructures has proven to be challenging, despite numerous attempts by regulators and policymakers to clear a path for market-driven investment. Unchecked, this problem threatens to …
Natural Transplants,
2022
Texas A&M University School of Law
Natural Transplants, Vanessa Casado-Pérez, Yael R. Lifshitz
Faculty Scholarship
Policymakers are constantly faced with the complex task of managing novel challenges. At times, these challenges result from new technologies: Consider fights over allocating air rights for drones or decisions about how to share scarce vaccines in a pandemic. Other times the resources are old, but the challenges are new, such as how to fairly allocate water in times of unprecedented drought or previously undesirable rare earth minerals that are in demand for modern manufacturing and energy production. Often, instead of carefully tailoring a regime to the new resource, decisionmakers simply rely on mechanisms they are familiar with. When jurisdictions …
International Energy And Natural Resources,
2022
Southern Methodist University
International Energy And Natural Resources, Petra Stewart, Mauricio Becerra De La Roca Donoso, Mario Ballivian, Mathias Dantin, Kevin Haroff, Kingsley Osei, Leonardo Sempertegui, Ricardo Alves Silva, Sara Frazão
The Year in Review
No abstract provided.
Mitigating The Discretion Disaster: How Changes In The Law Can Help Fema Effectuate Its Critical Mission,
2022
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Mitigating The Discretion Disaster: How Changes In The Law Can Help Fema Effectuate Its Critical Mission, Paul G. Rando
University of Cincinnati Law Review
No abstract provided.
Can You Dig It? Yes, You Can! But At What Cost?: A Proposal For The Protection Of Domestic Fossils On Private Land,
2022
Texas A&M University School of Law
Can You Dig It? Yes, You Can! But At What Cost?: A Proposal For The Protection Of Domestic Fossils On Private Land, Bridget Roddy
Texas A&M Journal of Property Law
Paleontological resources require similar protections to archaeological resources because the threat of looting, improper excavation, and market demand are analogous. Paleontological resources are responsible for informing much of scientists’ understanding of evolution and the history of the planet, just as cultural property helps to inform the evolution of humanity and culture. Once either object is removed from its original context, there is an immediate and invaluable loss of information that could have illuminated important information about the past. When either is removed from the environment in which they were created, a nonrenewable link to the past is lost.
Existing laws …
Friends Of The Earth V. Haaland Case Summary,
2022
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Friends Of The Earth V. Haaland Case Summary, Valan Anthos
Public Land & Resources Law Review
A federal district court vacated the U.S.’s largest offshore oil and gas lease sale ever because of an inadequate NEPA analysis. The court found that the BOEM’s decision to exclude estimations of reductions in foreign oil consumption if no lease took place was arbitrary and capricious.
Patents And Plants: Rethinking The Role Of International Law In Relation To The Appropriation Of Traditional Knowledge Of The Uses Of Plants (Tkup),
2022
Dalhousie University
Patents And Plants: Rethinking The Role Of International Law In Relation To The Appropriation Of Traditional Knowledge Of The Uses Of Plants (Tkup), Ikechi Mgbeoji
PhD Dissertations
Legal control and ownership of plants and traditional knowledge of the uses of plants (TKUP) is often a vexed issue, particularly at the international level because of the conflicting interests of states or groups of states in the matter. The most widely used form of juridical control of plants and TKUP is the patent system which originated in Europe. This thesis rethinks the role of international law and legal concepts, the major patent systems of the world and international agricultural research institutions as they affect legal ownership and control of plants and TKUP. The analysis is cast in various contexts …
2019–2020 Colorado Oil And Gas Law Update,
2022
Texas A&M University School of Law
2019–2020 Colorado Oil And Gas Law Update, William D. Farrar
Texas A&M Journal of Property Law
Colorado courts and the state’s legislature were quite active in 2019 and 2020 on the oil and gas administrative law front. Namely, the Colorado General Assembly enacted changes to the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Act in response to the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision in Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission v. Martinez. While the Martinez case was not principally a substantive oil and gas case, the resulting fallout from the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision made sweeping changes to the state’s statutory laws. The decision will also result in major administrative law changes affecting the Colorado oil & gas …
China’S Iuu Fishing Fleet: Pariah Of The World’S Oceans,
2022
U.S. Naval War College
China’S Iuu Fishing Fleet: Pariah Of The World’S Oceans, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
International Law Studies
The leading global maritime security threat today is illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Left unchecked, IUU fishing exacerbates the depletion of fish stocks, thereby contributing to global geo-political instability by increasing tension among competing distant water fishing fleets, threatening the sustainability of coastal States’ fisheries, and damaging fragile ecosystems. This article reviews the regulatory framework applicable to IUU fishing. It then discusses China’s predatory fishing practices in various regions of the world. The article then examines the principle of exclusive flag State jurisdiction on the high seas and suggests that Chinese distant water fishing vessels that change their name …
Louisiana,
2022
Louisiana State University Law Center
Louisiana, Keith B. Hall
Texas A&M Journal of Property Law
This article examines significant developments in Louisiana oil and gas law during 2021, beginning with developments arising from court cases, then legislation, and finally regulations.
Texas: Survey Of Selected 2021 Oil And Gas Cases And Statutes,
2022
Texas A&M University School of Law
Texas: Survey Of Selected 2021 Oil And Gas Cases And Statutes, William D. Farrar
Texas A&M Journal of Property Law
The Texas Supreme Court was quite active in 2021, issuing several oil and gas opinions; however, two were quite controversial, drawing numerous amicus curie from industry groups, oil and gas attorneys, and academia. In Concho Resources, Inc. v Ellison, the court held that a subsequently executed, inconsistent instrument, even without words of grant, may divest a record mineral title. And, in Broadway National Bank v. Yates Energy Corp., the court held that prior title holders may divest a current record title holder of their title by executing a correction deed without the joinder of, or notice to, the …
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, And Tennessee,
2022
Texas A&M University School of Law
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, And Tennessee, Brandt P. Hill, Hugh Gainer
Texas A&M Journal of Property Law
There were no decisions by federal or state courts in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, or Tennessee between fall 2020 and fall 2021 directly relevant to oil and gas companies or operations. However, there were several decisions that may nonetheless be of interest to the industry, including two opinions by the United States Supreme Court in water-rights cases. We discuss these opinions below.
Northern Rocky Mountain Region: Montana, Wyoming, And Idaho,
2022
Texas A&M University School of Law
Northern Rocky Mountain Region: Montana, Wyoming, And Idaho, Stephen R. Brown
Texas A&M Journal of Property Law
This Article examines significant developments in oil and gas law for the Northern Rocky Mountain Region, including Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.