Environmental Justice In Little Village: A Case For Reforming Chicago’S Zoning Law,
2020
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Environmental Justice In Little Village: A Case For Reforming Chicago’S Zoning Law, Charles Isaacs
Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy
Chicago’s Little Village community bears the heavy burden of environmental injustice and racism. The residents are mostly immigrants and people of color who live with low levels of income, limited access to healthcare, and disproportionate levels of dangerous air pollution. Before its retirement, Little Village’s Crawford coal-burning power plant was the lead source of air pollution, contributing to 41 deaths, 550 emergency room visits, and 2,800 asthma attacks per year. After the plant’s retirement, community members wanted a say on the future use of the lot, only to be closed out when a corporation, Hilco Redevelopment Partners, bought the lot …
Irena At 10: Post Paris Transitions And Energy Diplomacy Beyond Opec, The Energy Charter Treaty, And The Coronavirus,
2020
Barry University
Irena At 10: Post Paris Transitions And Energy Diplomacy Beyond Opec, The Energy Charter Treaty, And The Coronavirus, Nadia B. Ahmad
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Cities And Citizens Seethe: A Case Study Of Local Efforts To Influence Natural Gas Pipeline Routing Decisions,
2020
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
Cities And Citizens Seethe: A Case Study Of Local Efforts To Influence Natural Gas Pipeline Routing Decisions, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This Article explores the reasons local governments find difficulty influencing pipeline-routing decisions. For example, federal law controls interstate natural gas pipeline permitting, which is complicated and inaccessible. State law, particularly in Ohio, heavily favors utilities, in part by preempting local efforts to make local decisions regarding oil and gas development. Finally, the information gaps are enormous between what local governments need to influence pipeline-routing decisions and what is accessible.
This Article addresses barriers to local influence by discussing the efforts of citizens and local governments to influence the routing of NexusSpectra's natural gas transmission pipeline, which was recently constructed and …
Cities And Citizens Seethe: A Case Study Of Local Efforts To Influence Natural Gas Pipeline Routing Decisions,
2020
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cities And Citizens Seethe: A Case Study Of Local Efforts To Influence Natural Gas Pipeline Routing Decisions, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ecosystem Services And Federal Public Lands: A Quiet Revolution In Natural Resources Management,
2020
Vanderbilt University Law School
Ecosystem Services And Federal Public Lands: A Quiet Revolution In Natural Resources Management, J.B. Ruhl, James Salzman
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The major federal public land management agencies (the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Park Service, Fish & Wildlife Service, and Department of Defense) have increasingly adopted a language that did not exist twenty- five years ago-the language of ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are the range of benefits that ecological re- sources provide to humans, from water purification and pollination to carbon sequestration and wildlife habitat. The scientific discipline advancing the ecosystem services frame- work arose in the mid-1990s and quickly became a central strategy for fusing ecology and economics research. Despite its ascendance in research communities, the recognition and …
Natural Resources And Natural Law Part Ii: The Public Trust Doctrine,
2020
S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Natural Resources And Natural Law Part Ii: The Public Trust Doctrine, Robert W. Adler
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
Natural Resources and Natural Law Part I: Prior Appropriation analyzed claims by some western ranchers, grounded in natural law, that they have property rights in grazing resources on federal public lands through prior appropriation. Those advocates asserted their position in part through civil disobedience, sometimes including armed standoffs with federal officials. They also asserted that their duty to obey theistic natural law overrode any duty to obey the Nation’s positive law. Similar claims that individual religious beliefs override positive law have been made recently regarding a range of other controversial issues, such as same-sex marriage, public insurance for birth control, …
Changing Consultation,
2020
S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Changing Consultation, Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Kathy Lynn, Kyle Whyte
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
As climate change and fossil fuel extractive industries ravage Indian country and burden many Indigenous communities with risks, the negative impacts on tribal sovereignty, health, and cultural resources demand consultation between tribes and the federal government. Yet, this is an area where the law fails to provide adequate guidance to parties who should be engaging or are already engaging in tribal consultations. The law, both domestic and international, may require that consultation occurs, but leaves parties to determine themselves what constitutes effective and efficient consultation. The legacy of the law’s inability to provide effective guidance has generated a litany of …
Navajo Nation V. United States Department Of The Interior,
2020
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Navajo Nation V. United States Department Of The Interior, Adam W. Johnson
Public Land & Resources Law Review
The Navajo Nation sued the United States government alleging the government breached its trust obligation over the allocation of water rights in the Colorado River Basin. On remand, the district court denied the Navajo Nation leave to file its third amended complaint for futility, holding that the general trust relationship was insufficient to support the Nation’s breach of trust claim.
Diving To New Depths: How Green Energy Markets Can Push Mining Companies Into The Deep Sea, And Why Nations Must Balance Mineral Exploitation With Marine Conservation,
2020
William & Mary Law School
Diving To New Depths: How Green Energy Markets Can Push Mining Companies Into The Deep Sea, And Why Nations Must Balance Mineral Exploitation With Marine Conservation, Catherine Danley
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
No abstract provided.
End Notes,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
State Preemption And Single Use Plastics: Is National Intervention Necessary?,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
State Preemption And Single Use Plastics: Is National Intervention Necessary?, Ethan D. King
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
The Right To Legally Sourced Lumber? How The Effective Enforcement Of The Lacey Act Is A U.S. Human Rights Obligation And Critical To Preventing Abuse In The Illegal Logging Industry,
2020
Notre Dame Law School
The Right To Legally Sourced Lumber? How The Effective Enforcement Of The Lacey Act Is A U.S. Human Rights Obligation And Critical To Preventing Abuse In The Illegal Logging Industry, Melanie Hess
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
An Ace Up Their Sleeve Or A House Of Cards: Can The Epa's Affordable Clean Energy Rule Withstand Chevron Deference?,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
An Ace Up Their Sleeve Or A House Of Cards: Can The Epa's Affordable Clean Energy Rule Withstand Chevron Deference?, Shannon Zaret
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Gets The Ax: Is Legal Personhood For Nature Dead In The Water?,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Gets The Ax: Is Legal Personhood For Nature Dead In The Water?, Devon Alexandra Berman
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
The Use Of The Regular Militaries For Natural Disaster Assistance: Climate Change And The Increasing Need For Changes To The Laws In The United States, China, Japan, The Philippines, And Other Countries,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
The Use Of The Regular Militaries For Natural Disaster Assistance: Climate Change And The Increasing Need For Changes To The Laws In The United States, China, Japan, The Philippines, And Other Countries, Donald D.A. Schaefer
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Editor's Note,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
Editor's Note, Brianna Delduca, Hannah Gardenswartz
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
End Notes,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
How Syria's Failure To Uphold The Kyoto Protocol And Paris Agreement Exacerbated The Effects Of Climate Change In The Levant,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
How Syria's Failure To Uphold The Kyoto Protocol And Paris Agreement Exacerbated The Effects Of Climate Change In The Levant, Nivea A. Ohri
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Continuing A Broad Application Of Section 9 Of The Esa To Prevent Future Mass Extinctions,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
Continuing A Broad Application Of Section 9 Of The Esa To Prevent Future Mass Extinctions, Alicia Martinez
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Does Importing Endangered Species' Body Parts Help Conservation? Discretion To Import Trophies Under The Trump Administration,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
Does Importing Endangered Species' Body Parts Help Conservation? Discretion To Import Trophies Under The Trump Administration, Brianna Marie
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
