Wildearth Guardians V. Zinke, 2019 Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Wildearth Guardians V. Zinke, Emily M. Mcculloch
Public Land & Resources Law Review
WildEarth Guardians v. Zinke marks an important decision prompting the Bureau of Land Management to seriously consider greenhouse gas emissions when performing environmental assessments for oil and gas leasing. WildEarth Guardians and Physicians for Social Responsibility, two non-profit organizations, asserted BLM improperly failed to recognize greenhouse gas emissions and their impacts on climate change when issuing oil and gas leases in three western states. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia agreed, finding that by failing to take a hard look at environmental impacts from its leasing decisions, BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act’s requirements.
The Implementation Of The Joint Development Of Greater Sunrise Special Regime Under The 2018 Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Between Timor-Leste And Australia, 2019 World Maritime University
The Implementation Of The Joint Development Of Greater Sunrise Special Regime Under The 2018 Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Between Timor-Leste And Australia, Melkiades Laot
World Maritime University Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Citizens For Clean Energy V. United States Department Of The Interior, 2019 lexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Citizens For Clean Energy V. United States Department Of The Interior, Anthony Reed
Public Land & Resources Law Review
In 2017, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke issued a new order lifting the previous administration’s 2016 Jewell Order that had placed a moratorium on mineral leases until a programmatic EIS was completed. The new order repealed the moratorium, cancelled the programmatic EIS, and instructed the BLM to expedite new mineral lease applications. Several plaintiffs challenged Zinke’s order, and the United States District Court for the District of Montana ruled that it was a major federal action that triggered NEPA analysis and that the agency acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it issued the order without any environmental review.
Legal Frameworks & Foreign Investment: A Primer On Governments’ Obligations, 2019 Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Development
Legal Frameworks & Foreign Investment: A Primer On Governments’ Obligations, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, Sam Szoke-Burke, Rumbidzaii Mawen
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
Legal frameworks, and how they interact, are often invisible in the day to day. Yet they are powerful forces that influence government actions and that help to shape who benefits and who loses from foreign investment. Understanding these legal frameworks, and how they interact, is critical for anyone concerned with how foreign investment can be better harnessed to support, rather than weaken, sustainable development and human rights.
This primer provides a brief overview of host government obligations under international investment law, international human rights law, domestic law, and relevant investor-state contracts. It also highlights some of the ways in which …
Outcome Report On The Climate Crisis, Global Land Use And Human Rights Conference, 2019 Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Outcome Report On The Climate Crisis, Global Land Use And Human Rights Conference, Mateusz Kasprowicz, Sam Szoke-Burke, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
On September 27th, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Landesa, the New York City Bar Association International Environmental Law Committee, and Wake Forest Law School hosted a day-long conference on the intersection between land use, the climate crisis and clean energy transition, and human rights.
Held at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, the conference brought together individuals from civil society organizations, governments, and academia, as well as lawyers, climate scientists, land-rights experts, indigenous representatives and other stakeholder groups. The panelists analyzed the critical role that land plays in …
Environmental Injustice: How Treaties Undermine The Right To A Healthy Environment, 2019 Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Environmental Injustice: How Treaties Undermine The Right To A Healthy Environment, Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson, Ella Merrill
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
Our planet faces unprecedented threats, including irreversible global warming, loss in biodiversity, and water pollution and water scarcity. The impacts of these environmental crises also threaten human rights and exacerbate inequality. Slowing these worsening environmental trends – and addressing the impacts of environmental change on populations – will require cumulative policy responses at the national and international level.
Preview—Murray V. Bej Minerals, Llc: Finding A Home For Fossils, 2019 Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Preview—Murray V. Bej Minerals, Llc: Finding A Home For Fossils, Layne L. Ryerson
Public Land & Resources Law Review
The Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in this matter on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 9:30 AM in the courtroom of the Montana Supreme Court, Joseph P. Mazurek Building, Helena, Montana. The Honorable Olivia Rieger will hear the case in place of Justice Jim Rice, who recused himself. Eric B. Wolff is expected to argue for the Appellants. Harlan B. Krogh is expected to argue for the Appellees.
Vedanta Resources Plc And Konkola Copper Mines Plc V Lungowe And Others 2019 Uksc 20, 2019 University of Zambia
Vedanta Resources Plc And Konkola Copper Mines Plc V Lungowe And Others 2019 Uksc 20, Pamela Towela Sambo
SAIPAR Case Review
This case was initiated in the court of first instance, the England and Wales Technology and Construction Court (hereinafter referred to as the UK High Court Division) on 31 July 2015, by 1, 826 Zambian citizens who are resident in Chingola, Zambia. The claimants sought damages for personal injury, wide ranging environmental harm, damage to property, loss of income and amenity and enjoyment of land arising out of alleged pollution and environmental damage caused by the second appellant, Konkola Copper Mines (hereinafter referred to as ‘KCM’) at its Nchanga copper mine from about 2005 to date.
The first appellant, Vedanta …
League Of Conservation Voters V. Trump, 2019 University of Montana School of Law
League Of Conservation Voters V. Trump, Adam W. Johnson Mr.
Public Land & Resources Law Review
A consortium of environmental groups brought suit challenging an executive order opening millions of acres of continental shelf lands to oil and gas leasing. The Court held that the President’s actions exceeded his statutory authority and intruded on Congress’s power under the Property Clause, violating the separation of powers doctrine.
The Law Of Coal, Oil And Gas In West Virginia And Virginia, 2019 West Virginia University
The Law Of Coal, Oil And Gas In West Virginia And Virginia, C. E. Goodwin
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Sabotage By Cabotage: The Jones Act’S Attack On U.S. Energy, 2019 Pepperdine University
Sabotage By Cabotage: The Jones Act’S Attack On U.S. Energy, Kyle Mason
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This article will explore the ramifications that the Jones Act has on those other crucial areas of the U.S. economy, specifically looking at the U.S. energy market and analyzing how the Jones Act’s interplay with the domestic energy transportation market has been affected. Because of the substantial burden the Jones Act places on the shipping of natural resources, the U.S. energy market has been hindered, as this law continues to adversely impact both U.S. consumers and energy industry development in general. Given the U.S.’s renewed interest in development of an independent energy market, it is time to revise or repeal …
Recent Case Decisions, 2019 University of Oklahoma College of Law
Recent Case Decisions
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Empowered: Bringing Energy Efficiency Into Low-Income Homes, 2019 University of Oklahoma College of Law
Empowered: Bringing Energy Efficiency Into Low-Income Homes, Elizabeth Beatty, Abbey Hawthorne
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Wyoming, 2019 University of Oklahoma College of Law
Wyoming, John R. Chadd
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
West Virginia, 2019 University of Oklahoma College of Law
West Virginia, Andrew Graham
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Virginia, 2019 University of Oklahoma College of Law
Virginia, Zachary H. Barrett
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Utah, 2019 University of Oklahoma College of Law
Utah, Jim Tartaglia
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Texas, 2019 University of Oklahoma College of Law
Texas, Don Hueske, Garrett Korbitz
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Tennessee, 2019 University of Oklahoma College of Law
Tennessee, Westley A. Ketron
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Sovereign Lands, 2019 University of Oklahoma College of Law
Sovereign Lands, Brent D. Chicken, Amanda J. Dick
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.