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Executive Actions To Ensure Safe And Responsible Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal Research In The United States, Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

This paper presents recommended actions that federal agencies could take, under existing law, to ensure safe and responsible permitting and regulation of ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S. waters. Controlled field trials and other in-ocean research is critical to improve scientific and societal understanding of ocean CDR techniques that could help the U.S. reach its climate goals. That could raise a host of legal issues, however. Existing legal frameworks were not designed to regulate ocean CDR, and federal agencies have yet to fully explain how decades-old environmental laws will be applied to a new set of activities. This …

Environmental Justice: Assessing The Impact Of Socioeconomic Status On Drinking Water Quality In Kentucky, Morgann K. Rowe

Honors Theses

Poor water quality can lead to adverse health effects, and having access to clean water is essential to overall health. There are many possible sources of water contamination, and it is important to properly maintain water to ensure that it is up to standard. Socioeconomic status (SES) may influence drinking water quality, and marginalized populations may be the victims of disparities. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets drinking water standards through the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and violations can be issued if water standards are not met. Previous research suggests low-income non-white populations may experience higher water violations. Rural …

Spring 2024 Catalog, Lsu Press

LSU Press Seasonal Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Program: 2024 Imagining Community Symposium, University Of Dayton

2024 Imagining Community Symposium

Program for 2024 symposium; keynote address was "Science, Research, and Advocacy: Necessary Partners," given Monica Unseld, Ph.D., MPH.

Clearing The Air: Addressing Utah’S Pollution Crisis Through Legal Reform And Environmental Justice, Eduardo A. Rios, Catherine Patino-Celedon

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

Within the context of structural racism and economic inequality, Black and Latino communities confront disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards, amplifying health inequities. This article emphasizes the imperative for advancing environmental justice in Utah, where pervasive pollution exacerbates disparities. Furthermore, the disregard for community input by Utah's authorities perpetuates disparities in resource allocation. This narrative aligns with a nationwide trend wherein marginalized populations confront grave environmental risks. Concurrently, escalating concerns regarding air quality in Utah highlights the far-reaching consequences of pollution on public health, necessitating comprehensive legislative action to safeguard vulnerable communities.

Front Matter

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

Recent Snap Participation In Farmers Markets: Market Representatives’ Perspectives, Laura Fincher

Honors Theses

As the 2023 farmers market season is the first in three years without Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Emergency Allotments, SNAP participation in farmers markets is likely to decrease, which could have negative impacts for farmers market earnings and community relations. The purpose of this study was to examine farmers market SNAP participation and the impacts of the expiration of SNAP Emergency Allotments from the perspective of market representatives. Farmers market representatives from Central Arkansas and East Texas were interviewed in field testing, then representatives from North Texas were interviewed in target data collection. Observations of farmers market sites and …

Urban Flooding: Legal Tools To Address A Growing Crisis, Michael B. Gerrard

Faculty Scholarship

While sea level rise has long received a great deal of attention, another impact of climate change is now getting greater notice — increases in extreme precipitation. As the atmosphere warms, it can hold more moisture; for every increase of one degree Celsius, seven percent more water vapor is carried in the air. When that moisture is quickly released as intense rainstorms, stormwater systems can be overwhelmed, and cities can suffer devastating floods.

The frequency and intensity of heavy precipitation events have increased since the 1950s over most of the world's land areas. One 2023 study — generally consistent with …

Bringing Back Stories: Indigenous Peoples And Gettysburg College, Juliana L. Swanson

Student Publications

History and storytelling are beautifully intertwined—every country, culture, community, and person has a tale of creation, conflict, and prosperity. The tragedy of stories, however, is that many things may never be recorded, may be lost in archives and memories, and may never be revisited again. Beginning August 2023, I’ve conducted archival research which centers around the connection and intersectionality between Indigenous peoples and Gettysburg College. My initial research project expanded and has cultivated into a story-telling presentation of the history of Native Americans in the United States, termination of federal recognition of tribal nations, the creation of the National Indian …

Advisory Opinion On Climate Change: Summary Of Written Observations Submitted To The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights (Part 1), Maria Antonia Tigre

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

On January 9, 2023, the Foreign Ministers of Chile and Colombia requested an advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) on the scope of state obligations for responding to the climate emergency under the frame of international human rights law and, specifically, under the American Convention on Human Rights. Within this context, the IACtHR received a total of 255 amicus brief submissions.

This report includes summaries of the amicus briefs submitted to the Court. Due to the number of submissions received and the short timeframe prior to the hearings, the report is divided into parts. This first …

Saamaka: Protest Mapping And Ecology In Suriname, Giovanna Montenegro

Comparative Literature Faculty and Student Scholarship

The Saamaka, one of Suriname’s six Afro-descendant maroon groups, have lived in the rainforest since they escaped slavery in the colonial era, adapting Indigenous foods and materials to survive in a new environment. In 1762 the Dutch signed a treaty that recognized Saamaka freedom and autonomy one hundred years before the abolition of slavery. However, the Saamaka have struggled against persistent attempts at ecocide by the Dutch colonial government and then, since independence, by the Surinamese state. This article highlights the plight of tribal and Indigenous groups in Suriname, especially the Saamaka, who have protested against logging and mining by …

On The Human Right To Healthy Menstruation, Bridget J. Crawford

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This short essay introduces the Bellagio Declaration on the Human Right to Healthy Menstruation, a statement signed by an interdisciplinary group of academics, artists, policymakers, clinicians, and practitioners in 2024. The Declaration frames the human right to healthy menstruation as including (1) non-discrimination on the basis of menstruation; (2) dignity in all matters related to menstruation; (3) access to facilities, resources, and supplies that facilitate the management of menstruation in a manner that is affordable and safe and that fosters a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment; (4) lifelong access to timely and medically accurate information about all aspects of menstruation; …

Book Review—Environmental, Social, Governance: The Professional’S Guide To The Law And Practice Of Esg, William J. Donohue

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents (V. 48, No. 3)

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Foreword To Water Law In A Changing Climate, Emily Wells

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

Climate change impacts all aspects of water from precipitation, river flow, groundwater, and sea levels, resulting in increased droughts and extreme weather events. Once predictable and stable resources have become uncertain in a changing climate. As a result, our laws face new challenges and must answer new questions, and they need to adapt. The William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review symposium “Water Law in a Changing Climate” highlighted the various issues and challenges facing our legal system when it comes to water. Our symposium consisted of experienced panelists and presenters with diverse expertise who each elaborated on the …

Environmental Justice, Resilience Justice, And Watershed Planning, Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold, Resilience Justice Project Researchers

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

Watershed planning is an increasingly used governance tool for addressing environmental problems at ecosystem scales of watersheds, which are areas of land that drain to a common body of water. In recent years, watershed planning in the United States has been undergoing an “equity evolution”: watershed planners have begun integrating environmental justice considerations into their plans, often in response to demands by low-income communities of color. This Article explores a comprehensive set of principles, processes, analytical tools, and strategies for equitable watershed planning. It integrates a resilience justice perspective with environmental justice. Resilience justice is concerned with the systemically unequal …

Quantifying Winters Rights, Rhett B. Larson

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

All reservations of federal land, including Native American reservations and national forests, have water rights. These rights are referred to as “Winters rights” after the seminal U.S. Supreme Court case. That case recognized such rights’ existence, but it did not quantify the amount of water of those rights. Federal courts have applied various approaches to quantifying Winters rights. Recent decisions in Arizona state courts have taken new and different approaches to quantification of both tribal and non-tribal Winters rights. These state court decisions have important implications for federal water rights throughout the United States. This Article examines these new …

A Loving Compilation Of Ecopoems: An Anthology Of My Favorites From The Ecopoetry And Climate Crisis Course Syllabus And Beyond, Emily Kerimian , '25, Peter Schmidt

English Literature Faculty Works

This anthology draws from a series of poems that I read as a college junior in a humanities-focused environmental studies class at Swarthmore College, as well as ecopoems that I have read in my own free time. It is meant to honor each of these poems that touched me in a unique way, which I will discuss in my commentary. For some, I was drawn to the poem’s overall message, or strong sensory language, or the identity of the poet that seeped through. I love poetry as a medium of expression, even though I sometimes struggle to find my poetic …

Pfas In Charleston S.C.: A Review Of Pollution, Regulatory Issues And Potential Solutions, Jackson D. Vause

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Supporting Healthy Futures: Capitalizing On Medicaid’S Epsdt Medical Necessity Standard, Teressa Colhoun

Washington and Lee Law Review

Youth mental health is in crisis. Children report increased rates of suicidal ideology, depression, and anxiety. Diagnosis rates soar. Pediatric mental health care remains difficult to access. When services are accessible, they are costly—often sending families into medical debt.

This Note discusses Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (“EPSDT”) benefit. Specifically, it studies the EPSDT benefit’s creation, structure, and administration. This Note focuses on the context in which the EPSDT benefit operates, particularly how health care financing models impact benefit administration. It suggests that the EPSDT benefit has the capacity to address crucial gaps in pediatric mental health …

Kajian Literatur Distribusi Kompensasi Dampak Tempat Pengelolahan Sampah Terpadu (Tpst) Bantargebang: Analisis Keadilan Distributif Dan Keadilan Sosial, Wahyu Pratama Tamba

Jurnal Ilmu Kesejahteraan Sosial

The waste problem in Jakarta is a complex issue related to the large volume of waste, dependence on Bantargebang TPST, and the various environmental impacts caused. Waste from Jakarta brought to Bantargebang TPST reaches 6,500-7,000 tons daily. This TPST hurts the environment and the health of the surrounding community, as well as the risk of ARI, air pollution, groundwater pollution, and environmental aesthetics. As compensation for these negative impacts, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government allocates compensation funds for affected communities. This is regulated in Article 10 letter (e) of DKI Jakarta Regional Regulation number 4 of 2019 which states that …

Small Modular Reactor And Advanced Reactor Feasibility Study Interim Report, Purdue University Administrative Operations, Purdue University School Of Nuclear Engineering, Duke Energy

Administrative Operations Reports

No abstract provided.

My Legacy Document: A Story Told Through A Pedagogical Lens Of Three Landscapes. School, Work, And Faith, Debra Williams

Dissertations

Too often professionals, when answering the question “Who are you?”, resort to listing what they do. Although individuals are gifted, experienced, and qualified, as these persons influence and significantly impact others, one could get lost as a person and be unfulfilled. That’s a problem.

Positioning myself as the study of research, utilizing autoethnography as the chosen methodology, my doctoral journey is chronicled. Three landscapes, school, work, and faith, serve as the areas of emphasis.

Philadelphia’S Urban Community Gardens: Decolonization, Green Space, And Food Security, Freddie Lin , '24

Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards

No abstract provided.

Meridians 23:1 Indigenous Feminisms Across The World, Part 1, Basuli Deb, Ginetta Candelario

Sociology: Faculty Books

No abstract provided.

Advancing Farmworkers’ Rights: An Environmental Justice Approach, Jessica Gilbert-Overland, Cassandra Bocanegra

Global Citizenship Pedagogy Community

In this workshop, we employ an environmental justice lens to examine the issues and working conditions that farmworkers experience in Western New York (WNY) and across the state more generally. Specifically, we delve into questions related to the ways that farmworkers in our region experience and access land, as well as the connections between today’s industrialized food system and farmworkers’ rights. Through discussion and art, we will interrogate related power dimensions, the health implications of climate change, and the impacts of neocolonial state, federal, and international policies that perpetuate unjust working conditions and enable ongoing resource extraction and enclosure. Together, …

Emotions As Effects Of Anomie In Baton Rouge’S 311 Flooding And Drainage Service Requests, Amie Ćemalović

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

The Persistent Public Health Emergency, Yael Zakai Cannon

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

May 11, 2023 was ostensibly a day of celebration. With infections and deaths from COVID-19 down, the federal government announced the end of the official Public Health Emergency three years after its initial declaration. But the conclusion of the Public Health Emergency also signaled the termination of unprecedented health protection measures—outside the realm of healthcare—such as eviction and utility shutoff moratoria and emergency rental and utility assistance. These COVID-era measures successfully cut eviction filings nationally by more than half and provided people in many jurisdictions with the protections and assistance needed to maintain their electricity, heat, water, and gas. Now …

Importance Of Nonprofit Board Training On One Organization’S Efforts To Raise Funding Through Foundations, Marsha Jackson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

St. Mary's University School Of Law Papers, 1927- 2013, St. Mary's University

Finding Aids

No abstract provided.