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What Did Scotus Do To Wotus?, Hailey Rizzo

Ocean and Coastal Law Journal

The term “waters of the United States” has sparked half a century of debate among policymakers, judges, Supreme Court Justices, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Army Corps of Engineers, culminating in the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. This Article chronicles the interpretive history of “waters of the United States” within the context of wetlands and discusses the broader implications of the Sackett decision on the nation’s water bodies.

Eng 5010-600 Studies In Twentieth-Century American Literature, Melissa Ames

Fall 2024

No abstract provided.

Leveraging Gis For Policy Design: Spatial Analytics As A Strategic Tool, Kathryn L. Hannum, Adam M. Wellstead, Michael Howlett, Anat Gofen

Michigan Tech Publications

We examine how geographic information system (GIS) tools contribute to policy design. Most accounts suggest that they merely generate information and data that can be used to enhance policy choices, a “design of services” perspective. More recent studies, however, suggest that GIS tools can also be used as procedural policy instruments, that is, to improve decision-making by facilitating stakeholder co-design and co-production processes, or what can be referred to as the designing “for” services. The activities of 57 GIS-based policy innovation labs (PILs) are examined. Seven critical but underutilized co-production activities that contribute to the attainment of public value are …

2.113 External Communications

2.100 General (Board Governance)

No abstract provided.

Transmedia Edutainment For Sustainable Advocacy: How Narrative Engagement And Counterarguments Influence Generation Z’S Response To Sustainable Development Messages, Aya Shata, Michelle Seelig, Nick Carcioppolo

Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies Faculty Research

Media convergence has created new forms of storytelling, such as transmedia edutainment (TE-E), which can serve as an innovative communication strategy for promoting pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. Because of the limited evidence about the persuasive outcomes of narrative TE-E, this research investigates the role of TE-E as a novel communication approach that advocates for sustainable development among Generation Z. Drawing on narrative persuasion theories, we conducted an experiment (N = 441) that examined the narrative mechanisms of TE-E, focusing on narrative engagement and counterargument, and assessed the narrative outcomes of different single formats—including video, game, and comic—compared with TE-E. Findings …

Assessing The Impact Of Hazardous Fuel Treatments On Parcel Characteristics And Environmental Justice, Patrick Randall Benson

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Wildfire risk is rising across the Western United States as climate change accelerates fire frequency and intensity. Federal investments in hazardous fuel reduction aim to protect communities, but are these efforts reaching those most at risk? This research examines whether the benefits of wildfire mitigation are equitably distributed by analyzing parcel-level data in the Kootenai Complex Wildfire Crisis Strategy Priority Landscape. Using advanced spatial modeling and fire risk assessment, it evaluates how proximity to treatments influences risk reduction and whether disparities emerge based on property characteristics. Rather than relying on broad demographic categories, this study takes a place-based approach to …

Georgia Academy Of Science 2025 Annual Meeting Program, Paul Arnold, Jennifer Schroeder, Linda Jones, Andrea Kwiatkowski, Brian Hoffman, Amy L. Boggan, Lauren Albin

Georgia Journal of Science

Program for the 2025 GAS Annual Meeting.

Ai-Powered Education: Innovative Teaching Strategies To Elevate Student Learning, Karen J. Magruder, Ann M.L. Cavallo, Andrew M. Clark

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

AI-Powered Education is a practical teaching resource crafted by educators, for educators, focusing on the integration of AI to enhance student learning. The book provides a collection of practical, step-by-step activities from a variety of disciplines in higher education. Each activity integrates AI tools and technologies into the classroom in innovative ways, with detailed guidance for instructors to seamlessly adopt these ideas.

Law School News: Acclaimed Environmental Lawyer And Graphic Memoirist Eddie Ahn To Visit Rwu Law 3-7-2025, Helga Melgar

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

An Environmental Vulnerability Index Framework Supporting Targeted Public Health Interventions At The Census Tracts Level., Lauren B. Anderson, Rochelle Holm, Caison Black, Donald J. Biddle, Weihsueh A. Chiu, Aruni Bhatnagar, Ted Smith

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Abstract

Background

Analyzing and visualizing disparities in environmental risks can help assess place-based vulnerabilities and provide civic leaders and community members with essential data for promoting health equity and informing public health strategies.

Objective

We investigated the adaptation of a previously developed environmental vulnerability index to evaluate the cumulative impact of diverse stressors in Louisville Metro-Jefferson County, KY, with the goal of supporting multi-faceted targeted public health interventions at the census tract level.

Methods

We assessed countywide vulnerability variability using the Toxicological Prioritization Index interface across five domains with 32 publicly available data indicators, and modeled the effects of theoretical …

Abolition, Dignity, And Amazing Grace, Etienne C. Toussaint

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Teaching Archival Silences With The New Hampshire Maps Collection, Kai H. Uchida

Faculty Publications

This conference presentation was given at the Annual Spring 2025 Meeting for New England Archivists.

For the past two years, the University Archivist at Milne Special Collections and Archives at the University of New Hampshire has partnered with an instructor in the Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Department to teach about its historic map collections. This presentation will discuss the planning, execution, and lessons learned from using a historic state maps collection to educate students on the concept of "archival silence," and to advocate for the use of historical map collections to develop critical archival and data literacies.

Chimes: March 3, 2025, Calvin University

Chimes

Calvin ends tuition assistance for professors who send children to Christian K-12 schools by Ethan Meyers & Grace Buller

Calvin responds to federal DEI challenges by Elisabeth Stevens

A Q&A with Jacqui Elzinga on the adjustment to the presidency by Ethan Meyers

Calvin faculty, staff display artwork at Center Art Gallery by Addy Offutt

PDAC: Trump's Environment Policy by Sarah Sparling

Calvin Women's basketball advances to finals in MIAA Tournament after wins over Adrian and Hope by Zach Kern

"When Jesus Did Not Return:" A chat with Dr. James Bratt about this week's History Colloquium by Clare Rybicki

Hulvey's All …

Environmental Injustice At Toxic Appalachian Prisons, Molly Baker

Immigration and Human Rights Law Review

In the United States, both federal and state governments continue to build prisons at toxic locations despite the serious health and safety hazards for prisoners. This Article discusses how the convergence of destructive and toxic mining operations with the rural prison boom in the Appalachian Mountain region has resulted in grave human rights violations at the hands of government actors. “Toxic prison siting,” the practice of constructing new prisons at toxic former mining sites, in Appalachia continues to violate the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health as laid out in the International Covenant on Economic, …

What's Important To Write About? A Century Of Washington Law Review Topics, Hugh Spitzer

Washington Law Review

This Article examines the topics of all lead articles in Washington Law Review during its past ninety-eight years of publication. The analysis illustrates the changing interests of legal academics, student editors, and the working lawyers and judges who have read and used the articles over a century. For its first fifty years, the journal focused on general topics of interest to practitioners, Washington law matters, business and tax law, and government regulation. Other topics, such as legal and judicial system reform, constitutional law, and comparative and international law, were present in modest numbers. In its second half century, Washington Law …

Urban Planning For Regional Food Equity, Miriam Caroline Sullivan

City and Regional Planning

47 million people, including 14 million children, face food insecurity in the United States of America annually. Defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as: when people don’t have enough to eat and don’t know where their next meal will come from. Food insecurity is a systemic issue caused by systems greater than any individual failure. Poverty and unemployment, lack of affordable housing, chronic public health issues, racism and discrimination all play a role in the state of American food security (Feeding America, n.d.). A tenet of this research and project development is the right of all people, …

Implementation Of Organic Rice Farming Based On Local Wisdom In Bali Province, Indonesia, Gede Sedana, Ketut Wirawan, Naori Miyazawa

The Philippine Agricultural Scientist

The Green Revolution has significantly contributed to agricultural development. However, it has also caused environmental damage due to excessive use of agricultural inputs and land exploitation. To promote sustainability in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), organic farming has been recommended to improve and maintain agroecosystems. In Bali Province, Indonesia, the concept of Tri Hita Karana (THK), a form of local wisdom, has guided farmers in implementing the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technique introduced by the government. This study explored how organic rice farming integrates local wisdom, assessed farmers’ knowledge and attitudes towards SRI, and examined government support …

Building A Geospatial Archive Of Species Loss As Response To Local Caribou Extinction, Jack Kredell, Chris Lamb, Devin Becker

Student Publications [Scholarly]

This article offers a critical assessment of Storying Extinction: Responding to the Loss of North Idaho’s Mountain Caribou, a public-facing digital environmental humanities project produced by a team of University of Idaho Library researchers following the 2019 extirpation of mountain caribou from the South Selkirk Mountains of the Inland Northwest (the last caribou to inhabit the contiguous United States). The project has been conceptualized as a community response to the specific species loss, and it takes the form of a deep map, or geospatial archive, where users can inhabit and explore the region’s multispecies landscape in the aftermath of caribou …

Urban Agriculture Technical Advisory, Katherine Rose Ivanjack, Kylie J. Preciado

City and Regional Planning

This project serves as a senior capstone, aimed at exploring the potential of urban agriculture to address critical challenges in sustainability, food security, and community development within California cities. This project highlights practical and innovative approaches to urban farming that can be adopted or adapted to suit the unique needs of urban areas across the state.

Waste, Property, And Useless Things, Meredith Render

Articles

How should the law respond to intentionally useless objects that are constructed from scarce materials and thrust into an overcrowded world?

Approximately sixty million tons of electronic waste, or "e-waste" -for example, discarded iPhones, refrigerators, desktop computers -is produced each year. This annual pile of electronic rubbish represents sixty-two billion dollars' worth of tangible raw materials (such as gold and other scarce metals) that has been rendered useless. In addition to wasting raw materials, e-waste clogs our landfills, poisons the groundwater, and taxes our capacity to store it. Worst of all, much of this waste is intentionally created …

Environmental Justice And Ecology In Social Work Education: Emerging Trends Among Faculty., Keri Otte

Doctor of Social Work Capstone Projects

March 31, 2025

This paper presents a study of how social work educators in the U.S. are integrating environmental justice and ecological content into social work coursework and /or curriculum. Current literature in this area suggests that educators should be incorporating deep ecology philosophy, using experiential learning techniques, and moving away from anthropocentrism towards ecocentrism. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather data on pedagogical approaches, educator knowledge and previous training, and barriers to content integration. The interviews took place virtually with social work educators from five geographical areas in the United States. The findings illustrate the importance of transformative …

The Dormant Power Of State Agencies To Fight Environmental Racism, David Handelman-Holmes

Michigan Law Review

Despite repeated promises by Democratic presidents to address environmental justice (EJ), meaningful federal action on the issue remains elusive. The EJ obligations that have been imposed on federal agencies are all purely procedural, not substantive. Such procedural obligations—like filing environmental impact statements and providing forums for community feedback—may facilitate greater transparency and accountability from industry and government agencies. But in the absence of more substantive obligations—like stricter emissions caps in highly burdened communities of color—these procedural requirements are often satisfied through mere box-checking. Meanwhile, litigants pursuing relief through the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause face closed courthouse doors unless they …

Revised Final - Multi-Pathway Residential Metals Abatement Program Plan, Butte-Silver Bow Department Of Reclamation And Environmental Services, Atlantic Richfield Company

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Revised Final Multi-Pathway Residential Metals Abatement Program Plan, Atlantic Richfield Company, Butte Silver Bow

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Destroy, Rebuild, Repeat: How To Break The Climate Disaster Cycle, Mark Nevitt

Vanderbilt Law Review

Climate change is fundamentally reshaping how we live, where we live, and whether we invest in or retreat from climate-exposed communities—but climate and disaster law is not changing with the climate. This legal latency is driven by antiquated statutes, doctrines, and policies that have not kept pace with the climate moment. Ex ante adaptation decisions governing where to live are life and death choices that shape ex post disaster response. Laws and policies should facilitate sound climate decisionmaking, but too often they frustrate individual and governmental decisions on whether to stay or retreat. In this Article, I argue that laws …

Plural Water Narratives: An Environmental Justice Lens On A Systematic Review Of Q-Methodology Water Research, Melissa Haeffner, Alida Cantor, Janet Cowal, Andrea Bryant, Darius Mani Yaw, Kinna Je Palacios, Daniela Serna, Bryce Sprauer, Abigail Tran-Gruver

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Environmental justice research has shown that people's experiences and perceptions of water differ because systematic inequalities shape the extent to which people access clean water and are exposed to water hazards. Q‐methodology is one technique that has been used to aggregate multifaceted subjective narratives and understand different perspectives on a topic. In this paper, we systematically review 77 case study articles applying Q‐methodology to water‐related topics, to inventory how people perceive their relationships with water. We create a classification system based on environmental justice theory to examine (1) distributive justice issues around alternative water sources and agricultural and urban water …

The Bg News February 26, 2025, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. February 26, 2025. Volume 104-Issue 19.

Programs Agenda 2-25-25, Angela Brock

Programs Committee (PC)

No abstract provided.

Approved Programs 2-25-25, Angela Brock

Programs Committee (PC)

No abstract provided.

The Diamond, February 25, 2025, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page:Defender Swim Team Takes on First KCAC Conference Meet; Math Professor Creates Website for Christian Educators; The Search to Lift School Spirit
• News: Dordt University's Joel Penner Named "Frosty Westering Coach of the Year"; Dordt Men's Volleyball Stays Positive Despite Season Ups & Downs
• Feature: Senior Spotlight; Wayside Chapel: A Beacon of Faith at the Side of the Road
• Arts & Entertainment: Concert Choir Presents a Night of Songs and Sweets; The Return of "The Show"
• Politics: Defining Fair Play: A Local Look on "No Men in Women's Sports"; DOGE Wreaks Havoc in Dordt …