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Poland: Winds Of Change In The Act On Windfarms, Jacob T. Mcclendon
Poland: Winds Of Change In The Act On Windfarms, Jacob T. Mcclendon
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Juliana V. United States, Daniel Brister
Juliana V. United States, Daniel Brister
Public Land & Resources Law Review
In 2015, a group of adolescents between the ages of eight and nineteen filed a lawsuit against the federal government for infringing upon their civil rights to a healthy, habitable future living environment. Those Plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States alleged that the industrial-scale burning of fossil fuels was causing catastrophic and destabilizing impacts to the global climate, threatening the survival and welfare of present and future generations. Seeking to reduce the United States’ contributions to atmospheric carbon dioxide, Plaintiffs demanded injunctive and declaratory relief to halt the federal government’s policies of promoting and subsidizing fossil fuels, due to the …
Sunny And Share: Balancing Airspace Entitlement Rights Between Solar Energy Adopters And Their Neighbors, Joshua B. Landis
Sunny And Share: Balancing Airspace Entitlement Rights Between Solar Energy Adopters And Their Neighbors, Joshua B. Landis
Vanderbilt Law Review
In an effort to ameliorate the effects of climate change, state and local governments have made increasingly large commitments to support solar energy adoption. For solar investments to be successful, however, solar adopters require unobstructed access to sunlight, which is directly at odds with the interests of neighbors and developers who value vertical development, especially in urban centers. To mitigate these looming conflicts, governments have enacted a variety of laws that assign airspace entitlements to either solar adopters or their neighbors. Unfortunately, these solutions are all poorly tailored for dense cities, which is where future airspace conflict is likely to …
Law, Cultural Heritage, And Climate Change In The United States, Casey J. Snyder
Law, Cultural Heritage, And Climate Change In The United States, Casey J. Snyder
Pace Environmental Law Review
Climate change is a reality. What happens climatically over the upcoming centuries is partially dependent on the comprehensiveness of a global response to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. However, within a century, forecasts predict a one-meter sea level rise that could have grave implications to our society: the loss of an incalculable extent of cultural heritage. This Article examines the threat climate change poses to physical cultural heritage, like archaeological sites and historic structures, and the current framework of law, regulation, and policy in the United States meant to protect these resources. This Article blends research and data from climate …
State Public Nuisance Claims And Climate Change Adaptation, Albert C. Lin, Michael Burger
State Public Nuisance Claims And Climate Change Adaptation, Albert C. Lin, Michael Burger
Pace Environmental Law Review
This Article explores the potential for state public nuisance claims to facilitate adaptation, resource protection, and other climate change responses by coastal communities in California. The California public nuisance actions represent just the latest chapter in efforts to spur responses to climate change and attribute responsibility for climate change through the common law. Part II of this Article describes the California public nuisance lawsuits and situates them in the context of common law actions directed against climate change. Part III considers the preliminary defenses that defendants have raised and could raise in the California public nuisance lawsuits, including the existence …
Life Becoming Hazy: The Withdrawal Of The United States From The Paris Agreement And How The Youth Of America Are Challenging It, Anne Ustynoski
Life Becoming Hazy: The Withdrawal Of The United States From The Paris Agreement And How The Youth Of America Are Challenging It, Anne Ustynoski
Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology
This Comment covers the ways in which each presidential administration has viewed the United States’ role and responsibilities in combating climate change. It discusses the ways in which the Clean Air Act has evolved and changed, as well as the ways in which the United States has been involved in environmental protection initiatives undertaken by the United Nations. The Comment also examines the ways in which individual states and groups have taken the initiative to combat climate change. Finally, this Comment discusses alternative approaches to combating climate change. For example, it focuses on how youths in America are arguing that …
Strictly Leakage: How Minnesota Export Subsidies Pay For Climate Pollution, Hudson B. Kingston
Strictly Leakage: How Minnesota Export Subsidies Pay For Climate Pollution, Hudson B. Kingston
Mitchell Hamline Law Review
No abstract provided.