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Law And Public Policy Support Lockyer's Suit Against Auto Manufacturers For Co2 Emissions, Clifford Rechtschaffen, Sean B. Hecht Dec 2006

Law And Public Policy Support Lockyer's Suit Against Auto Manufacturers For Co2 Emissions, Clifford Rechtschaffen, Sean B. Hecht

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Controversy has followed Attorney General Bill Lockyer’s decision earlier this fall to sue the six largest automakers, alleging that car emissions constitute a public nuisance because they contribute to global warming. Some even have dismissed the lawsuit as election year grandstanding. To the contrary, the Attorney General should be applauded for creatively using a venerable legal tool to protect California’s environment and to plug a gaping hole left by federal failures in this area.


Environmental Law News - Fall 2006 Oct 2006

Environmental Law News - Fall 2006

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

No abstract provided.


Will The Environmentalists Find Their Voice?, Clifford Rechtschaffen Jan 2006

Will The Environmentalists Find Their Voice?, Clifford Rechtschaffen

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For U.S. environmentalists, 2005 will be remembered harshly, because it marked the clear and undeniable end of U.S. global environmental leadership. For three decades, the United States was the world's environmental trendsetter. But now leadership comes from the European Union,


Why A Conference On Redevelopment, And Why Now, Colin Crawford Jan 2006

Why A Conference On Redevelopment, And Why Now, Colin Crawford

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When the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth proposed the conference that produced the volume of essays you have in your hand, it was our idea to bring together a diverse group of professionals - environmental and land use lawyers, land use planners and city officials, politicians and engineers to discuss the legal and policy issues concerning "redevelopment." That is, we were concerned, living as we do in the rapidly changing and growing metropolitan area of Atlanta, to focus on the frequently exciting but also often tense and controversial area of redeveloping urban and suburban landscapes in ways …


Protecting Environmentally-Sensitive Areas And Promoting Tourism In The Back Patio Of The United States: Thoughts About Shared Responsibilities In Ecosystem And Biodiversity Protection, Colin Crawford Jan 2006

Protecting Environmentally-Sensitive Areas And Promoting Tourism In The Back Patio Of The United States: Thoughts About Shared Responsibilities In Ecosystem And Biodiversity Protection, Colin Crawford

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If the Dominican Republic is really in our back patio, what role, if any, do we bear in keeping it - as part of a property over which we have some dominion - in order? This article seeks to answer that question and, in the process, to provide some answers. In Part II, it will briefly lay out the urgency of strengthening the Dominican system of environmental protection areas, both for that nation and for the region of which it is a part. Part II thus endeavors to outline the importance of protected areas as the fulcrum of a larger …


Environmental Law News - Winter 2006 Jan 2006

Environmental Law News - Winter 2006

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

No abstract provided.


2006 Annual Report - Clean Air, Bay Area Air Quality Management District Jan 2006

2006 Annual Report - Clean Air, Bay Area Air Quality Management District

California Agencies

No abstract provided.