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Public Utilities And Environmental Justice: Electric Restructuring And Deregulation And Low-Income Communities, James W. Moeller
Public Utilities And Environmental Justice: Electric Restructuring And Deregulation And Low-Income Communities, James W. Moeller
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
Thirty years ago, Potomac Electric Power Company ("PEPCO") sold electric power generated by coal-burning power plants located in the Washington region. Today, PEPCO can sell electric power generated by coal-burning and nuclear power plants located in West Virginia, Pennsylvania,and Illinois. By importing electric power from those states, PEPCO can, in effect, export to those states the environmental impact of coal-burning and nuclear power plants that generate power for affluent PEPCO consumers in the District of Columbia and Maryland.This "outsourcing" of electric power generation was made possible by seismic changes in the structure of the electric utility industry wrought by Congress …
Returning To New Orleans: Reflections On The Post-Katrina Recovery, Disaster Relief, And The Struggle For Social Justice, Susan L. Waysdorf
Returning To New Orleans: Reflections On The Post-Katrina Recovery, Disaster Relief, And The Struggle For Social Justice, Susan L. Waysdorf
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
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Letter From The Editor-In-Chief, John Brian White
Letter From The Editor-In-Chief, John Brian White
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Lessons Learned From New Orleans To The District Of Columbia For The Protection Of Vulnerable Populations From The Consequences Of Disaster, Laurie A. Morin
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
Like Paris before the French Revolution, New Orleans is a city of extremes. Visitors from around the world visit "the Big Easy" to sip chicory coffee and eat beignets in the French Quarter, listen to some of the country's best music at the jazz festival, and join one of the world's most famous parties during Mardi Gras. When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005, it exposed the soft underbelly of New Orleans-the other side of the city where thousands of people, mostly African Americans, live in pockets of concentrated poverty unable to escape the consequences of decades of …
Untying The Hands Of D.C.: Ways To Avoid Constitutional Conflicts While Addressing Solid Waste Dispoal, Janell De Gennaro
Untying The Hands Of D.C.: Ways To Avoid Constitutional Conflicts While Addressing Solid Waste Dispoal, Janell De Gennaro
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
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