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- Sustainable Use of the West's Water (Summer Conference, June 12-14) (2)
- Coping with Water Scarcity in River Basins Worldwide: Lessons Learned from Shared Experiences (Martz Summer Conference, June 9-10) (1)
- Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9) (1)
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- Shifting Baselines and New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American West (Summer Conference, June 4-6) (1)
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Environmental Justice And The Possibilities For Environmental Law, Sarah Krakoff
Environmental Justice And The Possibilities For Environmental Law, Sarah Krakoff
Publications
Climate change and extreme inequality combine to cause disproportionate harms to poor communities throughout the world. Further, unequal resource allocation is shot through with the structures of racism and other forms of discrimination. This Essay explores these phenomena in two different places in the United States, and traces law’s role in constructing environmental and economic vulnerability. The Essay then proposes that solutions, if there are any to be had, lie in expanding our notions of what kinds of laws are relevant to achieving environmental justice, and in seeing law as a possible tactic for instigating broader social change but not …
Slides: The Era Of River Anthropology: Social And Eco-Hydrological Science Connections And Capacity For Environmental Flows: Us Case Studies, Joseph E. Flotemersch, Lisa-Perras Gordon
Slides: The Era Of River Anthropology: Social And Eco-Hydrological Science Connections And Capacity For Environmental Flows: Us Case Studies, Joseph E. Flotemersch, Lisa-Perras Gordon
Coping with Water Scarcity in River Basins Worldwide: Lessons Learned from Shared Experiences (Martz Summer Conference, June 9-10)
Presenter: Joe Flotemersch, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development
21 slides
Slides: Paying The Price For Power: When L.A. Turns On The Lights, Northwestern New Mexico Feels It, Jonathan Thompson
Slides: Paying The Price For Power: When L.A. Turns On The Lights, Northwestern New Mexico Feels It, Jonathan Thompson
Shifting Baselines and New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American West (Summer Conference, June 4-6)
Presenter: Jonathan Thompson, Editor, High Country News
23 slides
Agenda: The Climate Of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law
Agenda: The Climate Of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law
The Climate of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock (March 16-17)
On March 16-17, The Climate of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock conference gathered 125 academics and practitioners from around the country to consider the pressing issues facing low-income and/or communities of color that continue to be subjected to a disproportionate share of environmental maladies.
"Some people are more equal than others when it comes to bracing ourselves for the impacts of climate change," said conference organizer Professor Maxine Burkett. "Whether it's because poor folks lived in the lowest areas of New Orleans when Katrina floodwaters rushed in, or are less able to afford the cooling bill during increasingly frequent heat waves, …
Restoring The Rio Grande—What Will It Take?, Denise Fort
Restoring The Rio Grande—What Will It Take?, Denise Fort
Sustainable Use of the West's Water (Summer Conference, June 12-14)
18 pages.
Contains 1 page of references.
Sustainability: Myth And Reality, Kai Lee
Sustainability: Myth And Reality, Kai Lee
Sustainable Use of the West's Water (Summer Conference, June 12-14)
23 pages (includes illustrations).
Contains references.
Groundwater Control Programs Affecting Water Development, Arthur L. Littleworth
Groundwater Control Programs Affecting Water Development, Arthur L. Littleworth
The Federal Impact on State Water Rights (Summer Conference, June 11-13)
19 pages.
Hydrology: Unraveling The Mysteries Of Groundwater Occurrence And Movement, Thomas M. Stetson
Hydrology: Unraveling The Mysteries Of Groundwater Occurrence And Movement, Thomas M. Stetson
Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9)
31 pages (includes illustrations).
Glossary omitted.