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Water, Water, Anywhere?: Protecting Water Quantity In State Water Quality Standards, Julie F. Youngman
Water, Water, Anywhere?: Protecting Water Quantity In State Water Quality Standards, Julie F. Youngman
Indiana Law Journal
Although much of the earth’s surface is covered with water, less than one percent of water is available for human use. Water is becoming progressively scarcer worldwide, as demand increases and pollution, drought, and climate change jeopardize access to clean water. The United States is no exception to that trend. Effective regulation of water supplies can blunt the impacts of water scarcity. This Article suggests that states can—and should—regulate instream flows and lake levels in their federally-mandated water quality standards, with an eye toward conserving scarce water resources. Regulating water quantity as an element of water quality is not only …
Letting Go Of Stability: Resilience And Environmental Law, Robert L. Fischman
Letting Go Of Stability: Resilience And Environmental Law, Robert L. Fischman
Indiana Law Journal
Historic variation in the environment once served as a reliable guide to future behavior. Sustainability promised continuity of ecological and social structures and functions within the known envelope of historic variation. Now climate change and other environmental stressors are tipping systems into behaviors that no longer remain within the confines of precedent. Social-ecological systems are neither persistent nor predicable. Letting go of stability releases us from untenable expectations of steady maintenance of some natural order. Resistance to change will continue to play a role as environmental law suppresses disruptions and buys time. But resistance will eventually yield the stage to …
States Rise To The Front Of Climate Legislation, But Can A State-Level Carbon Tax Work?, Katelyn Nicasio
States Rise To The Front Of Climate Legislation, But Can A State-Level Carbon Tax Work?, Katelyn Nicasio
Indiana Law Journal
This Note uses two recent Massachusetts carbon tax proposals to discuss the costs and benefits of such state-level climate change legislation but discusses similar regional proposals as well. Although a state carbon tax poses some limitations and concern for the increased tax burden relative to other states that have not imposed a tax, the adoption of state carbon taxes represents an important advancement in climate policy. Part I overviews legislative tactics used to combat climate change thus far, including common policy responses, and the current attitude of federal legislators toward the global climate crisis. Part II introduces the advantages and …
Controlling Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds For Air Quality, Brian Sawers
Controlling Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds For Air Quality, Brian Sawers
Indiana Law Journal
This Article tells a story that is true but seems completely wrong: Trees can make air pollution worse. Smog and ground-level ozone require two chemical ingredients to form: nitrous oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). On a warm, sunny day, these two precursors combine to form smog and ground-level ozone, a pollutant. While NOx are pollutants that are largely human-created, VOCs can originate with plants. In fact, emissions of just one type of VOC from trees exceed all human-caused emissions.
This Article presents new research on the impact of plants, especially trees, on air quality. The science is complicated …
The Fragile Menagerie: Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change, And The Law, James M. Chen
The Fragile Menagerie: Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change, And The Law, James M. Chen
Indiana Law Journal
I. THE HIPPODROME OF THE GODS: RACING AGAINST ECOLOGICAL AND
EVOLUTIONARY APOCALYPSE....................................................................... 304
II. ACROSS THE APOCALYPSE ON HORSEBACK: LEGAL RESPONSES
TO BIODIVERSITY LOSS .................................................................................... 310
A. OVERKILL ........................................................................................... 310
B. ALIEN INVASIVE SPECIES ..................................................................... 316
C. HABITAT DESTRUCTION AND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT .................. 321
1. ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY .............................................................. 321
2. PUBLIC LANDS MANAGEMENT..................................................... 325
III. THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: FROM PRIVATE LANDS TO
GLOBAL COMMONS .......................................................................................... 329
A. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT MECHANICS .............................................. 330
1. LISTING ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES....................... 330
2. CRITICAL HABITAT ..................................................................... 333
3. INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION .................................................... 333
B. HABITAT CONSERVATION ON PRIVATE LANDS...................................... 335
C. …
Effective And Constitutional: Goals For A Hurricane Response Plan In The Aftermath Of Hurricanes Katrina And Rita, Neal Mchenry
Effective And Constitutional: Goals For A Hurricane Response Plan In The Aftermath Of Hurricanes Katrina And Rita, Neal Mchenry
Indiana Law Journal
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