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Full-Text Articles in Law
The King Is Dead, Patrick Mcginley
Identity-Based Conflicts In Public Policy: The Case Of Hydraulic Fracturing Policy In Pennsylvania, Alison Peck
Identity-Based Conflicts In Public Policy: The Case Of Hydraulic Fracturing Policy In Pennsylvania, Alison Peck
Law Faculty Scholarship
Americans are experiencing a communication crisis in public policy-a crisis that has become especially acute since the November 2016 elections. Research shows that Americans increasingly treat their policy views as constitutive of their identities and separate themselves from other groups based on these identities. New solutions are needed in the lawmaking process to soften participants' hardening of their own identities and negative characterizations of other groups. This Article studies one controversy that has proven to be entrenched, if not yet intractable, in many jurisdictions: hydraulic fracturing. The Article examines advances made by scholars of conflict resolution and peace and conflict …
Why The U.S. Coal Industry And Its Jobs Are Not Coming Back, James M. Van Nostrand
Why The U.S. Coal Industry And Its Jobs Are Not Coming Back, James M. Van Nostrand
Law Faculty Scholarship
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Regulatory Takings In The Shale Gas Patch, Patrick Mcginley
Regulatory Takings In The Shale Gas Patch, Patrick Mcginley
Law Faculty Scholarship
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What We Owe Our Coal Miners, Anne M. Lofaso
What We Owe Our Coal Miners, Anne M. Lofaso
Law Faculty Scholarship
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Coal Mine Safety: A Call For Comparative Law And Interdisciplinary Studies, Anne M. Lofaso
Coal Mine Safety: A Call For Comparative Law And Interdisciplinary Studies, Anne M. Lofaso
Law Faculty Scholarship
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From Pick And Shovel To Mountaintop Removal: Environmental Injustice In The Appalachian Coalfields, Patrick C. Mcginley
From Pick And Shovel To Mountaintop Removal: Environmental Injustice In The Appalachian Coalfields, Patrick C. Mcginley
Law Faculty Scholarship
In this Essay, Professor McGinley examines a century of conflicts between the coal mining industry and the people of the "billion dollar coalfield" communities of southern West Virginia whose labors provided fuel for the industrial revolution, two world wars, and the energy demands of the nation.
The Essay identifies a troubling paradox Highly efficient new mining technologies, including so-called "mountaintop removal" strip mining, have resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of well paying jobs while coal production has reached record levels and many coalfield communities remain mired in economic stagnation and poverty.
The Essay identifies provisions of the …