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Global Energy Poverty: The Relevance Of Faith And Reason, Lakshman Guruswamy Apr 2020

Global Energy Poverty: The Relevance Of Faith And Reason, Lakshman Guruswamy

Belmont Law Review

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Misissippi V. Tennessee: A Groundwater Case That Mistakenly Relies On Surface Water Doctrines, Catherine Janasie Apr 2020

Misissippi V. Tennessee: A Groundwater Case That Mistakenly Relies On Surface Water Doctrines, Catherine Janasie

Belmont Law Review

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Can Judges Use Due Process Concepts In Obergefell To Impose Judicial Regulation Of Greenhouse Gases And Climate Change?: The Crucial Case Of Juliana V. United States, Bradford C. Mank Apr 2020

Can Judges Use Due Process Concepts In Obergefell To Impose Judicial Regulation Of Greenhouse Gases And Climate Change?: The Crucial Case Of Juliana V. United States, Bradford C. Mank

Belmont Law Review

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Out To Save The World: The Intersection Of Animal Welfare Law, Environmental Law, And Respect For Fragile Ecosystems, Stacey G. Sterling Apr 2020

Out To Save The World: The Intersection Of Animal Welfare Law, Environmental Law, And Respect For Fragile Ecosystems, Stacey G. Sterling

Belmont Law Review

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"Forever Chemicals": Forever Altering The Legal Landscape, Leticia M. Diaz, Margaret R. Stewart Apr 2020

"Forever Chemicals": Forever Altering The Legal Landscape, Leticia M. Diaz, Margaret R. Stewart

Belmont Law Review

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Don't Condemn My Creek: Using Eminent Domain To Satisfy Environmental Obligations, Mason E. Heidt, Joshua Wysor Apr 2020

Don't Condemn My Creek: Using Eminent Domain To Satisfy Environmental Obligations, Mason E. Heidt, Joshua Wysor

Belmont Law Review

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Death By Crosspollination: The Uncontrollable Natural Occurrence That Could Kill Organic Farming And The Legal Solutions To Save An Industry, Austin Warhime Apr 2020

Death By Crosspollination: The Uncontrollable Natural Occurrence That Could Kill Organic Farming And The Legal Solutions To Save An Industry, Austin Warhime

Belmont Law Review

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Nationwide Permit 13, Shoreline Armoring, And The Important Role Of The U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers In Coastal Climate Change Adaptation, Travis Brandon Jan 2016

Nationwide Permit 13, Shoreline Armoring, And The Important Role Of The U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers In Coastal Climate Change Adaptation, Travis Brandon

Law Faculty Scholarship

The ongoing armoring of the nation’s coastlines with seawalls and bulkheads causes the inevitable destruction of miles of coastal wetlands. Armoring increases the rate of shoreline erosion and blocks the long term migration of wetlands inland, a process that will be necessary for coastal wetlands to survive sea level rise. Coastal armoring also reduces the habitat available to coastal species, and blocks access to the upper reaches of the beach for sea turtles and other species that depend on the beach for nesting. And yet, despite these well established and significant environmental harms, the United States Army Corps of Engineers …


Fearful Asymmetry: How The Absence Of Public Participation In Section 7 Of The Esa Can Make The 'Best Available Science' Unavailable For Judicial Review, Travis Brandon Jan 2015

Fearful Asymmetry: How The Absence Of Public Participation In Section 7 Of The Esa Can Make The 'Best Available Science' Unavailable For Judicial Review, Travis Brandon

Law Faculty Scholarship

Recent empirical studies have shown that public participation is an essential part of the listing process of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) because it provides the wildlife agencies with valuable scientific information regarding candidate species and forces agencies to make politically unpopular decisions to protect species standing in the way of development interests. However, the crucial agency-forcing mechanism of public participation is lacking in the interagency consultation process in section 7 of the ESA, one of the most important provisions by which the ESA’s protections for listed species are enforced. This Article explains how the absence of public input through …