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Requirements For A Renewables Revolution, Felix Mormann
Requirements For A Renewables Revolution, Felix Mormann
Felix Mormann
This Article identifies and analyzes the obstacles presently barring the rise of renewables, evaluates the role of the current policy favorite emission pricing, and offers design recommendations for a comprehensive U.S. renewables policy.
Successful climate change mitigation requires a timely shift to renewable sources of energy, such as sunlight, wind or tides, to decarbonize today’s high-carbon electricity sector. But market pull alone is not strong enough. This Article discusses the most widely cited economic barriers and identifies and evaluates additional obstacles related to the electricity sector’s regulatory framework.
Emission pricing is largely considered the most efficient policy to drive the …
The Exclusionary Rule In Immigration Proceedings: Where It Was, Where It Is, Where It May Be Going, Irene Scharf
The Exclusionary Rule In Immigration Proceedings: Where It Was, Where It Is, Where It May Be Going, Irene Scharf
Irene Scharf
The case alerted me to the continuing issue concerning the treatment of alleged violations of Fourth Amendment rights in immigration court, with this article the result of research conducted relating thereto. Beyond reviewing the relevant views of the federal courts of appeals; the administrative tribunal that handles appeals of immigration court cases, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA); and even local immigration courts; I consider whether the jurisprudence has remained static since the Supreme Court's watershed opinion on the issue about twenty-five years ago. I also offer suggestions as to how to effectively, fairly, and efficiently resolve the issues raised …
Trusting (And Verifying) Online Intermediaries' Policing, Frank A. Pasquale
Trusting (And Verifying) Online Intermediaries' Policing, Frank A. Pasquale
Frank A. Pasquale
All is not well in the land of online self-regulation. However competently internet intermediaries police their sites, nagging questions will remain about their fairness and objectivity in doing so. Is Comcast blocking BitTorrent to stop infringement, to manage traffic, or to decrease access to content that competes with its own for viewers? How much digital due process does Google need to give a site it accuses of harboring malware? If Facebook censors a video of war carnage, is that a token of respect for the wounded or one more reflexive effort of a major company to ingratiate itself with the …
Hydropower: It's A Small World After All, Gina Warren
Hydropower: It's A Small World After All, Gina Warren
Gina Warren
Global warming is here. As exhibited by the recent droughts, heat waves, severe storms and floods, climate change is no longer a question for the future, but a problem for the present. Of the many ways to help combat climate change, this article discusses the use of the most abundant renewable energy source on the plant – water. While large-scale hydropower (think Hoover Dam) is unlikely to see increased development due to its negative impact on the environment, fish, and wildlife, small-scale hydropower (think a highly technologically-advanced water mill) is environmentally-friendly and would produce clean, renewable energy to benefit local …
Law For Foreign Business And Investment In China, Vai Lo, Xiaowen Tian
Law For Foreign Business And Investment In China, Vai Lo, Xiaowen Tian
Xiaowen Tian
In trying to establish a presence in China, foreign investors have found it imperative to understand the regulatory environment of this potentially huge market. This book provides an up-to-date overview of the legal framework for doing business in China. It covers such topics as state structure; legislative amendments and enactments on direct foreign investment; the court system; the legal profession; business entities; foreign investment enterprises; contracts; intellectual property; labor and employment; consumer protection; taxation; securities; and dispute resolution.Apart from explaining legal principles, the book highlights liberalisation measures that China has undertaken to fulfil its WTO commitments; elucidates complicated legal concepts …
A Regulatory Reinterpretation To Blow Away Dirty Energy?, Seth P. Cox
A Regulatory Reinterpretation To Blow Away Dirty Energy?, Seth P. Cox
Seth P. Cox
The world is moving towards a renewable energy economy, motivated in part by the well-established impacts of conventional energy sources. Of these consequences, the most notorious is global warming. Global warming is a reality. Emissions of the notorious category of pollutants referred to as greenhouse gases (hereinafter “GHGs”) are generated by combustion of conventional sources of energy and are widely cited as the chief source of human-induced warming. According to the World Health Organization, 150,000 deaths are presently attributable to climate change. And this situation will only worsen over the next several years as global temperatures continue to rise at …
The Role Of The Council On Competitiveness In Regulatory Review, Robert V. Percival
The Role Of The Council On Competitiveness In Regulatory Review, Robert V. Percival
Robert Percival
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Presidential Control Over The Regulatory Affairs Of Federal Administrative Agencies, Jennifer Allison
Presidential Control Over The Regulatory Affairs Of Federal Administrative Agencies, Jennifer Allison
Jennifer Allison
This paper outlines the historical exertion of presidential control over the regulatory affairs of federal agencies. It first examines the historical understanding of the constitutionality of examining such control. Then, it describes the two main methods that modern Presidents use to exercise such control: presidential directives and presidential regulatory approval regimes. Finally, it discusses how this has manifested itself during the early days of the Obama administration, exploring the regulatory effects of President Obama's executive order that directed agencies to expand funding programs for research using embryonic stem cells.