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Why A Different Approach Is Required If Global Climate Change Is To Be Controlled Efficiently Or Even At All, Alan Carlin
Why A Different Approach Is Required If Global Climate Change Is To Be Controlled Efficiently Or Even At All, Alan Carlin
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
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Should States Have Greater Standing Rights Than Ordinary Citizens?: Massachusetts V. Epa's New Standing Test For States, Bradford Mank
Should States Have Greater Standing Rights Than Ordinary Citizens?: Massachusetts V. Epa's New Standing Test For States, Bradford Mank
William & Mary Law Review
In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court for the first time clearly gave greater standing rights to states than ordinary citizens. The Court, however, failed to explain to what extent or when states are entitled to more lenient standing. This Article concludes that the Court has historically given states preferential status in federal courts when a state files a parens patriae suit based on the state's quasi-sovereign interest in the health and welfare of its citizens or the natural resources of its inhabitants and territory. A quasi-sovereign interest is inherently less concrete and particularized than the types of injuries that …