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Advancing Environmental Justice Norms, Clifford Rechtschaffen Nov 2003

Advancing Environmental Justice Norms, Clifford Rechtschaffen

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Part I of this Article provides brief background on the environmental justice movement. Part 11 generally describes some of the challenges that environmental justice principles pose for the traditional environmental decision-making paradigm. Part III presents several specific examples of how environmental justice norms can be incorporated to improve the ethical outcomes of traditional agency decision making.


Nature Of The Beast: An Introduction To The Issue, Paul Stanton Kibel Apr 2003

Nature Of The Beast: An Introduction To The Issue, Paul Stanton Kibel

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Necessity Makes The Frog Jump: Land-Use Planning And Urban Agriculture In Cuba, Colin Crawford Jan 2003

Necessity Makes The Frog Jump: Land-Use Planning And Urban Agriculture In Cuba, Colin Crawford

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This Article addresses the land-use planning implications of Cuban urban organic agriculture. Part II begins by briefly placing the Cuban urban agricultural experience in an international context, noting that many of the successes, and potential threats to, Cuban urban agriculture share features similar to efforts in other countries both more and less developed than Cuba. In light of this context, Part II will then evaluate the implications of urban agriculture for Cuban land-use planning. To this end, Part II will identify the advantages of urban agriculture for urban living. In addition, Part II will also describe the Cuban effort to …


Improving State Environmental Enforcement Performance Through Enhanced Government Accountability And Other Strategies, Clifford Rechtschaffen, David L. Markell Jan 2003

Improving State Environmental Enforcement Performance Through Enhanced Government Accountability And Other Strategies, Clifford Rechtschaffen, David L. Markell

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This Article discusses a number of options for EPA to strengthen state performance and bring it more in line with EPA's expectations. First, EPA must play a stricter gate-keeping function in initially authorizing state programs, and more regularly reassess and report the adequacy of state enforcement authorities and state capacity. Second, EPA must stop delivering a mixed message to the states about the enforcement practices it expects the states to follow. Instead, it must establish clear expectations for performance. Third, in terms of the substance of those expectations, EPA should revise its criteria for evaluating whether state enforcement programs work. …


Book Review, Lakshman Guruswamy Jan 2003

Book Review, Lakshman Guruswamy

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Managing Interjurisdictional Waters Under The Great Lakes Charter Annex, Mark Squillace, Sandra Zellmer Jan 2003

Managing Interjurisdictional Waters Under The Great Lakes Charter Annex, Mark Squillace, Sandra Zellmer

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Water Management In The United States And The Fate Of The Colorado River Delta In Mexico, David H. Getches Jan 2003

Water Management In The United States And The Fate Of The Colorado River Delta In Mexico, David H. Getches

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Mountains Without Handrails … Wilderness Without Cellphones, Sarah Krakoff Jan 2003

Mountains Without Handrails … Wilderness Without Cellphones, Sarah Krakoff

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The Monumental Legacy Of The Antiquities Act Of 1906, Mark Squillace Jan 2003

The Monumental Legacy Of The Antiquities Act Of 1906, Mark Squillace

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The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the President of the United States "to declare by public proclamation, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon [federal] lands . . . to be national monuments . . . " The law was passed during the Theodore Roosevelt administration, and Roosevelt quickly set about designating a wide range of lands and resources as national monuments, including notably, the 800,000 acre Grand Canyon National Monument. Roosevelt's expansive interpretation of the law was embraced by later presidents and ultimately by the Supreme Court. In …