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Proceedings Of The Sitie2020 Symposium, Seattle Journal Of Technology, Environmental, And Innovation Law Jun 2020

Proceedings Of The Sitie2020 Symposium, Seattle Journal Of Technology, Environmental, And Innovation Law

SITIE Symposiums

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Fmc Corp. V. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Seth T. Bonilla Apr 2020

Fmc Corp. V. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Seth T. Bonilla

Public Land & Resources Law Review

In 1998, FMC Corporation agreed to submit to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ permitting processes, including the payment of fees, for clean-up work required as part of consent decree negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency. Then, in 2002, FMC refused to pay the Tribes under a permitting agreement entered into by both parties, even though the company continued to store hazardous waste on land within the Shoshone-Bannock Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho. FMC challenged the Tribes’ authority to enforce the $1.5 million permitting fees first in tribal court and later challenged the Tribes’ authority to exercise civil regulatory and adjudicatory jurisdiction over …


Environmental Justice In Little Village: A Case For Reforming Chicago’S Zoning Law, Charles Isaacs Apr 2020

Environmental Justice In Little Village: A Case For Reforming Chicago’S Zoning Law, Charles Isaacs

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

Chicago’s Little Village community bears the heavy burden of environmental injustice and racism. The residents are mostly immigrants and people of color who live with low levels of income, limited access to healthcare, and disproportionate levels of dangerous air pollution. Before its retirement, Little Village’s Crawford coal-burning power plant was the lead source of air pollution, contributing to 41 deaths, 550 emergency room visits, and 2,800 asthma attacks per year. After the plant’s retirement, community members wanted a say on the future use of the lot, only to be closed out when a corporation, Hilco Redevelopment Partners, bought the lot …


Law In The Time Of Covid-19, Katharina Pistor Apr 2020

Law In The Time Of Covid-19, Katharina Pistor

Faculty Books

The COVID-19 crisis has ended and upended lives around the globe. In addition to killing over 160,000 people, more than 35,000 in the United States alone, its secondary effects have been as devastating. These secondary effects pose fundamental challenges to the rules that govern our social, political, and economic lives. These rules are the domain of lawyers. Law in the Time of COVID-19 is the product of a joint effort by members of the faculty of Columbia Law School and several law professors from other schools.

This volume offers guidance for thinking about some the most pressing legal issues the …


The Lasting Impacts Of Mass Consumerism And The Disposable Culture: A Proposition For The Development Of Plastic Shopping Bag Bans In Texas Law, David Brewster Apr 2020

The Lasting Impacts Of Mass Consumerism And The Disposable Culture: A Proposition For The Development Of Plastic Shopping Bag Bans In Texas Law, David Brewster

St. Mary's Law Journal

This Article addresses the developing state of plastic bag bans in Texas municipal and state jurisprudence. The Article recites the history of plastic bag bans and their impacts on the environment, the issues pertinent to municipal powers as regulatory devices, and analyzes the most recent case regarding bag bans in Texas, which is the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association. The Article makes suggestions about how to move forward in developing municipal plastic bag bans for the benefit of the environment, and addresses the immediate impacts of bag ban litigation and legislation in …


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


State Preemption And Single Use Plastics: Is National Intervention Necessary?, Ethan D. King Mar 2020

State Preemption And Single Use Plastics: Is National Intervention Necessary?, Ethan D. King

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Right To Legally Sourced Lumber? How The Effective Enforcement Of The Lacey Act Is A U.S. Human Rights Obligation And Critical To Preventing Abuse In The Illegal Logging Industry, Melanie Hess Mar 2020

The Right To Legally Sourced Lumber? How The Effective Enforcement Of The Lacey Act Is A U.S. Human Rights Obligation And Critical To Preventing Abuse In The Illegal Logging Industry, Melanie Hess

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


An Ace Up Their Sleeve Or A House Of Cards: Can The Epa's Affordable Clean Energy Rule Withstand Chevron Deference?, Shannon Zaret Mar 2020

An Ace Up Their Sleeve Or A House Of Cards: Can The Epa's Affordable Clean Energy Rule Withstand Chevron Deference?, Shannon Zaret

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Gets The Ax: Is Legal Personhood For Nature Dead In The Water?, Devon Alexandra Berman Mar 2020

Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Gets The Ax: Is Legal Personhood For Nature Dead In The Water?, Devon Alexandra Berman

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Use Of The Regular Militaries For Natural Disaster Assistance: Climate Change And The Increasing Need For Changes To The Laws In The United States, China, Japan, The Philippines, And Other Countries, Donald D.A. Schaefer Mar 2020

The Use Of The Regular Militaries For Natural Disaster Assistance: Climate Change And The Increasing Need For Changes To The Laws In The United States, China, Japan, The Philippines, And Other Countries, Donald D.A. Schaefer

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Brianna Delduca, Hannah Gardenswartz Mar 2020

Editor's Note, Brianna Delduca, Hannah Gardenswartz

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


How Syria's Failure To Uphold The Kyoto Protocol And Paris Agreement Exacerbated The Effects Of Climate Change In The Levant, Nivea A. Ohri Mar 2020

How Syria's Failure To Uphold The Kyoto Protocol And Paris Agreement Exacerbated The Effects Of Climate Change In The Levant, Nivea A. Ohri

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Continuing A Broad Application Of Section 9 Of The Esa To Prevent Future Mass Extinctions, Alicia Martinez Mar 2020

Continuing A Broad Application Of Section 9 Of The Esa To Prevent Future Mass Extinctions, Alicia Martinez

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Does Importing Endangered Species' Body Parts Help Conservation? Discretion To Import Trophies Under The Trump Administration, Brianna Marie Mar 2020

Does Importing Endangered Species' Body Parts Help Conservation? Discretion To Import Trophies Under The Trump Administration, Brianna Marie

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Ferc Ruling Undermines Energy Federalism And Arbitrarily Targets Mid-Atlantic Region Renewables, Philip Killeen Mar 2020

Ferc Ruling Undermines Energy Federalism And Arbitrarily Targets Mid-Atlantic Region Renewables, Philip Killeen

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Jam V. Ifc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, Nicholas Johnson Mar 2020

Jam V. Ifc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, Nicholas Johnson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Can The Expansion Of 45q Effectively Spur Investment In Carbon Capture?, Shannon Zaret Mar 2020

Can The Expansion Of 45q Effectively Spur Investment In Carbon Capture?, Shannon Zaret

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


No Take Backs: Presidential Authority And Public Land Withdrawls, Christian Termyn Mar 2020

No Take Backs: Presidential Authority And Public Land Withdrawls, Christian Termyn

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt Mar 2020

Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Ban On Plastic Microbeads: Too Narrow, Or Just Narrow Enough?, Liz Michalowska Mar 2020

Ban On Plastic Microbeads: Too Narrow, Or Just Narrow Enough?, Liz Michalowska

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Real Property Sublessors Escape Cercla Owner Liability In The Second Circuit, Alison Shlom Mar 2020

Real Property Sublessors Escape Cercla Owner Liability In The Second Circuit, Alison Shlom

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Data Accuracy Of Air Pollutants Under The Clean Air Act, Lauren Palley Mar 2020

Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Data Accuracy Of Air Pollutants Under The Clean Air Act, Lauren Palley

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Can Courts Stop Citizens From Prosecuting Criminal Cases Under The Clean Water Act?, Hannah Gardenswartz Mar 2020

Can Courts Stop Citizens From Prosecuting Criminal Cases Under The Clean Water Act?, Hannah Gardenswartz

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


A Pattern Of Ruling Against Mother Nature: Wildlife Species Cases Decided By Justice Kavanaugh, William J. Snape Iii Mar 2020

A Pattern Of Ruling Against Mother Nature: Wildlife Species Cases Decided By Justice Kavanaugh, William J. Snape Iii

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt Mar 2020

Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Uber Drive: Self-Driving Cars Could Create More Uncertainty With Gig Economy's "Independent" Contractors", Mark Yurich Mar 2020

The Uber Drive: Self-Driving Cars Could Create More Uncertainty With Gig Economy's "Independent" Contractors", Mark Yurich

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.