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Leading The Way In Sustainable Practices: How The Cannabis Cultivation Policy Is Rethinking Water Management In California, Joanna Hossack Apr 2019

Leading The Way In Sustainable Practices: How The Cannabis Cultivation Policy Is Rethinking Water Management In California, Joanna Hossack

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


The Shortcomings Of Regulating Pesticides Internationally And How Disadvantaged Communities Pay The Price, Alex Sauerwein Apr 2019

The Shortcomings Of Regulating Pesticides Internationally And How Disadvantaged Communities Pay The Price, Alex Sauerwein

UC Law Environmental Journal

Glyphosate is a toxic pesticide heavily used in food production. As a result, glyphosate ends up in the air we breathe and the water we drink. The increasing spread and use of glyphosate have many negative impacts on public and environmental health. Researchers are finding links between the use of glyphosate and cancer, Parkinson disease, and lower IQ rates in humans. Researchers have also linked glyphosate to environmental harms, like decreased biodiversity and unintended killing of fish near farms. International law has attempted to limit the use of toxic chemicals through hard law principles like the Rotterdam Convention and soft …


Embracing Global Warmth And Climate Resilience Through Green Chemistry Legislation, Oladele A. Ogunseitan Apr 2019

Embracing Global Warmth And Climate Resilience Through Green Chemistry Legislation, Oladele A. Ogunseitan

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Precedent, Politics, Or Priorities: Are Courts Stepping Out Of Their Traditional Judicial Bounds When Addressing Climate Change?, Mary Haley Ousley Apr 2019

Precedent, Politics, Or Priorities: Are Courts Stepping Out Of Their Traditional Judicial Bounds When Addressing Climate Change?, Mary Haley Ousley

UC Law Environmental Journal

There is consensus in the scientific community that climate change is in fact occurring and is primarily driven by human activities. Despite this consensus, the executive branch under President Trump has engaged in scrapping environmental regulations and increasing fossil fuel consumption, while the legislative branch has refused to take any beneficial action. This leaves the judicial branch as the primary avenue for Americans seeking to force action on climate change.

This paper will focus on the judicial response toward climate change litigation. More specifically, it will analyze how some courts—and the litigants who bring their suits—are stepping outside of their …


Prefatory Matter Apr 2019

Prefatory Matter

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Governing Nature Conservation In Political “Hotbeds”: A Contractual Approach, Taufik Haryanto, Kai P. Purnhagen Jan 2019

Governing Nature Conservation In Political “Hotbeds”: A Contractual Approach, Taufik Haryanto, Kai P. Purnhagen

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Suction Dredging In The United States: Current Regulations And Potential Paths Forward, Colin Arsenault Jan 2019

Suction Dredging In The United States: Current Regulations And Potential Paths Forward, Colin Arsenault

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Clearing The Air: Disincentivizing Driving And Encouraging The Use Of Public Transportation To Combat Vehicle Pollution At A State Level, Michelle Castaline Jan 2019

Clearing The Air: Disincentivizing Driving And Encouraging The Use Of Public Transportation To Combat Vehicle Pollution At A State Level, Michelle Castaline

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Developing Policy From The Ground Up: Examining Entitlement In The Bay Area To Inform California’S Housing Policy Debates, Moira O’Neill, Giulia Gualco-Nelson, Eric Biber Jan 2019

Developing Policy From The Ground Up: Examining Entitlement In The Bay Area To Inform California’S Housing Policy Debates, Moira O’Neill, Giulia Gualco-Nelson, Eric Biber

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Crop Insurance Reform In The Face Of Climate Change, Perry Elerts Jan 2019

Crop Insurance Reform In The Face Of Climate Change, Perry Elerts

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Prefatory Matter Jan 2019

Prefatory Matter

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


“The Lord’S Work”: An Overview Of Ceqa’S Judicial Remedies And Recommendations For Reform, Michelle Ouellette, Ali Tehrani Jan 2019

“The Lord’S Work”: An Overview Of Ceqa’S Judicial Remedies And Recommendations For Reform, Michelle Ouellette, Ali Tehrani

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Thirsty For Justice: The Fight For Safe Drinking Water, Debi Ores Jan 2019

Thirsty For Justice: The Fight For Safe Drinking Water, Debi Ores

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Cultural Property, Human Rights, And Sustainable Development: The Case Of The Ancient City Of Durrës, Helga Turku Jan 2019

Cultural Property, Human Rights, And Sustainable Development: The Case Of The Ancient City Of Durrës, Helga Turku

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Conservation Easements For Green Urban Spaces, Matthew Olhausen Jan 2018

Conservation Easements For Green Urban Spaces, Matthew Olhausen

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Bridging The Safe Drinking Water Gap For California’S Rural Poor, Camille Pannu Jan 2018

Bridging The Safe Drinking Water Gap For California’S Rural Poor, Camille Pannu

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


A Zero-Emissions Future: Whither California?, Paul Cort Jan 2018

A Zero-Emissions Future: Whither California?, Paul Cort

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


California’S Cap And Trade Extension: How Senate Bill 775 Envisioned A New Path To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Bob Wieckowski Jan 2018

California’S Cap And Trade Extension: How Senate Bill 775 Envisioned A New Path To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Bob Wieckowski

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Contaminated Groundwater As A Resource In California, Kimberly Bick Jan 2018

Contaminated Groundwater As A Resource In California, Kimberly Bick

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


California’S Response To The Trumpian Rollback Of Wetland Protections Under The Clean Water Act, Clark Morrison Jan 2018

California’S Response To The Trumpian Rollback Of Wetland Protections Under The Clean Water Act, Clark Morrison

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


H.R. 23: An Assault On Water Resource Conservation And California’S State Sovereignty, Ross Middlemiss Jan 2018

H.R. 23: An Assault On Water Resource Conservation And California’S State Sovereignty, Ross Middlemiss

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Hope Is A Song In A Weary Throat: An Interview With Julia Olson, Olivia Molodanof, Jessica Durney Jan 2018

Hope Is A Song In A Weary Throat: An Interview With Julia Olson, Olivia Molodanof, Jessica Durney

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Funding A Right To Clean Water: The Financial Challenges Of Ab 685, John J. Schatz Jan 2018

Funding A Right To Clean Water: The Financial Challenges Of Ab 685, John J. Schatz

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Colonial Fences Make Contentious Neighbors: Policy, Law, And Climate Refugees In India, Abigail Blue Jan 2018

Colonial Fences Make Contentious Neighbors: Policy, Law, And Climate Refugees In India, Abigail Blue

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Towers, Trees, And Transmission Lines: The Fight Between Property Rights, Power, And Profit, Meredyth Merrow Jan 2018

Towers, Trees, And Transmission Lines: The Fight Between Property Rights, Power, And Profit, Meredyth Merrow

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


California’S Next Environmental Frontier: Climate Justice Leadership, Suma Peesapati Jan 2018

California’S Next Environmental Frontier: Climate Justice Leadership, Suma Peesapati

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


California Environmental Quality Act Lawsuits And California’S Housing Crisis, Jennifer Hernandez Jan 2018

California Environmental Quality Act Lawsuits And California’S Housing Crisis, Jennifer Hernandez

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Friends Of The Eel River, Iccta Preemption, And The Future Of California High Speed Rail Litigation, Christopher J. Butcher, Johannah E. Kramer Jan 2018

Friends Of The Eel River, Iccta Preemption, And The Future Of California High Speed Rail Litigation, Christopher J. Butcher, Johannah E. Kramer

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Too Big To Fail: Limiting Public Risk In Hydropower Licensing, Joshua Viers, Daniel Nover Jan 2018

Too Big To Fail: Limiting Public Risk In Hydropower Licensing, Joshua Viers, Daniel Nover

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


The Breathers Of Bayview Hill: Redevelopment And Environmental Justice In Southeast San Francisco, Lindsey Dillon Jan 2018

The Breathers Of Bayview Hill: Redevelopment And Environmental Justice In Southeast San Francisco, Lindsey Dillon

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.