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Resolving Conflict In Non-Ideal, Complex Systems: Solutions For The Law-Science Breakdown In Environmental And Natural Resource Law, Barbara Cosens Apr 2008

Resolving Conflict In Non-Ideal, Complex Systems: Solutions For The Law-Science Breakdown In Environmental And Natural Resource Law, Barbara Cosens

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In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a consolidated case concerning the scope of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction to require permits for dredge and fill of wetlands under section 404 of the Clean Water Act, issuing a plurality, two concurrences, and two dissents. Each opinion has a solid legal foundation, yet none truly makes sense if the science of the resource in question is considered. The opinions in Rapanos v. United States illuminate the struggle at the law-science interface. The problem is not due to either a failure in legal reasoning or a failure in scientific methodology …


Environmental Perspectives: Spring 2008, Environmental Law Program Apr 2008

Environmental Perspectives: Spring 2008, Environmental Law Program

Environmental and Energy Law Perspectives

No abstract provided.


Can Red Clay Go Green? Adapting Law And Policy In The Face Of Climate Change, 20th Annual Red Clay Conference, Daniel M. Bodansky, David D. Caron, Mary Carr, Heidi Davison, David Hunter, Josh Love, James Marlow Apr 2008

Can Red Clay Go Green? Adapting Law And Policy In The Face Of Climate Change, 20th Annual Red Clay Conference, Daniel M. Bodansky, David D. Caron, Mary Carr, Heidi Davison, David Hunter, Josh Love, James Marlow

Conferences and Symposia to 2010

Program for the 20th Annual Red Clay Conference held Friday, April 4, 2008 at the University of Georgia School of Law's Dean Rusk Hall.


Table Of Contents Apr 2008

Table Of Contents

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Cercla's Cost Recovery Statute Of Limitations: Closing The Books Or Waiting For Godot, Alfred R. Light Apr 2008

Cercla's Cost Recovery Statute Of Limitations: Closing The Books Or Waiting For Godot, Alfred R. Light

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Money, And Radioactive Waste: The Savannah River Site Conundrum, W. Chris Swett Apr 2008

Money, And Radioactive Waste: The Savannah River Site Conundrum, W. Chris Swett

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Collaboration In Mexico: Renewed Hope For The Colorado River Delta, Francisco Zamora-Arroyo, Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta, Edith Santiago, Emily Brott, Peter Culp Apr 2008

Collaboration In Mexico: Renewed Hope For The Colorado River Delta, Francisco Zamora-Arroyo, Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta, Edith Santiago, Emily Brott, Peter Culp

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Collaboration And The Colorado River Compact, Patricia Mulroy Apr 2008

Collaboration And The Colorado River Compact, Patricia Mulroy

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Anti-Speculation Doctrine And Its Implications For Collaborative Water Management, Sandra Zellmer Apr 2008

The Anti-Speculation Doctrine And Its Implications For Collaborative Water Management, Sandra Zellmer

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


An Ecosystem Perspective On Collaboration For The Colorado River, Robert W. Adler Apr 2008

An Ecosystem Perspective On Collaboration For The Colorado River, Robert W. Adler

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Western Wetlands In Jeopardy After Rapanos V. United States: Congressional Action Needed To Define "Navigable Waters" Under The Clean Water Act, Jenny L. Routheaux Apr 2008

Western Wetlands In Jeopardy After Rapanos V. United States: Congressional Action Needed To Define "Navigable Waters" Under The Clean Water Act, Jenny L. Routheaux

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Collaboration Good Or Bad: How Is It Working On The Colorado River?, Jean R. Sternlight Apr 2008

Introduction: Collaboration Good Or Bad: How Is It Working On The Colorado River?, Jean R. Sternlight

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Collaborative Management Of The Glen Canyon Dam: The Elevation Of Social Engineering Over Law, Joseph M. Feller Apr 2008

Collaborative Management Of The Glen Canyon Dam: The Elevation Of Social Engineering Over Law, Joseph M. Feller

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Uncertainty And The Endangered Species Act, Teresa Woods, Steve Morey Apr 2008

Uncertainty And The Endangered Species Act, Teresa Woods, Steve Morey

Indiana Law Journal

The U.S. Endangered Species Act requires the US. Fish and Wildlife Service to use the "best available" information when deciding whether to list species as threatened or endangered, and when regulating conservation for species already listed. The agency has discretion to determine the types, quantity, and quality of the information it uses as "best available, "but little discretion to defer decision making in cases where important scientific information is lacking. Complexities of nature, obscurity of many species' life history, and changing environmental circumstances are only some of the reasons why information is rarely complete, and why decisions are almost always …


Bridging Data Gaps Through Modeling And Evaluation Of Surrogates: Use Of The Best Available Science To Protect Biological Diversity Under The National Forest Management Act, Robert L. Glicksman Apr 2008

Bridging Data Gaps Through Modeling And Evaluation Of Surrogates: Use Of The Best Available Science To Protect Biological Diversity Under The National Forest Management Act, Robert L. Glicksman

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Missing Information: The Scientific Data Gap in Conservation and Chemical Regulation, held on March 24, 2006 at Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington.


Data Gaps In Natural Resource Management: Sniffing For Leaks Along The Information Pipeline, Holly Doremus Apr 2008

Data Gaps In Natural Resource Management: Sniffing For Leaks Along The Information Pipeline, Holly Doremus

Indiana Law Journal

Despite wide recognition that natural resource management decisions are heavily dependent on the supply of scientific information, little attention has been paid to the processes by which that information is supplied. This paper lays out the key steps of the information supply pipeline, which include exploration, extraction, refining, blending, distribution, and consumption. Leaks in the pipeline can occur at any of these steps, interrupting the supply of information to decision makers. Because information supply is contextual and complex, no universal fix can address all information shortfalls. Nonetheless, several general recommendations emerge. First, decision makers must recognize the limits of scientific …


Charitable Deductions For Rail-Trail Conversions: Reconciling The Partial Interest Rule And The National Trails System Act, Scott Andrew Bowman, Danaya C. Wright Apr 2008

Charitable Deductions For Rail-Trail Conversions: Reconciling The Partial Interest Rule And The National Trails System Act, Scott Andrew Bowman, Danaya C. Wright

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article examines an undeveloped legal topic at the intersection of tax law and real property law: charitable deductions from income tax liability for donations of railroad corridors that are to be converted into recreational trails. The very popular rails-to-trails program assists in the conversion of abandoned railroad corridors into hiking and biking trails. However, the legal questions surrounding the property rights of these corridors have been complex and highly litigated. In 1983, Congress amended the National Trails System Act to provide a mechanism for facilitating these conversions, a process called railbanking. In essence, a railroad transfers its real property …


Supply, Demand, And Consequences: The Impact Of Information Flow On Individual Permitting Decisions Under Section 404 Of The Clean Water Act, Alyson C. Flournoy Apr 2008

Supply, Demand, And Consequences: The Impact Of Information Flow On Individual Permitting Decisions Under Section 404 Of The Clean Water Act, Alyson C. Flournoy

UF Law Faculty Publications

This paper focuses on a public trust resource -- wetlands -- and examines an issue that has been studied primarily with reference to health-based pollution-control statutes. This paper assesses whether information gaps create an obstacle to successful regulation under section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA or "the Act") as it applies to discharges of dredged and fill material in wetlands. It focuses on how section 404 and the regulations governing permitting determine information demands, information supply, and the legal consequences of a gap between supply and demand. The goal of this inquiry into the demand/supply/consequences scheme is to …


Forward, John S. Applegate, Robert L. Fischman Apr 2008

Forward, John S. Applegate, Robert L. Fischman

Indiana Law Journal

Scientific information has become a centralr ationalef or environmental regulation, and scientific uncertainty is viewed as a major obstacle in developing, justifying, and enforcing environmental laws and policies. In the context of environmental regulation, scientific information may be analyzed as subject to both supply and demand. A regulatory system that supplies more scientific information than it demands can operate effectively to impose protective regulation. By contrast, a system that demands more information than it supplies will face a "data gap "and will fail to accomplish its protective goals. The data gap can be addressed by applying regulatory techniques that increase …


Supply, Demand, And Consequences: The Impact Of Information Flow On Individual Permitting Decisions Under Section 404 Of The Clean Water Act, Alyson C. Flournoy Apr 2008

Supply, Demand, And Consequences: The Impact Of Information Flow On Individual Permitting Decisions Under Section 404 Of The Clean Water Act, Alyson C. Flournoy

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Missing Information: The Scientific Data Gap in Conservation and Chemical Regulation, held on March 24, 2006 at Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington.


Information Generation And Use Under Proposition 65: Model Provisions For Other Postmarket Laws?, Carl Cranor Apr 2008

Information Generation And Use Under Proposition 65: Model Provisions For Other Postmarket Laws?, Carl Cranor

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Missing Information: The Scientific Data Gap in Conservation and Chemical Regulation, held on March 24, 2006 at Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington.


Using Competition-Based Regulation To Bridge The Toxics Data Gap, Wendy Wagner Apr 2008

Using Competition-Based Regulation To Bridge The Toxics Data Gap, Wendy Wagner

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Missing Information: The Scientific Data Gap in Conservation and Chemical Regulation, held on March 24, 2006 at Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington.


The Divides Of Environmental Law And The Problem Of Harm In The Endangered Species Act, Robert L. Fischman Apr 2008

The Divides Of Environmental Law And The Problem Of Harm In The Endangered Species Act, Robert L. Fischman

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Missing Information: The Scientific Data Gap in Conservation and Chemical Regulation, held on March 24, 2006 at Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington.


Why A Different Approach Is Required If Global Climate Change Is To Be Controlled Efficiently Or Even At All, Alan Carlin Apr 2008

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

No abstract provided.


Fairness And Equity In Climate Change, Friedrich Soltau Apr 2008

Fairness And Equity In Climate Change, Friedrich Soltau

Dissertations & Theses

Questions of fairness and equity are central to the challenge of tackling global climate change. The complexity of the question arises from the global and long-term nature of the problem. At the same time, the impacts are localized and differentiated, so that states least able to respond are those that will be hardest hit. Policies and measures to abate – mitigate – greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions demand the decision-making under conditions of uncertainty and the commitment of resources beyond the time horizon of politics-as-usual. And while international environmental law has achieved notable successes, it has arguably not confronted a challenge …


Just Solutions To Climate Change: A Climate Justice Proposal For A Domestic Clean Development Mechanism, Maxine Burkett Apr 2008

Just Solutions To Climate Change: A Climate Justice Proposal For A Domestic Clean Development Mechanism, Maxine Burkett

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Submarines, Sonar, And The Death Of Whales: Enforcing The Delicate Balance Of Environmental Compliance And National Security In Military Training, Joel R. Reynolds Apr 2008

Submarines, Sonar, And The Death Of Whales: Enforcing The Delicate Balance Of Environmental Compliance And National Security In Military Training, Joel R. Reynolds

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Green Peace? Protecting Our National Treasures While Providing For Our National Security, Marcilynn A. Burke Apr 2008

Green Peace? Protecting Our National Treasures While Providing For Our National Security, Marcilynn A. Burke

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Conserving The United States' Coral Reefs: National Monument Designation To Afford Greater Protection For Coral Reefs In Four National Marine Sanctuaries, Jennifer C. White Apr 2008

Conserving The United States' Coral Reefs: National Monument Designation To Afford Greater Protection For Coral Reefs In Four National Marine Sanctuaries, Jennifer C. White

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Haste Makes E-Waste: A Comparative Analysis Of How The United States Should Approach The Growing E-Waste Threat, Phoenix Pak Apr 2008

Haste Makes E-Waste: A Comparative Analysis Of How The United States Should Approach The Growing E-Waste Threat, Phoenix Pak

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The note examines the global e-waste crisis, focusing on the regulatory frameworks in the European Union, United States, and Japan. It critiques the effectiveness of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) models and highlights the challenges of enforcing e-waste policies across jurisdictions. The author argues for a balanced approach in U.S. policy, combining elements of the EU’s EPR framework with considerations for domestic and international implications to address the environmental and health risks posed by e-waste.