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Litigation Update: Winter V. Nrdc, Inc., Natalie Dillree Jan 2009

Litigation Update: Winter V. Nrdc, Inc., Natalie Dillree

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Evolving U.S. Clean Tech: Legislative Trends, Ursula Kazarian Jan 2009

Evolving U.S. Clean Tech: Legislative Trends, Ursula Kazarian

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


What Local Climate Change Plans Can Teach Us About City Power, Katherine A. Trisolini Jan 2009

What Local Climate Change Plans Can Teach Us About City Power, Katherine A. Trisolini

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Discussions of city power have long focused on cities’ power relative to higher levels of government and to each other. The diffuse causes of climate change offer an opportunity to revisit the question of city power by focusing more closely on the intended object of influence. Although these two perspectives on power will at times overlap, they are not identical. If we consider greenhouse gas emissions as the target, cities can employ their relatively minor powers to substantial effect and many of them appear to be trying to do so. But consideration of cities’ climate change policies alters the usual …


An Introduction To This Issue: Climate Change And Technology Transfer, Dalindyebo Shabalala Jan 2009

An Introduction To This Issue: Climate Change And Technology Transfer, Dalindyebo Shabalala

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Standing And Statistical Persons: A Risk-Based Approach To Standing, Bradford Mank Jan 2009

Standing And Statistical Persons: A Risk-Based Approach To Standing, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

This Article proposes that any individual has standing to challenge government action that exposes her to an increased lifetime risk of 1 in 1 million or greater of death or serious injury. Because most regulation involves statistical probabilities of harm, a plaintiff challenging a government regulatory action or inaction as insufficiently protective cannot demonstrate that he or she would likely be harmed by the allegedly inadequate regulation, but merely that a different regulation might reduce the probability of future harm. The beneficiaries of a suit seeking better government regulation are, therefore, statistical persons rather than identifiable persons. By contrast, standing …


Improving The Odds Of Government Accountability In The Disaster-Prone Era: Using The 9/11 Fund Factors To Remedy The Problem Of Toxic Katrina Trailers, Olympia Duhart Jan 2009

Improving The Odds Of Government Accountability In The Disaster-Prone Era: Using The 9/11 Fund Factors To Remedy The Problem Of Toxic Katrina Trailers, Olympia Duhart

Faculty Scholarship

This article analyzes the dangers surrounding the toxicity levels in the trailers issued to Katrina survivors by FEMA, and identifies serious medical complications stemming from the temporary homes. Lack of government oversight in the process led to the distribution of formaldehyde-laced trailers that cost the government more than $2 billion and continue to poison residents years after the storm. Furthermore, the failures connected to disaster relief are even more disturbing in this disaster-prone era. More importantly, this paper also proposes the creation of a Toxic Trailer Fund to compensate residents of toxic FEMA trailers. Using the factors implicitly established by …


Resolving The Climate Wars, Alan D. Hecht Jan 2009

Resolving The Climate Wars, Alan D. Hecht

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


About Sdlp Jan 2009

About Sdlp

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


What Happens In Vegas. . . Needs Legislative Backup, Ursula Kazarian Jan 2009

What Happens In Vegas. . . Needs Legislative Backup, Ursula Kazarian

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editors' Note, Lisa Novins, Addie Haughey Jan 2009

Editors' Note, Lisa Novins, Addie Haughey

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


European Union Coherence In Unfc Negotiations Under The New Treaty Of Lisbon (Reform Treaty), Stavros Afionis Jan 2009

European Union Coherence In Unfc Negotiations Under The New Treaty Of Lisbon (Reform Treaty), Stavros Afionis

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Pozna´N Climate Conference 2008, Kyle Ingram, Matt Irwin Jan 2009

Pozna´N Climate Conference 2008, Kyle Ingram, Matt Irwin

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Could Litigation Help Torres Strait Islanders Deal With Climate Impacts?, Donna Green, Kirsty Ruddock Jan 2009

Could Litigation Help Torres Strait Islanders Deal With Climate Impacts?, Donna Green, Kirsty Ruddock

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Creating A U.S. Carbon Market, Alex Hoover Jan 2009

Creating A U.S. Carbon Market, Alex Hoover

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Climate Change, Energy, And Sustainable Development In South Africa: Developing The African Continent At The Crossroads, Edson L. Meyer, Kola O. Odeku Jan 2009

Climate Change, Energy, And Sustainable Development In South Africa: Developing The African Continent At The Crossroads, Edson L. Meyer, Kola O. Odeku

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Perspective: Technology Transfer And Human Rights: Joining Up The Dots, Stephen Humphreys Jan 2009

Perspective: Technology Transfer And Human Rights: Joining Up The Dots, Stephen Humphreys

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


China’S Cleantech Landscape: The Renewable Energy Technology Paradox, Federico Caprotti Jan 2009

China’S Cleantech Landscape: The Renewable Energy Technology Paradox, Federico Caprotti

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Aquaponics & Landfill Methane Use: These Fetid Miasmata Smell Like Profitable Conservation, Blake M. Mensing Jan 2009

Aquaponics & Landfill Methane Use: These Fetid Miasmata Smell Like Profitable Conservation, Blake M. Mensing

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Importance Of Venture Capitalism To Clean Technology And The Government’S Role In Fostering Its Development During The Recession, Janet Hager Jan 2009

The Importance Of Venture Capitalism To Clean Technology And The Government’S Role In Fostering Its Development During The Recession, Janet Hager

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Clean Technology Transfer And Intellectual Property Rights, Nitya Nanda, Nidhi Srivastava Jan 2009

Clean Technology Transfer And Intellectual Property Rights, Nitya Nanda, Nidhi Srivastava

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Intellectual Property Rights To Enhance International Clean Tech Transfers, Anastasia Lewandoski Jan 2009

Intellectual Property Rights To Enhance International Clean Tech Transfers, Anastasia Lewandoski

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Cleaning Up The Problem Of Post-Combustion Coal Waste, Amanda King Jan 2009

Cleaning Up The Problem Of Post-Combustion Coal Waste, Amanda King

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Courts As Champions Of Sustainable Development: Lessons From East Africa, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Collins Odote Jan 2009

Courts As Champions Of Sustainable Development: Lessons From East Africa, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Collins Odote

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Is The International Court Of Justice The Right Forum For Transboundary Water Pollution Disputes?, Kate Halloran Jan 2009

Is The International Court Of Justice The Right Forum For Transboundary Water Pollution Disputes?, Kate Halloran

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The International Court Of Justice’S Treatment Of “Sustainable Development”And Implications For Argentina V. Uruguay, Lauren Trevisan Jan 2009

The International Court Of Justice’S Treatment Of “Sustainable Development”And Implications For Argentina V. Uruguay, Lauren Trevisan

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Volume 10 Issue 1, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Jan 2009

Volume 10 Issue 1, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Conference Proceedings: 21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities And Hurdles For Renewable Energy Development, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Jan 2009

Conference Proceedings: 21st Century Infrastructure: Opportunities And Hurdles For Renewable Energy Development, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Giving Power To The People: Comparing The Environmental Provisions Of Chile’S Free Trade Agreements With Canada And The United States, Rachel T. Kirby Jan 2009

Giving Power To The People: Comparing The Environmental Provisions Of Chile’S Free Trade Agreements With Canada And The United States, Rachel T. Kirby

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


African Wetlands Of International Importance: Assessment Of Benefits Associated With Designations Under The Ramsar Convention, Royal C. Gardner, Kim Diana Connolly, Abou Bamba Jan 2009

African Wetlands Of International Importance: Assessment Of Benefits Associated With Designations Under The Ramsar Convention, Royal C. Gardner, Kim Diana Connolly, Abou Bamba

Journal Articles

A party to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands must designate at least one site within its territory as a Wetland of International Importance. To assess the benefits associated with these international designations, the authors conducted a survey of 26 Ramsar sites in 18 countries in Africa. After a brief introduction to the Ramsar Convention, the article describes the sites that were surveyed, focusing on the ecosystem services they provide and the challenges they face. The article then examines how the sites are identified with the Ramsar Convention and found that designation provided benefits such as: increased support for protection and …


Keeping Ethical Investment Ethical: Regulatory Issues For Investing For Sustainability, Benjamin J. Richardson Jan 2009

Keeping Ethical Investment Ethical: Regulatory Issues For Investing For Sustainability, Benjamin J. Richardson

Articles & Book Chapters

Regulation must target the financial sector, which often funds and profits from environmentally unsustainable development. In an era of global financial markets, the financial sector has a crucial impact on the state of the environment. The long-standing movement for ethically and socially responsible investment (SRI) has recently begun to advocate environmental standards for financiers. While this movement is gaining more adherents, it has increasingly justified responsible financing as a path to be prosperous, rather than virtuous. This trend partly owes to how financial institutions view their legal responsibilities. The business case motivations that now predominantly drive SRI are not sufficient …