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Carrots And Sticks, From President Obama’S Solyndra And Beyond, Paul Boudreaux Jan 2012

Carrots And Sticks, From President Obama’S Solyndra And Beyond, Paul Boudreaux

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

No abstract provided.


Energy Efficiency As Fundamental To The Missions Of U.S. Religious Congregations, Health Care Providers And Schools, Warren G. Lavey Jan 2012

Energy Efficiency As Fundamental To The Missions Of U.S. Religious Congregations, Health Care Providers And Schools, Warren G. Lavey

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

Increased energy efficiency confers many economic, environmental, and public health benefits but is handicapped in the United States by energy prices which fail to reflect damaging emissions from most energy production. Under market prices, standard lifecycle financial analysis of potential investments leads businesses and households to improve their energy efficiency in many ways. However, pursuing environmental sustainability and enhanced public health requires heightened awareness, stronger incentives, and more actions. Many religious congregations, health care providers, and schools recognize that improving energy efficiency and reducing related emissions serve their missions. Many organizations in these mission-driven sectors have undertaken far-reaching commitments to …


Assessing Moral Claims In International Climate Change Negotiations, Yoram Margalioth Jan 2012

Assessing Moral Claims In International Climate Change Negotiations, Yoram Margalioth

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

The paper explains the importance of narrowing the gap between developed and developing countries’ perceptions of justice in the climate change context and analyzes the two main ethical claims raised by the developing countries, exposing their major weaknesses and strengths. It then offers the adoption of harmonized carbon taxes and the rejection of Kyoto’s cap-and-trade mitigation scheme, as a way to avoid inevitably unresolved ethical issues.


Integrating Community Knowledge Into Environmental And Natural Resource Decision-Making: Notes From Alaska And Around The World, Elizabeth Barrett Ristroph Jan 2012

Integrating Community Knowledge Into Environmental And Natural Resource Decision-Making: Notes From Alaska And Around The World, Elizabeth Barrett Ristroph

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

Community knowledge (including traditional, local, and indigenous knowledge) has a role to play in government agency decisions regarding the environment and natural resources. This article considers the benefits of using community knowledge, as well as obstacles to collecting this knowledge and integrating it with Western science. The article further discusses how federal agencies in Alaska use community knowledge and laws that potentially affect this use (including the Data Quality Act). Finally, the article provides recommendations for agencies to consider in collecting and using community knowledge.


Table Of Contents Jan 2012

Table Of Contents

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

No abstract provided.


Chevron Corporation V. Donziger, 768 F. Supp. 2d 581 (S.D.N.Y. 2011), Anaeli C. Sandoval Jan 2012

Chevron Corporation V. Donziger, 768 F. Supp. 2d 581 (S.D.N.Y. 2011), Anaeli C. Sandoval

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

No abstract provided.


National Electrical Manufacturers Association V. United States Department Of Energy, 654 F.3d 496 (4th Cir. 2011), Emily C. Walters Jan 2012

National Electrical Manufacturers Association V. United States Department Of Energy, 654 F.3d 496 (4th Cir. 2011), Emily C. Walters

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

No abstract provided.


Developing And Diffusing Green Technologies: The Impact Of Intellectual Property Rights And Their Justification, Jonathan M.W.W. Chu Jan 2012

Developing And Diffusing Green Technologies: The Impact Of Intellectual Property Rights And Their Justification, Jonathan M.W.W. Chu

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

No abstract provided.


Chevron, Greenwashing, And The Myth Of “Green Oil Companies”, Miriam A. Cherry, Judd F. Sneirson Jan 2012

Chevron, Greenwashing, And The Myth Of “Green Oil Companies”, Miriam A. Cherry, Judd F. Sneirson

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

As green business practices grow in popularity, so does the temptation to “greenwash” one’s business to appear more environmentally and socially responsible than it actually is. We examined this phenomenon in an earlier paper, using BP and the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe as a case study and developing a framework for policing dubious claims of corporate social responsibility. This Article revisits these issues focusing on Chevron, an oil company that claims in its advertisements to care deeply about the environment and the communities in which it operates, even as it faces an $18 billion judgment for polluting the Ecuadorean Amazon and …


Creating Regional Environmental Governance Regimes: Implications Of Southeast Asian Responses To Transboundary Haze Pollution, Roda Mushkat Jan 2012

Creating Regional Environmental Governance Regimes: Implications Of Southeast Asian Responses To Transboundary Haze Pollution, Roda Mushkat

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

No abstract provided.


Chevron, Greenwashing, And The Myth Of “Green Oil Companies”, Judd F. Sneirson Jan 2012

Chevron, Greenwashing, And The Myth Of “Green Oil Companies”, Judd F. Sneirson

Articles

As green business practices grow in popularity, so does the temptation to “greenwash” one’s business to appear more environmentally and socially responsible than it actually is. We examined this phenomenon in an earlier paper, using BP and the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe as a case study and developing a framework for policing dubious claims of corporate social responsibility. This Article revisits these issues focusing on Chevron, an oil company that claims in its advertisements to care deeply about the environment and the communities in which it operates, even as it faces an $18 billion judgment for polluting the Ecuadorean Amazon and …


American Electric Power V. Connecticut, 131 S. Ct. 2527 (2011), Sarah E. Rust Jan 2012

American Electric Power V. Connecticut, 131 S. Ct. 2527 (2011), Sarah E. Rust

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

No abstract provided.


Judge Posner’S 'Practical' Theory Of Standing: Closer To Justice Breyer’S Approach To Standing Than Justice Scalia’S, Bradford Mank Jan 2012

Judge Posner’S 'Practical' Theory Of Standing: Closer To Justice Breyer’S Approach To Standing Than Justice Scalia’S, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

In American Bottom Conservancy v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit questioned three different grounds articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court for the constitutional doctrine of standing in federal courts and instead argued that the “solidest grounds” for the doctrine of standing are “practical.” In part because of his self-described “pragmatic” approach to legal reasoning, Judge Posner’s maverick views may have led Republican presidents to pass him over for being nominated to the Supreme Court in favor of less brilliant but more predictable conservative judges. Judge Posner’s pragmatic or practical approach to standing …


Standing For Private Parties In Global Warming Cases: Traceable Standing Causation Does Not Require Proximate Causation, Bradford Mank Jan 2012

Standing For Private Parties In Global Warming Cases: Traceable Standing Causation Does Not Require Proximate Causation, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

This Article argues courts should apply a relatively liberal approach in deciding standing issues for private plaintiffs pursuing climate change suits even if courts ultimately conclude that it is inappropriate to grant relief on the merits to those same plaintiffs because the Supreme Court has clearly declared that standing is a preliminary question that should be treated separately from decisions on the merits and standing causation requires less proof than proximate causation on the merits. The Supreme Court in its 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA held that a state had standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution to …


Standing In Monsanto Co. V. Geertson Seed Farms: Using Economic Injury As A Basis For Standing When Environmental Harm Is Difficult To Prove, Bradford Mank Jan 2012

Standing In Monsanto Co. V. Geertson Seed Farms: Using Economic Injury As A Basis For Standing When Environmental Harm Is Difficult To Prove, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

Many of the Supreme Court’s important standing cases have involved environmental disputes. Most recently, in 2010, the Court again addressed standing in an environmental dispute, Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms. In Monsanto, the Court did not announce a new standing doctrine. Nevertheless, the Court recognized that an environmental plaintiff may sue without proof of actual environmental harm if it can demonstrate that he or she may suffer economic losses from testing and mitigation measures related to a threatened harm. During the oral argument in Monsanto, Justice Scalia expressed skepticism that the plaintiffs could prove that the …


Our Generation's Sputnik Moment: Regulating Energy Innovation, Joseph P. Tomain Jan 2012

Our Generation's Sputnik Moment: Regulating Energy Innovation, Joseph P. Tomain

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

In his 2011 State of the Union Address, President Obama stressed the necessity of innovation as the key to unlocking our economic future. More pointedly, he stated that now is "our generation's Sputnik moment." Just as the United States responded to national security threats posed by a cold war Russia, today we must respond to threats to our economy and our environment, as well as to our national security, posed by an oil addiction that we have not been able to break for over half a century. The intertwined needs to provide sufficient energy, environmental protection, and a vibrant economy …


Using Conservation Management Agreements To Secure Postrecovery Perpetuation Of Conservation-Reliant Species: The Kirtland's Warbler As A Case Study, Dale Goble Jan 2012

Using Conservation Management Agreements To Secure Postrecovery Perpetuation Of Conservation-Reliant Species: The Kirtland's Warbler As A Case Study, Dale Goble

Articles

Kirtland’s warbler is one of many conservation-reliant species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This species has met recovery goals, but removing it from the protections of the ESA is problematic because of its reliance on ongoing conservation. We define conservation management agreements (CMAs) and describe how they may provide a mechanism to protect conservation-reliant species after delisting. We suggest that CMAs should include four major elements: (1) a conservation partnership capable of implementing management actions at conservation-relevant scales, (2) a conservation management plan based on the management actions in the species’ successful recovery plan, (3) sufficient financial resources …


The Right Of Nonuse, Jan G. Laitos Jan 2012

The Right Of Nonuse, Jan G. Laitos

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

The Right of Nonuse provides a fresh and remarkably different perspective on the real causes of the ills plaguing the world's resources and environment. It reexamines the very nature of nature, and from this new perspective, argues that what is needed is for humans to grant to natural resources a legal right to be left alone - a right of nonuse. In the process, it explores the following questions: Why do natural resources continue to be depleted and removed at an alarming rate? Why are species becoming extinct at a pace that may be unprecedented? Why does the environment continue …


Should We Adopt A Specific Regulation To Protect People That Are Displaced By Hydroelectric Projects?: Reflections Based On Brazilian Law And The "Belo Monte" Case, Bibiana Graeff Jan 2012

Should We Adopt A Specific Regulation To Protect People That Are Displaced By Hydroelectric Projects?: Reflections Based On Brazilian Law And The "Belo Monte" Case, Bibiana Graeff

Florida A & M University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hydraulic Fracturing And Information Forcing, Hannah J. Wiseman Jan 2012

Hydraulic Fracturing And Information Forcing, Hannah J. Wiseman

Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.


Paved With Good Intentions: The Fate Of Strict Liability Under The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Kalyani Robbins Jan 2012

Paved With Good Intentions: The Fate Of Strict Liability Under The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Kalyani Robbins

Faculty Publications

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) contains a very broad ban on harming migratory birds, as well as a strict liability standard for misdemeanor violations. Without further limitation, the MBTA would theoretically apply to countless ordinary life activities, such as driving a car or having windows on one’s home. Naturally, there are due process concerns with such a scenario, so Congress expressly left it to the Department of the Interior to draft more detailed implementing regulations. Unfortunately, the existing regulations fail to adequately address the potential overbreadth of the MBTA’s misdemeanor application, forcing the courts to do so on an …


Table Of Contents, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy Jan 2012

Table Of Contents, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Reading The Standing Tea Leaves In American Electric Power V. Connecticut, Bradford Mank Jan 2012

Reading The Standing Tea Leaves In American Electric Power V. Connecticut, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

In American Electric Power v. Connecticut (AEP), the U.S. Supreme Court by an equally divided vote of four to four affirmed the Second Circuit’s decision finding standing and jurisdiction in the case. Even though it did not announce the identities of the justices who voted for standing and against standing, the AEP decision took the unusual step of providing some explanation for how the Court divided on the standing question, and, as a result, provided important information about the positions of the justices on the issue. While it is not binding as a decision for the lower courts except …


New Models For The Compensation Of Natural Resources Damage, Michael Faure, Jing Liu Jan 2012

New Models For The Compensation Of Natural Resources Damage, Michael Faure, Jing Liu

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

No abstract provided.


Monsanto Co. V. Geerston Seed Farms: Limiting District Courts' Equitable Discretion To Grant Permanent Injunctions For Nepa Violations, Nicole E. Grimm Jan 2012

Monsanto Co. V. Geerston Seed Farms: Limiting District Courts' Equitable Discretion To Grant Permanent Injunctions For Nepa Violations, Nicole E. Grimm

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


A State-Based National Network For Effective Wildlife Conservation, Dale Goble Jan 2012

A State-Based National Network For Effective Wildlife Conservation, Dale Goble

Articles

State wildlife conservation programs provide a strong foundation for biodiversity conservation in the United States, building on state wildlife action plans. However, states may miss the species that are at the most risk at rangewide scales, and threats such as novel diseases and climate change increasingly act at regional and national levels. Regional collaborations among states and their partners have had impressive successes, and several federal programs now incorporate state priorities. However, regional collaborations are uneven across the country, and no national counterpart exists to support efforts at that scale. A national conservation-support program could fill this gap and could …


Winter Creek, Michael Bland Jan 2012

Winter Creek, Michael Bland

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Alive But Irrelevant: The Prior Appropriation Doctrine In Today’S Western Water Law, Reed D. Benson Jan 2012

Alive But Irrelevant: The Prior Appropriation Doctrine In Today’S Western Water Law, Reed D. Benson

Faculty Scholarship

The Prior Appropriation Doctrine has long been the foundation of laws governing water allocation and use in the American West, but it has been under pressure from forces both external and internal to the western states. Twenty years ago, Prior Appropriation was pronounced dead in a provocative essay by Charles Wilkinson. Other scholars argued that it was still alive, but it now appears to have lost its force as the controlling doctrine of western water law. This Article analyzes three recent cases upholding state laws that undermine a fundamental Prior Appropriation principle, then considers the water policy implications of the …


Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs: The Wilderness Society V. Kane County Leaves Everyone Confused About Navigating A Right-Of-Way Claim Under Revised Statute 2477, Hillary M. Hoffmann Jan 2012

Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs: The Wilderness Society V. Kane County Leaves Everyone Confused About Navigating A Right-Of-Way Claim Under Revised Statute 2477, Hillary M. Hoffmann

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.


Tidal Zone, Chloe Angelis Jan 2012

Tidal Zone, Chloe Angelis

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.