America’S Energy Policy: Where Energy Consumption Is Headed And Why Policy Needs To Change,
2020
University of Kentucky
America’S Energy Policy: Where Energy Consumption Is Headed And Why Policy Needs To Change, Andrew Gillespie
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law
No abstract provided.
Ferc's Tether Tantrum: Why Suppressing State Support For Renewable Energy Violates The Federal Power Act And Threatens U.S. Climate Leadership,
2020
American University Washington College of Law
Ferc's Tether Tantrum: Why Suppressing State Support For Renewable Energy Violates The Federal Power Act And Threatens U.S. Climate Leadership, Philip N. Killeen
American University Law Review
The United States’ role as a proactive leader on combatting climate change reached its high-water mark during the presidency of Barack Obama. At the United Nation’s 2015 Paris Climate Conference, the United States acknowledged the scientifically observed link between anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global warming and negotiated a deal with other nations to adapt to and prevent its consequences. Among the commitments that emerged from this deal was the United States’ ambitious but achievable target to reduce economy-wide GHG emissions 26 to 28% below 2005 levels by 2025. The most consequential effort to meet this goal was the …
The Third Age Of Oil And Gas Law,
2020
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
The Third Age Of Oil And Gas Law, James W. Coleman
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
History’s biggest oil boom is happening right now, in the United States, ushering in the third age of oil and gas law. The first age of oil and gas law also began in the United States a century ago when landowners and oil companies developed the oil and gas lease. The lease made the modern oil and gas industry possible and soon spread as the model for development around the world. In the second age of oil and gas law, landowners and nations across the globe developed new legal agreements that improved upon the lease and won these resource owners …
Energy, Electricity And Smart Grids In Latvia And Portugal – Developments And Concerns,
2020
Queen Mary University of London
Energy, Electricity And Smart Grids In Latvia And Portugal – Developments And Concerns, Rafael Leal-Arcas, Filipa Santos, Danai Papadea
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law
No abstract provided.
Tools For Regulators In A Changing Climate: Proposed Standards, State Policies, And Case Studies From The Western Grid,
2020
Fordham University School of Law
Tools For Regulators In A Changing Climate: Proposed Standards, State Policies, And Case Studies From The Western Grid, Adam D. Orford
Faculty Scholarship
With climate change a present reality, governments are confronting the need to adapt their regulatory planning processes to withstand new and uncertain climate risks. This Article provides three new resources to support this essential work. First, it develops a new standard for assessing the quality of climate adaptation decisionmaking, focusing on defining the problem, quantifying adaptation benefits, and evaluating equitable distribution of risk. Second, it reviews California’s climate adaptation policy development efforts between 1988 and 2018—from the state’s early efforts to study the problem, to later attempts at statewide strategic planning, until more recent work to integrate adaptation into existing …
Streamlining Or Steamrolling: Oil And Gas Leasing Reform On Federal Public Lands In The Trump Administration,
2020
University of Colorado Law School
Streamlining Or Steamrolling: Oil And Gas Leasing Reform On Federal Public Lands In The Trump Administration, Marcilynn A. Burke
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
Energy Emergencies,
2020
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Energy Emergencies, Amy L. Stein
UF Law Faculty Publications
Emergency powers are essential to the proper functioning of the government. Emergencies demand swift and decisive action; yet, our system of government also values deliberation and procedures. To enable such agility in a system fraught with bureaucracy, Congress frequently delegates unilateral statutory emergency powers directly to its most nimble actor: the President. The powers Congress delegates to the President are vast and varied, and often sacrifice procedural requirements in favor of expediency. Most scholars and policymakers have come to terms with this tradeoff, assuming that the need to respond quickly is outweighed by any loss of accountability. This Article challenges …
Artificial Intelligence And Climate Change,
2020
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Artificial Intelligence And Climate Change, Amy L. Stein
UF Law Faculty Publications
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to embed itself in our daily lives, many focus on the threats it poses to privacy, security, due process, and democracy itself. But beyond these legitimate concerns, AI promises to optimize activities, increase efficiency, and enhance the accuracy and efficacy of the many aspects of society relying on predictions and likelihoods. In short, its most promising applications may come, not from uses affecting civil liberties and the social fabric of our society, but from those particularly complex technical problems lying beyond our ready human capacity. Climate change is one such complex problem, requiring fundamental changes …
The Survival Of Critical Infrastructure: How Do We Stop Ransomware Attacks On Hospitals?,
2020
Catholic University of America (Student)
The Survival Of Critical Infrastructure: How Do We Stop Ransomware Attacks On Hospitals?, Helena Roland
Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology
Our nation’s infrastructure is under an emerging new threat: ransomware attacks. These attacks can cause anything from individual laptops, to entire cities to shut down for a period of time until the victim pays a ransom to the attacker. Unfortunately, these attacks are on the rise and the attackers have a new target: hospitals. Ransomware attacks on hospitals can temporarily shut down operating room technology and limit physician access to patient files, ultimately threatening the safety of hospital patients and the surrounding community. This paper examines how the threat of ransomware attacks on hospitals is on the rise and what …
Global Energy Poverty: The Relevance Of Faith And Reason,
2020
University of Colorado Law School
Global Energy Poverty: The Relevance Of Faith And Reason, Lakshman Guruswamy
Publications
The challenge of energy poverty (EP) primarily confronts the least developed countries (LDCs) of the world, located in Africa and Asia, but is also prevalent within segments of more advanced developing countries in Asia. This article will first delineate the nature of global energy poverty that results in the premature deaths of millions of people and leads to pervasive sickness among many more millions. The article will next sketch the legal and political responses to this problem that have generally applied principles of sustainable development (SD) and the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of 2015 adopted by the General Assembly …
Raising The Meter In Rhode Island: A Better Approach To Rhode Island’S Net Metering Laws,
2020
Candidate for Juris Doctor, Roger Williams University School of Law
Raising The Meter In Rhode Island: A Better Approach To Rhode Island’S Net Metering Laws, Alyssa Lauren Lemire
Roger Williams University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Front Matter,
2020
University of New Mexico
Front Matter, Natural Resources Journal
Natural Resources Journal
No abstract provided.
The Long View Of The Water/Energy Nexus: Hydropower’S First Century In The U.S.A.,
2020
University of Arizona
The Long View Of The Water/Energy Nexus: Hydropower’S First Century In The U.S.A., Carl J. Bauer
Natural Resources Journal
This paper offers a historical overview of the first century of hydropower in the US from today’s perspective of the water/energy nexus. Hydropower emerged as a technology in the 1880s and its development expanded until large dam building ended in the US in the 1970s-1980s. I summarize the century from the two different angles of the water sector and the electric power sector, as the roles and strategic importance of hydropower changed dramatically in the two sectors, in the parallel histories of water development and electric power development. The paper emphasizes the electricity side of the hydropower story because the …
The Hns Convention: Will It Be A Game Changer For China’S Marine Pollution Law?,
2020
Tulane Law School and Shanghai Maritime University
The Hns Convention: Will It Be A Game Changer For China’S Marine Pollution Law?, Ruixuan Zhuo
Natural Resources Journal
This article analyzes the international convention governing marine pollution caused by the shipment of hazardous and noxious substances (“HNS”). It also discusses China’s domestic laws and regulations of HNS marine pollution liability comparing the Chinese approach with norms under the HNS Convention. The author argues that China faces severe HNS pollution issues and proposes solutions to HNS liability and compensation problems.
A Road Map To Restoring Rivers: How The Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement Might Influence Future Dam Removal And River Restoration Projects,
2020
University of New Mexico
A Road Map To Restoring Rivers: How The Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement Might Influence Future Dam Removal And River Restoration Projects, James C. Ish
Natural Resources Journal
Throughout the United States dams are approaching the terminus of their original licensing periods and are undergoing re-licensing by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. This period of review has prompted extensive studies in these basins to determine the cost-benefits associated with keeping these dams, versus removing and restoring the natural ecosystems that are currently inundated. In situations where a dam is deemed to be no longer economically relevant, and/or a detriment to endangered species or their critical habitat, an agreement for removal and restoration is often proposed as the next step in the management of that basin’s water resources. However, …
Legal Rights For Rivers: Competition, Collaboration And Water Governance By Erin O’Donnell (Routledge, 202 Pages; 2019),
2020
University of New Mexico - School of Law
Legal Rights For Rivers: Competition, Collaboration And Water Governance By Erin O’Donnell (Routledge, 202 Pages; 2019), Ariel Macmillan-Sanchez
Natural Resources Journal
No abstract provided.
Climate Perspectives Across The Generations,
2020
University of California, Berkeley
Climate Perspectives Across The Generations, Dan Farber
Natural Resources Journal
Climate change is a multi-generational problem, but it does not impact all generations in the same way. Correspondingly, older Americans and younger ones differ greatly in how they perceive the issue and how they respond. The wave of youth activism epitomized by Greta Thunburg is on one side of this generation gap. Donald Trump’s climate skepticism is on the other. We’re talking about large groups of people, so there is a range of attitudes on both sides, but these two individuals represent the generational differences in dramatic form. My goal today is to explore these generational differences. I want to …
Greening The Old New Deal: Strengthening Rural Electric Cooperative Supports And Oversight To Combat Climate Change,
2020
University of New Mexico - School of Law
Greening The Old New Deal: Strengthening Rural Electric Cooperative Supports And Oversight To Combat Climate Change, Gabriel Pacyniak
Faculty Scholarship
New Deal cooperatives succeeded in electrifying rural America when for-profit utilities would not. Today, however, rural electric cooperatives are lagging behind when it comes to meeting the challenge of climate change. Cooperatives have collectively been slower to embrace the shift to low-carbon electricity than for-profit and municipal utilities and have served as a drag on state and federal clean energy and climate policies. This is partially because of the structural differences between cooperatives and other utilities, but also because of a weak and under-determined federal and state regulatory structure. A few cooperatives in Colorado and New Mexico are seeking to …
Creating Contracts In A Vacuum: Space Mining And The Creation Of Future Contract Law,
2020
Wisconsin
Creating Contracts In A Vacuum: Space Mining And The Creation Of Future Contract Law, Kris Turner
Natural Resources Journal
Asteroid mining is set to be one of the most lucrative industries of the near future. With mineral value that dwarfs resources found on Earth, the race to locate and mine these precious minerals will soon begin in earnest. However, asteroid mining raises numerous legal questions, including how to create contracts for private mining companies to exploit the asteroids. Standard mining contracts provide a foundation for earthbound contracts, while mining in extreme environments such as Antarctica and the seabed provides further structure upon which parties interested in asteroid mining can begin building new contracts. These earthbound contracts also serve as …
River Of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics, And Greed Behind The Gold King Mine Disaster By Jonathan P. Thompson (Torrey House Press, 296 Pages; 2018),
2020
University of New Mexico - School of Law
River Of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics, And Greed Behind The Gold King Mine Disaster By Jonathan P. Thompson (Torrey House Press, 296 Pages; 2018), Sarah Mclain
Natural Resources Journal
“Oh. Shit.” These were the first words spoken when mine sludge carrying heavy metals began spewing out of the side of Level 7 portal of the Gold King Mine. On August 5, 2015, EPA staffers and contractors were working to start clearing out debris from the mine, and instead opened a hole on the side of an old mine tunnel which released three million gallons of water and sludge into the Animas River below. The sludge would travel downstream, passing the old mining community of Silverton, CO, continuing past Durango, CO, and eventually crossing state lines into New Mexico where …
