Seattle University School of Law
GableGotwals
University of Baltimore School of Law
UC Hastings College of the Law
Sea Grant Law Fellow, Roger Williams University School of Law
University of Missouri School of Law
Reasonable Inference Of Authority To Control Hazardous Waste Disposal Results In Potential Liability: United States V. Aceto Agricultural Chemicals Corporation,
2020
University of New Mexico
Reasonable Inference Of Authority To Control Hazardous Waste Disposal Results In Potential Liability: United States V. Aceto Agricultural Chemicals Corporation, Anita Letter
Natural Resources Journal
No abstract provided.
Recent Case Decisions,
2019
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Recent Case Decisions
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Local Content Policies In The Petroleum Industry: Lessons Learned,
2019
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Local Content Policies In The Petroleum Industry: Lessons Learned, Eduardo G. Pereira, Christopher Mathews, Heike Trischmann
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Curative Pooling When The Validity Of An Oil And Gas Lease Is Challenged (Force Pooling The Top Lessee),
2019
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Curative Pooling When The Validity Of An Oil And Gas Lease Is Challenged (Force Pooling The Top Lessee), Matt Allen
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Editor's Introduction,
2019
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Editor's Introduction, Collin Mccarthy
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
A Dirty Waste—How Renewable Energy Policies Have Financed The Unsustainable Waste-To-Energy Industry,
2019
Boston College Law School
A Dirty Waste—How Renewable Energy Policies Have Financed The Unsustainable Waste-To-Energy Industry, Hale Mcanulty
Boston College Law Review
The end of the 20th Century saw a major shift in the United States’ approach to energy policy. After decades focused on fossil fuel production, the country began to realize that renewable sources of energy were the way of the future. Motivated by environmental concerns and a realization that oil is a finite resource, the federal government and local governments began adopting economic policies that rewarded investment in and production of renewable, clean technology. Governments relied on both mandates and tax incentives to encourage the use of energy from sources like solar and wind power. Waste-to-Energy (“WTE”) power is another ...
Marine Renewable Energy Law And Policy In The Bay Of Fundy: The Impact Of Ambiguous Domestic Boundaries In Canada On Nova Scotia's Regulatory Framework,
2019
University of Maine School of Law
Marine Renewable Energy Law And Policy In The Bay Of Fundy: The Impact Of Ambiguous Domestic Boundaries In Canada On Nova Scotia's Regulatory Framework, Esteban Salcedo
Ocean and Coastal Law Journal
Using a legal history methodology, this paper examines existing marine renewable energy law and policy in Nova Scotia with a focus on its application in the Bay of Fundy. This paper critically assesses the current approach to coastal management in light of recent recommendations summarized in the Fournier report. This paper argues that, despite clear calls to develop integrated ocean management and marine spatial planning in policies and regulations, Canada and Nova Scotia have failed to do so because of unclear federal-provincial boundaries. Ambiguous domestic borders in the Bay of Fundy have been at the source of an overly cautious ...
Whose Land Is It Anyway? Navigating Ghana's Complex Land System,
2019
Texas A&M University School of Law
Whose Land Is It Anyway? Navigating Ghana's Complex Land System, Aimee Kline, Élan Moore, Elizabeth Ramey, Kevin Hernandez, Lauren Ehrhardt, Megan Reed, Morgan Parker, Samantha Henson, Taylor Winn, Taylor Wood
Texas A&M Law Review
This Article dives into Ghana’s complex land-registration system, which is influenced by both statutory and customary law. Section II discusses Ghana’s statutory land laws. Section III provides a brief overview of Ghana’s customary land laws. Section IV discusses several obstacles within Ghana’s land-administration system.
Wildearth Guardians V. United States Bureau Of Land Management,
2019
University of Montana School of Law
Wildearth Guardians V. United States Bureau Of Land Management, Seth Sivinski
Public Land & Resources Law Review
In WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. BLM, the District Court of Colorado showed that economic and developmental uncertainty is an area where agencies are given broad discretion in deciding whether an impact is reasonably foreseeable and requires a further conformity analysis under the Clean Air Act. This case exemplifies the tactical limitation of using climate change and the science around it to force greater analysis of projects undertaken by federal agencies. However, the court presented a potential roadmap for successful future challenges.
Solenex Llc V. Jewell,
2019
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Solenex Llc V. Jewell, F. Aaron Rains
Public Land & Resources Law Review
In Solenex LLC v. Jewell, the Secretary of the Interior cancelled a highly contentious oil and gas lease in Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine area, an environmentally sensitive and culturally significant area to the Blackfeet Tribe, nearly thirty years after the lease had been issued. Solenex, a Louisiana based oil and gas company and holder of the lease, brought this action to enjoin the cancellation. The District Court for the District of Columbia agreed with Solenex and found that the Secretary’s decision took an unreasonable amount of time and violated good-faith contractual obligations. On these grounds, the court found the ...
Sierra Club V. Virginia Electric & Power Company,
2019
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Sierra Club V. Virginia Electric & Power Company, Thomas C. Mooney-Myers
Public Land & Resources Law Review
The Sierra Club alleged Dominion violated the Clean Water Act by allowing arsenic to leak from coal ash storage pits into state waters. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found for the polluter, using a narrow definition of point source. Additionally, the Fourth Circuit deferred to agency interpretation of the polluter’s permit to find no violation occurred.
Master’S Project: Vermont Town Forest Recreation Planning And Community Assistance Program: The Future Of Forest-Based Outdoor Recreation,
2019
University of Vermont
Master’S Project: Vermont Town Forest Recreation Planning And Community Assistance Program: The Future Of Forest-Based Outdoor Recreation, Taylor M. Luneau
Rubenstein School Masters Project Publications
The Vermont Town Forest Recreation Planning Community Assistance Program (VTFRP) was a comprehensive community planning process held in ten diverse towns across Vermont. Led by the Urban and Community Forestry Program and the SE Group, the VTFRP helped towns develop a vision for the future management of their forests through open house workshops, site visits, steering committee meetings, and community surveys. The process provided towns with a forest recreation planning toolkit and an individualized action-based forest stewardship and recreation plan. By analyzing data from the community surveys and open house activities across all ten towns, my project considered the recreation ...
Massachusetts Lobstermen’S Association V. Ross,
2019
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Massachusetts Lobstermen’S Association V. Ross, Daniel Brister
Public Land & Resources Law Review
President Obama established the first––and only––national monument in the Atlantic Ocean on September 15, 2016. Located 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and comprised of 4,913 square miles of marine ecosystems rich in biodiversity, the protected area includes four underwater mountains and three submarine canyons. Plaintiff commercial lobster and fishing associations, seeking to overturn the designation, asserted that the Antiquities Act does not permit a president to establish marine national monuments. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia disagreed, upholding a president’s authority to protect offshore areas and vast ecosystems as objects ...
Betting On Climate Policy: Using Prediction Markets To Address Global Warming,
2019
Texas A&M University School of Law
Betting On Climate Policy: Using Prediction Markets To Address Global Warming, Gary M. Lucas Jr, Felix Mormann
Faculty Scholarship
Global warming, sea level rise, and extreme weather events have made climate change a top priority for policymakers across the globe. But which policies are best suited to tackle the enormous challenges presented by our changing climate? This Article proposes that policymakers turn to prediction markets to answer that crucial question. Prediction markets have a strong track record of outperforming other forecasting mechanisms across a wide range of contexts — from predicting election outcomes and economic trends to guessing Oscar winners. In the context of climate change, market participants could, for example, bet on important climate outcomes conditioned on the adoption ...
Tribal Tools & Legal Levers For Halting Fossil Fuel Transport & Exports Through The Pacific Northwest,
2018
University of Oregon
Tribal Tools & Legal Levers For Halting Fossil Fuel Transport & Exports Through The Pacific Northwest, Mary Christina Wood
American Indian Law Journal
As alarming scientific predictions crystallize into the realities of today’s climate crisis, tribal communities in the Pacific Northwest find themselves on the front lines of a global assault launched by the fossil fuel industry. Encouraged by President Trump’s declaration of intent to unleash $50 trillion of America’s domestic fossil fuels, corporations push for massive expansion of the nation’s fossil fuel infrastructure—even as the world races towards irrevocable climate thresholds. The unprecedented onslaught hinges on the Pacific Northwest as a key link in a global market scheme. The coastal region sits as a proposed industrial gateway ...
Crow Indian Tribe V. United States,
2018
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Crow Indian Tribe V. United States, Hallee Kansman
Public Land & Resources Law Review
The protection status of the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear continues to elicit debate and find its way into the courtroom. In Crow Indian Tribe v. United States, for the second time in the last decade, a court held the Service’s attempt to delist the Yellowstone Grizzly arbitrary and capricious. Specifically, the court found the Service’s evaluation of remnant populations, recalibration, and genetic health deficient. This case demonstrates the importance in and the resilient motivation behind preserving grizzly bear populations and genetics. As the practice of delisting a species under the Endangered Species Act continues, this case will provide ...
Recent Case Decisions,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Recent Case Decisions
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Uniting Energy And Environmental Law: Focus On Innovation, Creativity, And Economics,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Uniting Energy And Environmental Law: Focus On Innovation, Creativity, And Economics, Inara Scott
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
The State Of The Us Energy Sector,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
The State Of The Us Energy Sector, Joshua D. Rhodes, Phd
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
Pennsylvania Gas: Trusts, Takings, And Judicial Temperaments,
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Pennsylvania Gas: Trusts, Takings, And Judicial Temperaments, Joshua Ulan Galperin
Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal
No abstract provided.
