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Do Not Pass Go; Do Not Collect $200; Go Directly To The Ehb; The Ehb Holds Fast To Its Regulatory Role In Interstate Gas Regulation In Delaware Riverkeeper Network V. Department Of Environmental Protection, Adam Settle

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Rolling The Dice: Calculating The Odds For Punitive Damages In Arctic Drilling, Michael Todisco

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Earthonomics: Balancing Between Earth And Business, Yazen Abdin

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

Economists consistently fail to account that Earth has a finite amount of resources. This article analyzes the behavior of corporate America and the effect it has on the world form an Earth jurisprudence standpoint. It will explore twp specific industries, oil and food, and what role they have played in the environment's health. It also explores potential solutions.

A Comparative Legal Approach For The Risks Of Offshore Methane Hydrates: Existing Laws And Conventions, Roy Andrew Partain

Pace Environmental Law Review

This article provides a review of the existing laws and conventions that might be applied to the development of offshore methane hydrates. Offshore methane hydrates are an exciting emerging new energy resource; one with great potential to provide vast energy supplies, and also one with substantially novel risks and hazards to the environment, marine flora and fauna, and adjacent human communities. Some of these new risks include cataclysmic levels of greenhouse gas emissions, subsea landslides, and tsunamis. As such, it is important to take a survey of the existing laws and conventions that could be applied to such risks, examine …

Getches-Wilkinson Center Newsletter, Fall 2015, University Of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center For Natural Resources, Energy, And The Environment

Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment Newsletter (2013-)

No abstract provided.

Shared-Use Mining Infrastructure In Sub-Saharan Africa, Sophie Thomashausen, Glen Ireland

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications

The IBA’s recent Conference, Investing in Africa: Opportunities for Businesses and

the Lawyers Who Counsel Them, held in New York on 24-26 June 2015, highlighted the growing challenges and opportunities related to infrastructure needed for major mining projects in sub-Saharan Africa. The mining sector, which remains critical to many economies in the region, is being hampered by the lack of adequate transport, power and other infrastructure, as was underscored by participants in the ‘Trends in the Mining Sector’ panel. In the current depressed commodity price environment, large investments in infrastructure required to develop major, ‘world-class’ deposits is difficult to justify, …

Recent Case Decisions, Daniel Franklin, Jordan Volino, John Curtis, Patrick J. Hoog, Jarrod H. Gamble, Taylor C. Venus

Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal

No abstract provided.

A 2015 Analysis And Update On U.S. Pore Space Law —The Necessity Of Proceeding Cautiously With Respect To The “Stick” Known As Pore Space, Trae Gray

Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Midstream Gas Gathering Companies In Texas And Oklahoma, John Morozuk

Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal

This article will discuss the state regulation of midstream natural gas gathering companies in Texas and Oklahoma. For purposes of this article, a midstream natural gas gathering company is a person or legal entity that owns or operates a pipeline system or systems to receive natural gas at or near the wellhead or a central receipt point in a field and deliver the natural gas to a downstream delivery point that is not an end use customer. The pipeline system or systems operate entirely within the borders of a single state and are not subject to regulation by the Federal …

Editor's Introduction, Daniel Franklin, Jordan Volino, John Curtis, Jarrod H. Gamble, Patrick J. Hoog, Taylor C. Venus

Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal

No abstract provided.

Appeal No. 0895: Gary L. Teeter Revocable Trust, V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And R.E. Gas Development, Llc, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Chief's Order 2014-544 (R.E. Gas Development, LLC; Grunder North Unit)

Book Review: The Governance Gap: Extractive Industries, Human Rights, And The Home State Advantage, By Penelope Simons & Audrey Macklin, Sara L. Seck

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Book review of The Governance Gap: Extractive Industries, Human Rights, And The Home State Advantage, by Penelope Simons & Audrey Macklin.

Statutory Pooling And Unitization In West Virginia: The Case For Protecting Private Landowners, James E. Mcdaniel

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Appeal No. 0903: Dover-Atwood Corporation, V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Chief's Order 2015-120; Chapman #1 Well

Appeal No. 0872: Stonebridge Operating Co. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Order 2014-237 & 2014-263 (Gifford Unite #2 Well)

Appeal No. 0884: Stonebridge Operating Co. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Order 2014-237 & 2014-263 (Gifford Unite #2 Well)

The Future Of Fracking In England: A Comparative Legal Analysis, Brian Easley

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Protecting Ecosystems, Culture, And Human Rights In Chile Through Indigenous And Community-Conserved Territories And Areas, William G. Crowley

Capstone Collection

In environmental conservation circles around the world, the contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities to the sustainable maintenance of ecosystems and natural resources are being given increased attention. Whether for cultural, spiritual, economic, or other purposes, the use of traditional and local knowledge of habitat and resource management is slowly making its way into the modern environmental movement, and is being incorporated into the dominant conservation paradigms. These managed areas, known as Indigenous and Community-Conserved Territories and Areas, or ICCAs, are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as “natural and/or modified ecosystems containing significant biodiversity …

Oneok, Inc. V. Learjet, Inc., Keatan J. Williams

Public Land & Resources Law Review

In an ongoing dispute, the Supreme Court has allowed retail natural gas purchasers to bring state law anti-trust claims against natural gas pipelines for price manipulation. While holding that the Natural Gas Act does not create field pre-emption over these claims, the opinion hinted that there might still be conflict pre-emption. Justice Scalia, in his dissent, argued forcefully that the majority had misapplied and misconstrued the applicable case law, which, he argued, clearly created field pre-emption.

Appeal No. 0904: Royalty Enterprises, Inc., V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Chief's Order 2015-119; Shah-Shah-Patel #2 Well