The Water Crises In Flint, Michigan And Jackson, Mississippi: A Comparative Analysis Of The Public Water System Failures,
2024
University of Mississippi
The Water Crises In Flint, Michigan And Jackson, Mississippi: A Comparative Analysis Of The Public Water System Failures, Grace Doody
Honors Theses
This undergraduate thesis aims to determine the societal, economic, and policy contributions of public water sector failures by comparatively analyzing the water crisis of Flint, Michigan and Jackson Mississippi. By examining the backgrounds of Flint and Jackson it is clear poverty, governmental neglect, and a lack of accountability influence the likelihood of a public water crisis. This thesis specifically compares Flint and Jackson’s demographics, the media’s response to each crisis, and the use of third-party administrators in the two water crises. The practical applications of these findings are for government agencies across all levels to actively work together to ensure …
Solar Energy Industries Association V. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
2024
University of Montana, Alexander Blewett III School of Law
Solar Energy Industries Association V. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Brandy Keesee
Public Land & Resources Law Review
In Solar Energy Industries Association v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Solar Energy”), the court grappled with a complex web of regulatory and environmental considerations. The overall dispute was the promulgation and implementation of Order 872, a directive issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”), and its alignment with the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”) and the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”). The dispute in Solar Energy is about FERC’s interpretation and application of PURPA in managing qualifying facilities (“QFs”). The crux of the contention was whether FERC’s 2020 rule revisions set forth in Order 872 …
Community Leadership For Healthy Lakes In New York,
2024
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Community Leadership For Healthy Lakes In New York, Nicholas A. Robinson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This is the text of a speech given at the 2024 New York State Federation of Lake Associations annual conference on May 3, 2024 in Lake George, New York.
Settler Colonialism And Ecosystem Change: How Ideology Has Shaped Minnesota’S Environments,
2024
Macalester College
Settler Colonialism And Ecosystem Change: How Ideology Has Shaped Minnesota’S Environments, Sarah E. Hobby
History Honors Projects
The formation of a uniquely American land ethic—defined by European political history and Christian biblical doctrine and forged through systems of dispossession—is central to the creation of environments within the United States today. Using Minnesota as a microcosm to understand how settler colonial interactions played out all across the United States, this paper analyzes connections between violent dispossession of Indigenous people and the degradation of environments. By understanding how Ojibwe and Dakota people think about and have shaped Minnesotan lands throughout their history and comparing Indigenous land-ethics to the Euro-American-settler land ethic, this paper evaluates the role that ideology and …
Electric Vehicles At The Expense Of Communities: Lithium Mining And The Deprivation Of Argentinian Indigenous Peoples’ Rights,
2024
Brooklyn Law School
Electric Vehicles At The Expense Of Communities: Lithium Mining And The Deprivation Of Argentinian Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Christopher Orjuela
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
Lithium has become a valuable commodity and resource globally. The metal’s power generating and storing qualities have directly contributed to the development of the lithium-ion battery, which is primarily used in electric vehicles. As the demand for electric vehicles continuously grows, electric vehicle manufacturers require substantially larger quantities of lithium to ensure their supply meets demand. Thus, manufacturers rely on lithium mining companies to establish mining operations in lithium dense areas and extract tremendous amounts of the element. One country where an abundance of lithium can be found is Argentina. Known as one of the countries comprising the “lithium triangle,” …
The Fight For Fluoridation In Stl,
2024
University of Missouri-St. Louis
The Fight For Fluoridation In Stl, Noor Yousaf
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Fluoridation is the addition of fluoride to a source of drinking water. In St. Louis’s public water supply, the amount of fluoride remains the same since 1953 at 5ppm. Dr. Ralph Rosen and his team of dentists and researchers advocated for the fluoridation of the water because it reduced the frequency of dental caries occurring in children and adults alike, but the public had opinions on the sudden addition of chemicals to their water. This includes how the public’s health will be affected, how consumer products would change, and also how effective this addition of fluoride would be. This debate …
What The Trust? Overcoming Barriers To Renewable Energy Development In Indian Country,
2024
University of Montana
What The Trust? Overcoming Barriers To Renewable Energy Development In Indian Country, Malcolm M. Gilbert, Aspen B. Ward
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Avoiding The Pitfalls In Administrative Record Review Cases,
2024
University of Montana
Avoiding The Pitfalls In Administrative Record Review Cases, Kim Wilson, Brian Brammer
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Corner Crossing: Unlocking Public Lands Or Invading The Airspace Of Landowners?,
2024
University of Montana
Corner Crossing: Unlocking Public Lands Or Invading The Airspace Of Landowners?, Kevin Frazier
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
States Of Mind Or State Of Crime: Exploring The Prosecution Of Environmental Crimes In The Western United States,
2024
University of Montana
States Of Mind Or State Of Crime: Exploring The Prosecution Of Environmental Crimes In The Western United States, Joshua Ozymy, Melissa Ozymy
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Cutting The Mussel's Threads: A Legal Perspective On Invasive Species,
2024
University of Montana
Cutting The Mussel's Threads: A Legal Perspective On Invasive Species, Hallee C. Frandsen
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Leveraging Esg Principles To Help Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chains,
2024
University of Montana
Leveraging Esg Principles To Help Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chains, Kaycee May Royer
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Editors And Staff Members,
2024
University of Montana
Defeat Fascism, Transform Democracy: Mapping Academic Resources, Reframing The Fundamentals, And Organizing For Collective Actions,
2024
University of Miami School of Law
Defeat Fascism, Transform Democracy: Mapping Academic Resources, Reframing The Fundamentals, And Organizing For Collective Actions, Francisco Valdes
Articles
No abstract provided.
Adapting Seasonal Water Rights,
2024
University of California, Davis School of Law
Adapting Seasonal Water Rights, Karrigan S. Börk, John Mensik
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
Climate change is shifting seasons. Spring comes earlier, fall comes later, rainy seasons are shorter and more intense, and summers are hotter and longer. In the American West, winter precipitation increasingly falls as rain, leading to a smaller snowpack and an earlier, more intense runoff followed by a longer and drier dry season. For irrigators— the highest volume water users—growing seasons are shifting earlier, weather is less predictable, and precipitation is increasingly inconsistent. The end of a relatively static climate marks the end of static water rights. The shifting seasons pose serious challenges to our ability to manage water systems. …
A Bill Of Thirst: How Congress Can Support Interstate Water Markets,
2024
Penn State Dickinson Law
A Bill Of Thirst: How Congress Can Support Interstate Water Markets, Jakob Haws
Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)
Addressing modern-day water scarcity will likely require legal mechanisms to facilitate efficient water transfers between states. One such mechanism is a water market. Water markets promote more efficient water consumption and abound within states, but generally do not exist between states. This absence stems from protectionist state laws and from interstate water compact provisions which govern and allocate shared water sources. While useful in many regards, interstate water compacts often impose unnecessary legal obstacles against innovative drought-mitigating measures—including interstate water markets. The most serious of these obstacles is the fact that states cannot revise interstate water compacts without (1) obtaining …
Foreword To Water Law In A Changing Climate,
2024
William & Mary Law School
Foreword To Water Law In A Changing Climate, Emily Wells
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
Climate change impacts all aspects of water from precipitation, river flow, groundwater, and sea levels, resulting in increased droughts and extreme weather events. Once predictable and stable resources have become uncertain in a changing climate. As a result, our laws face new challenges and must answer new questions, and they need to adapt. The William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review symposium “Water Law in a Changing Climate” highlighted the various issues and challenges facing our legal system when it comes to water. Our symposium consisted of experienced panelists and presenters with diverse expertise who each elaborated on the …
Fights Over Continuity - In Life And Law,
2024
Penn State Law
Fights Over Continuity - In Life And Law, Jamison E. Colburn
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
What is the whole: a river or that river and its tributaries? There is no “natural” answer to the question, only so many answers as there are reasons for asking. Lately, the Clean Water Act has been the captive of such diversions in our Supreme Court’s agenda. Changing it will not free it from that captivity. For whatever reforms we choose could still provide boundless opportunities for frustration in questions like the above. If the Court is as eager to cause that frustration as it has appeared lately, maybe we should help the Court to its fight with this iconic …
Environmental Justice, Resilience Justice, And Watershed Planning,
2024
University of Louisville
Environmental Justice, Resilience Justice, And Watershed Planning, Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold, Resilience Justice Project Researchers
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
Watershed planning is an increasingly used governance tool for addressing environmental problems at ecosystem scales of watersheds, which are areas of land that drain to a common body of water. In recent years, watershed planning in the United States has been undergoing an “equity evolution”: watershed planners have begun integrating environmental justice considerations into their plans, often in response to demands by low-income communities of color. This Article explores a comprehensive set of principles, processes, analytical tools, and strategies for equitable watershed planning. It integrates a resilience justice perspective with environmental justice. Resilience justice is concerned with the systemically unequal …
Quantifying Winters Rights,
2024
Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Quantifying Winters Rights, Rhett B. Larson
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
All reservations of federal land, including Native American reservations and national forests, have water rights. These rights are referred to as “Winters rights” after the seminal U.S. Supreme Court case. That case recognized such rights’ existence, but it did not quantify the amount of water of those rights. Federal courts have applied various approaches to quantifying Winters rights. Recent decisions in Arizona state courts have taken new and different approaches to quantification of both tribal and non-tribal Winters rights. These state court decisions have important implications for federal water rights throughout the United States. This Article examines these new …
