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 …
Tribes And Water In The Wake Of Navajo Nation And Sackett: Treaties, Winters, Montana, And Rights Of Nature,
2024
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Tribes And Water In The Wake Of Navajo Nation And Sackett: Treaties, Winters, Montana, And Rights Of Nature, Robin Kundis Craig
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
Freshwater resources in the United States face a variety of stressors, including drought, flooding, and climate change–driven shifts in precipitation, that exacerbate both water quality problems and drinking water crises. In the midst of these increasing issues regarding both water quality and quantity (allocation), Tribes are playing an ever more active role in U.S. water management. This Article provides an overview of the complex contemporary legal landscape governing tribal authority over water. After reviewing the current state of inherent tribal sovereignty with respect to water, treaty rights and reservations, the federal Winters doctrine, and Treatment-as-a-State (“TAS”) status, this Article explores …
U'Wa Indigenous People Vs. Columbia: Potential Applications Of The Escazu Agreement,
2024
American University Washington College of Law
U'Wa Indigenous People Vs. Columbia: Potential Applications Of The Escazu Agreement, Ariana Lippi
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
Though the case is ongoing, and results are still to be seen, it in many ways sets a precedent for indigenous communities in Latin America seeking redress for environmental and cultural injustices. With Colombia’s recent ratification of The Escazú Regional Agreement (the Agreement herein) in 2022, this case presents a unique opportunity for implementation of the Agreement and greater accountability within existing domestic legislation.
Natural Resources In The Arctic: The Equal Distribution Of Uneven Resrouces,
2024
American University Washington College of Law
Natural Resources In The Arctic: The Equal Distribution Of Uneven Resrouces, Ganeswar Matcha, Sudarsanan Sivakumar
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
This paper analyses the governance machine in place at the Arctic and examines the application of the principles of “common heritage of mankind” at the Arctic. This paper also offers some tentative propositions aimed at protecting Out Bound investment rights and how the World Trade Organization or other countries, like the U.S., can intercede in the Arctic investment sphere and attempt to regulate along with the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea.
Incentivizing Sustainability In American Enterprise: Lessons From Finnish Model,
2024
American University Washington College of Law
Incentivizing Sustainability In American Enterprise: Lessons From Finnish Model, Vasa T. Dunham
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
The disparate climate performances of Finland and the United States, two of the wealthiest countries in the world, bring to light the question of how corporate responsibility has been inspired in each jurisdiction. Having established the urgency of the climate crisis and the importance of corporate behavior in optimizing a given country’s approach to protection of the global environment, an examination of each nation’s legal frameworks may shed light on features of the corporate regime that are effective in advancing sustainability goals and those that are not.22 Part I of this paper establishes a comparative framework by providing background on …
Editor's Note,
2024
American University Washington College of Law
Editor's Note, Shade Streeter, Reagan Ferris
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
The Sustainable Development Law & Policy Brief (ISSN 1552-3721) is a student-run initiative at American University Washington College of Law that is published twice each academic year. The Brief embraces an interdisciplinary focus to provide a broad view of current legal, political, and social developments. It was founded to provide a forum for those interested in promoting sustainable economic development, conservation, environmental justice, and biodiversity throughout the world.
