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Jeanette Wolfley TribAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS: PROVIDING MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT AND FAIR TREATMENT 29 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 389 (2014) Introduction. 390 I. Background of Tribal Environmental Authority. 393 II. Policies Supporting Meaningful Involvement and Fair Treatment. 399 A. Providing Good Governance. 400 B. Respecting the Interests of Community Members. 402 C. Protecting and Promoting Tribal Sovereignty. 405 III. Defining Meaningful Involvement and Fair Treatment . 409 A.... 2014  
Amy Hardberger WATER IS A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND: EXAMINING THE WATER VALUATION DILEMMA 62 University of Kansas Law Review 893 (May, 2014) When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. . . . . Only what is rare is valuable, and water, which is the best of all things . . . is also the cheapest. These two quotes personify the current challenge facing water sustainability and the role of markets. Reflected in these words is a traditional economic model of supply and demand and... 2014  
Alison Leary WATER YOU WAITING FOR? BALANCING PRIVATE RIGHTS AND PUBLIC NECESSITY IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC WETLANDS 6 Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment 243 (2014) A healthy and robust network of wetlands protects coastal communities from storm damage caused by hurricanes. Unfortunately, development pressures threaten wetlands along the South Atlantic coast, the region most susceptible to an increased risk of climate change induced hurricanes. If these wetlands are not protected from destruction, coastal... 2014  
Robert L. Glicksman WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT BY THE MULTIPLE USE AGENCIES: WHAT MAKES THE FOREST SERVICE AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT DIFFERENT? 44 Environmental Law 447 (Spring 2014) The organic statutes for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management direct each agency to manage lands under its jurisdiction in accordance with nearly identical multiple use, sustained yield mandates. Like the dominant use agencies, the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service, the multiple use agencies are required to... 2014  
Hope M. Babcock [THIS] I KNOW FROM MY GRANDFATHER: THE BATTLE FOR ADMISSIBILITY OF IndigenOUS ORAL HISTORY AS PROOF OF TribAL LAND CLAIMS 37 American Indian Law Review 19 (2012-2013) A major obstacle indigenous land claimants must face is the application of federal evidentiary rules, like the hearsay doctrine, which block the use of oral history to establish legal claims. It is often oral history and stories that tribes rely upon as evidence to support their claims, reducing substantially the likelihood of a tribe prevailing.... 2013  
Amelia Chizwala Peterson A LEGAL STANDARD FOR POST-COLONIAL LAND REFORM 13 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 21 (2012-2013) [T]he increase of lands, and the right employing of them, is the great art of government: and that prince, who shall be so wise and godlike, as by established laws of liberty to secure protection and encouragement to the honest industry of mankind, against oppression of power and narrowness or party, will quickly be too hard for his neighbor .... 2013  
Michelle Bryan Mudd A NEXT, BIG STEP FOR THE WEST: USING MODEL LEGISLATION TO CREATE A WATER-CLIMATE ELEMENT IN LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS 3 Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 1 (June, 2013) Since it touches all we do and experience, water creates a language through which we may discuss our common future. The West is witnessing early, important efforts to join water supply and land use planning, and the reality of climate change makes this convergence all the more critical. Local comprehensive planning presents itself as an... 2013  
Scott McKenzie A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: THE FUTURE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY, WATER RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE 29 Georgia State University Law Review 921 (Summer, 2013) C1-3Table of Contents L1-2Introduction . L3922 I. Physical And Political History Of The Columbia River Basin And Treaty. 923 A. Early History Of The River And Basin. 924 B. The Columbia River Treaty: Creation, Management, And Impacts. 928 II. Governance Issues: Theoretical And Practical. 932 A. Western Water Law And Development. 933 B. Competing... 2013  
Adam Garmezy BALANCING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS: THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE FEDERAL BASELINE AND THE PROVISION OF LOCAL RIGHTS 23 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 405 (Spring 2013) Hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, describes the process wherein fluid is pumped underground at extremely high pressure to drive out oil or natural gas. Although first developed in the 1940s, hydrofracking did not begin to revolutionize the U.S. energy-extraction industry until 1998, when, for the first time, it was used in conjunction with... 2013  
Alice Kaswan CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND LAND USE: EXPLORING THE FEDERAL ROLE 47 John Marshall Law Review 509 (Winter 2013) Scientists agree that climate change impacts are already occurring and will only get worse. Measures to reduce, or mitigate, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are, of course, of central importance. However, even if the international community adopted robust measures to mitigate GHG emissions, accumulated GHGs would nonetheless continue to warm the... 2013  
Jonathan H. Adler CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM 23 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 253 (Spring 2013) Major environmental policy reform is long overdue. The current regulatory architecture was erected in the 1970s. Since then meaningful reforms have been few and far between. A few reforms and regulatory expansions were adopted in the 1980s, and Congress enacted significant reforms to the Clean Air Act in 1990. Only the most minor environmental... 2013  
Lee Anne Fennell CROWDSOURCING LAND USE 78 Brooklyn Law Review 385 (Winter, 2013) Could the future of public land use control lie, quite literally, in the hands of the public? Local governments have increasingly embraced new technologies like smartphone apps and online interfaces for involving constituents in land use planning and control. The possibility that we could effectively crowdsource land use decisions through novel... 2013  
Tony Kupersmith CUTTING TO THE CHASE: CORPORATE LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM UNDER THE ALIEN TORT STATUTE, KIOBEL, AND CONGRESS 37 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 885 (Spring, 2013) Prospectors first discovered commercial quantities of oil in Nigeria over fifty years ago. Today, the country's oil industry accounts for over 95 percent of export earnings and about 40 percent of government revenues, but the environmental costs have been nearly as staggering as the financial benefits. For instance, a recent study by the United... 2013  
Hajin Kim DO TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND INTERNationAL TRADE LAW CONSTRAIN DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION? 43 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10823 (September, 2013) Environmentalists and free trade proponents sharply disagree on the role that trade plays in impacting environmental welfare. Contrary to environmentalist contentions, trade liberalization can improve environmental regulations, and WTO jurisprudence is more welcoming of domestic environmental regulations than popularly perceived. But, counter to... 2013  
Eric C. Christiansen EMPOWERMENT, FAIRNESS, INTEGRATION: SOUTH AFRICAN ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS 32 Stanford Environmental Law Journal 215 (June, 2013) I. Introduction. 216 II. The South African Constitutional Right to a Clean and Sustainable Environment. 218 A. The End of Apartheid and the Rise of Constitutionalism in South Africa. 220 1. The Interim Constitution and Democratic Elections. 221 2. The Final Constitution, the Public Participation Programme, and Certification. 223 B. Environmental... 2013  
Yasmin Karimian ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE: THE BRIGHT-LINE SOLUTION 5 Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives 143 (Fall, 2013) Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Environmental issues are at the forefront of the world's attention. From global warming to air quality, conflict arises concerning how to best solve these pressing issues in order to provide generations to come with promising, healthy lives. While these issues are... 2013  
Matthew A. Susson ENVIRONMENTS, EXTERNALITIES AND ETHICS: COMPULSORY MULTINationAL AND TRANSNationAL CORPORATE BONDING TO PROMOTE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EXTERNALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM 20 Buffalo Environmental Law Journal 65 (2012-2013) Developing nations often look to their bounty of natural resources or willing labor as a means of attracting international investors. While national and local governments frequently perceive the arrival of a multinational corporate presence as a boon to their economy, the potential for government instability, ineffectiveness or corruption may... 2013  
Sarah Alves , Joan Tilghman EPA AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER CUMULATIVE EFFECTS AND CUMULATIVE RISK ASSESSMENTS IN DECISION MAKING UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT 28 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 151 (2013) Introduction and Purpose. 152 I. How the EPA Uses Risk Assessment. 156 II. Judicial Review of the EPA Interpretation of Clean Air Act Authority. 159 A. The Chevron Framework. 159 B. APA Arbitrary and Capricious Review. 163 III. Specific Opportunities to Consider Cumulative Effects in Three EPA Clean Air Act Programs. 169 A. The Clean Air Act: A... 2013  
Danielle M. Purifoy EPCRA: A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT 13 Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics 375 (Summer 2013) October 2011 marked the 25th Anniversary of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), which was celebrated for its significant role in protecting human health and the environment over the last quarter century by providing communities and emergency planners with valuable information on toxic chemical releases in their area.... 2013  
Donna S. Salcedo HAWAIIAN LAND DISPUTES: HOW THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN IndigenOUS TribAL STATUS EXACERBATES THE NEED FOR MEDIATION 14 Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution 557 (Winter 2013) Many people see the Hawaiian Islands as a paradise in the Pacific Ocean. However, most are unaware that history has left an unpleasant and permanent scar on the original inhabitants of the islands, the Native Hawaiians. It is often forgotten that the islands were once ruled by its monarchy. In fact, the Hawaiian Kingdom was not overthrown until... 2013  
Inessa Abayev HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WASTEWATER: MAKING THE CASE FOR TREATING THE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONDEMNED 24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 275 (2012-2013) The ever-expanding search for domestic energy supplies in the form of natural gas has fueled a stream of concerns about our greatest natural resource: water. That search has led to the proliferation of hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking for short, a rapidly growing method of natural gas extraction in many parts of the country that has... 2013  
Jacinta Ruru IndigenOUS RESTITUTION IN SETTLING WATER CLAIMS: THE DEVELOPING CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL REDRESS OPPORTUNITIES IN AOTEAROA, NEW ZEALAND 22 Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 311 (March, 2013) Water is important to all peoples, including indigenous peoples. In recent years, the government in Aotearoa, New Zealand has utilized various cultural redress-type legal mechanisms to recognize and revive the importance of water to the Maori people's identity, health, and wellbeing. These mechanisms create revolutionary modern... 2013  
Heather A. Culp LAND ETHIC UNDER ATTACK: KEYSTONE XL AND THE WAR OVER DOMESTIC S(OIL) 3 Barry University Environmental and Earth Law Journal 126 (2013) The Keystone XL pipeline has caused recent controversy and renewed the debate over the future of fossil fuels in the United States. The project pits largely conservative groups, who argue that the pipeline will create jobs and decrease America's dependence on foreign oil, against environmental advocates, indigenous tribes, and private landowners,... 2013  
Stephen Clowney LANDSCAPE FAIRNESS: REMOVING DISCRIMINation FROM THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2013 Utah Law Review 1 (2013) At its core, this Article argues that the everyday landscape is one of the most overlooked instruments of modern race-making. Drawing on evidence from geography and sociology, the Article begins by demonstrating that the built environment inscribes selective and misleading versions of the past in solid, material forms. These narratives--told... 2013  
Jared Wigginton LARGE-SCALE LAND INVESTMENT IN AFRICA: AN ISSUE OF SELF-HELP AND SELF-DETERMINation 20 U.C. Davis Journal of International Law and Policy 105 (Fall 2013) This paper addresses the environmental and human rights implications arising from the global land rush in developing countries in Africa. It acknowledges both the potential benefits and costs of these large-scale land deals, and then analyzes the international community's current response: The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of... 2013  
Adam Wallwork LEGISLatinG THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE: CONGRESSIONAL POWER AND THE RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT OF 2000 5 Faulkner Law Review 1 (Fall, 2013) This Article evaluates Congress' constitutional authority to resurrect the compelling state interest test in the context of local zoning and landmark ordinances that impose a substantial burden on religious exercise. It analyzes the constitutionality of the three land use provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of... 2013  
Dave Owen MAPPING, MODELING, AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 2013 Utah Law Review 219 (2013) In the past forty years, environmental researchers have achieved major advances in electronic mapping and spatially explicit, computer-based simulation modeling. Those advances have turned quantitative spatial analysis--that is, quantitative analysis of data coded to specific geographic locations--into one of the primary modes of environmental... 2013  
Rachel D. Guthrie MUDDYING THE WATERS: THE DOWNSTREAM IMPLICATIONS OF WAL-MART v. DUKES FOR MEDICAL MONITORING CLASS ACTIONS IN MISSOURI 7 Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law 305 (Spring, 2013) In 2011, in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, the United States Supreme Court heightened scrutiny of class certification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 23(a)(2)'s commonality requirement and imposed a strict injunctive standard for relief sought under FRCP Rule 23(b)(2). In 2007, the Missouri Supreme Court followed several other states... 2013  
David A. Dana ONE GREEN AMERICA: CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERALISM IN THE UNITED STATES 24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 103 (2012-2013) What should the role of the federal government, and federal law, be with respect to the environment? Should environmental law be an essentially federal domain, with the federal government setting the standards or at least minimum standards for environmental quality and natural resource protection? Should there be, in other words, a single Green... 2013  
Khin Mai Aung PITTING OUR YOUTH AGAINST EACH OTHER: MOVING SCHOOL HARASSMENT AND BULLYING POLICY FROM A ZERO TOLERANCE DISCIPLINE TO SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK 3 UC Irvine Law Review 885 (December, 2013) Introduction. 885 I. State of the Law--School Harassment and Bullying Prevention Policies. 890 A. Federal Law. 890 1. Federal Antiharassment Laws. 890 2. Proposed Legislation--Safe School Improvement Act. 892 B. State and Local Laws and Policies on School Bullying and Harassment. 893 1. National Trends Across Jurisdictions. 893 2. Example--New York... 2013  
Michael P. Vandenbergh PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE 99 Cornell Law Review 129 (November, 2013) Environmental law has quietly transformed from a positive law field deeply rooted in administrative law to one that is also heavily rooted in private law and private governance. After two decades (1970-1990) of remarkable activity, more than two decades have now passed without a major federal environmental statute (1991-2012). Whether the... 2013  
Wendy Wagner RACING TO THE TOP: HOW REGULATION CAN BE USED TO CREATE INCENTIVES FOR INDUSTRY TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 29 Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law 1 (Fall 2013) I. Introduction. 1 II. Toxics Regulation in Context. 4 A. Toxics 101. 4 B. The Lowest Common Denominator Problem. 8 III. A Better Way. 9 A. Specifics. 10 B. Benefits. 13 IV. Existing Hybrid Approaches that Parallel a Best-in-Market Approach to Toxics Product Regulation. 16 A. Reasonable Alternative Design in Products Liability Law. 17 B.... 2013  
Aparna Polavarapu RECONCILING IndigenOUS AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO LAND IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 42 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 93 (2013) I. Introduction 94 II. The Move to Engage with Customary Law 97 III. Legal Frameworks 100 A. International and Regional Indigenous Rights Frameworks 101 B. Formalism in the Women's Rights Legal Frameworks 106 IV. The Gendered Difficulties of Customary and Statutory Law 110 A. Women's Rights Under Pre-Colonial Customary Tenure 111 B. Women and... 2013  
Robert L. Liberty RISING TO THE LAND USE CHALLENGE: HOW PLANNERS AND REGULATORS CAN HELP SUSTAIN OUR CIVILIZATION 38 Vermont Law Review 251 (Winter 2013) You do me a great honor by including me in your roster of speakers in the Norman Williams Jr. Lecture Series. But a greater honor is to be asked to address this audience of public servants, active citizens, faculty members, and law students, who have contributed so much and have so much to offer Vermont and the nation in our challenge to create... 2013  
Gerald S. Dickinson , Sheila R. Foster STASIS AND CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE FORDHAM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REVIEW 24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 1 (2012-2013) The Fordham Environmental Law Review was officially recognized as a law journal in 1993, although it debuted in 1989 as the Fordham Environmental Law Report. Professor Joseph Sweeney authored the Foreword to the new law review, remarking that because the field of Environmental Law is still in its initial stages, your [students'] work is performed... 2013  
Jernej Letnar C̆ernic̆ STATE OBLIGATIONS CONCERNING IndigenOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS TO THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS: LEX IMPERFECTA? 28 American University International Law Review 1129 (2013) I. INTRODUCTION. 1130 II. DEFINING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. 1134 III. THE SOURCES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDERS. 1136 A. Indigenous Land Rights in International Human Rights Law. 1136 B. National Legal Orders. 1141 IV. THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL LANDS. 1146 A. The... 2013  
David E. Adelman THE COLLECTIVE ORIGINS OF TOXIC AIR POLLUTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS TRADING AND TOXIC HOTSPOTS 88 Indiana Law Journal 273 (Winter, 2013) This Article presents the first synthesis of geospatial data on toxic air pollution in the United States. Contrary to conventional views, the data show that vehicles and small stationary sources emit a majority of the air toxics nationally. Industrial sources, by contrast, rarely account for more than ten percent of cumulative cancer risks from all... 2013  
Hoi L. Kong THE DISAGGREGATED STATE IN TRANSNationAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION 78 Missouri Law Review 443 (Spring, 2013) This Article argues against a positivist view of international environmental law that (i) conceives of states as unitary entities that speak with one voice in pursuit of a single national interest, and that focuses on (ii) authoritative sources of law and (iii) the binding force of these sources of law. Further, this Article argues for a view of... 2013  
Smita Narula THE GLOBAL LAND RUSH: MARKETS, RIGHTS, AND THE POLITICS OF FOOD 49 Stanford Journal of International Law 101 (Winter 2013) In the past five years, interest in purchasing and leasing agricultural land in developing countries has skyrocketed. This trend, which was facilitated by the 2008 food crisis, is led by state and private investors, both domestic and foreign. Investors are responding to a variety of global forces: Some are securing their own food supply, while... 2013  
Lori Beail-Farkas THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION: CONTEXT, CONTOURS, AND ENFORCEMENT PROSPECTS 30 Wisconsin International Law Journal 761 (Winter, 2013) The roots of the human right to water and sanitation date back to ancient times when concepts of community governed water use. Since then, the right has evolved alongside cultural and religious traditions, evolving social norms, and the law. The right to water and sanitation has been brought increasingly to the forefront of international human... 2013  
Emily M. Thor THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER IN THE UNITED STATES: WHY SO DANGEROUS? 26 Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal 315 (2013) I. Introduction. 315 II. The International Human Right to Water. 317 A. Recognition of this Right by the United Nations. 317 B. The Perspective of the United States. 319 C. Private Sector Involvement. 321 III. The Human Right to Water in the United States. 324 IV. The Human Right to Water in Africa. 329 A. Nigeria. 330 B. South Africa. 333 V. Is... 2013  
Jessica Owley THE INCREASING PRIVATIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING 46 Akron Law Review 1091 (2013) I. Introduction. 1091 II. The Rise of Compensatory Mitigation. 1092 A. Background. 1092 B. Examples. 1093 III. Privatization of Mitigation. 1101 A. Background. 1102 B. Examples. 1106 C. Benefits of Private Mitigation Programs. 1116 D. Concerns with Private Mitigation. 1118 IV. Conclusion: Harnessing Strengths while Minimizing Harms. 1127 2013  
Rhett B. Larson THE NEW RIGHT IN WATER 70 Washington and Lee Law Review 2181 (Fall, 2013) This Article divides all rights into two broad categories-provision rights and participation rights. With a provision right, the government makes substantive guarantees to provide some minimum quantity and quality of a good or service. With a participation right, the government is legally proscribed from interfering with an individual citizen's... 2013  
Stefaan Smis, Dorothée Cambou, Genny Ngende THE QUESTION OF LAND GRAB IN AFRICA AND THE IndigenOUS PEOPLES' RIGHT TO TRADITIONAL LANDS, TERRITORIES AND RESOURCES 35 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review 493 (Summer 2013) On 13 September 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). This event was not only a landmark for the indigenous peoples' movement but also constituted an important contribution to the universal human rights system. The declaration has indeed, after two decades of difficult negotiations,... 2013  
Robert V. Percival , Zhao Huiyu THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA 24 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 141 (Fall, 2013) In 1972 leaders of most of the nations of the world gathered in Stockholm for an historic first global summit on the environment, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. By a vote of 112-0, representatives of the nations assembled at that conference adopted a declaration emphasizing the importance of protecting the planet's... 2013  
Thomas W. Merrill, David M. Schizer THE SHALE OIL AND GAS REVOLUTION, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, AND WATER CONTAMINation: A REGULATORY STRATEGY 98 Minnesota Law Review 145 (November, 2013) Introduction. 147 I. Hydraulic Fracturing: A Technological Leap in Drilling for Shale Oil and Gas. 152 II. Economic, National Security, and Environmental Benefits from Fracturing. 157 A. Economic Growth. 157 B. Energy Independence and National Security. 161 C. Environmental Benefits: Air Quality and Climate Change. 164 1. Cleaner Air from Using Gas... 2013  
Szonja Ludvig THE TribES MUST REGULATE: JURISDICTIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND RELIGIOUS CONSIDERATIONS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ON TribAL LANDS 2013 Brigham Young University Law Review 727 (2013) Tex Hall, the chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes, says that the federal government must be prohibited from regulating hydraulic fracturing. If this is not done, our oil and gas production on our reservation will cease. It's that simple. A Blackfeet woman prepares to show a documentary film on the environmental dangers of oil and gas drilling... 2013  
Anietie Maureen-Ann Akpan TIERRA Y VIDA: HOW ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE HAS ADVERSELY IMPACTED THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF RURAL BROWN POPULATIONS IN SOUTH TEXAS 43 Texas Environmental Law Journal 321 (Summer, 2013) I. Introduction. 321 II. The Development of Texas Colonias. 322 A. Poverty's Integral Role in Sustaining the Subordinate Collective Health of Colonia Residents. 323 B. How Natural Environment Also Creates Obstacles for South Texas Residents to Maintain Good Health. 324 III. The Texas Health & Safety Code--Examining an Existing Remedy Not... 2013  
John W. Ragsdale, Jr. TO RETURN FROM WHERE WE STARTED: A REVISIONING OF PROPERTY, LAND USE, ECONOMY, AND REGULATION IN AMERICA 45 Urban Lawyer 631 (Summer, 2013) The we in this article's title refers collectively to those of us with European origins and our ancestors who came to the North American Continent in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The continent was not uninhabited or a vacuum domicilium. There were millions of native inhabitants and they had been there for thousands of years before the... 2013  
Douglas R. Williams TOWARD REGIONAL GOVERNANCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 46 Akron Law Review 1047 (2013) I. Cooperative Federalism, Institutional Design, and Problems of Over-Centralization and Decentralization: The Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. 1050 A. The Clean Air Act and the Paradox of State Authority. 1053 B. The Clean Water Act and the Growth of State Authority. 1064 C. Problems of Coordination, Disruption, and Resiliency Under the CAA and... 2013  
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