| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Key Terms in Title or Summary |
| Katrina Fischer Kuh |
AVOIDING PERFORMATIVE CLIMATE JUSTICE |
54 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10230 (March, 2024) |
Today's climate impacts and those on the horizon increasingly infuse mitigation and adaptation efforts with urgency, causing policymakers to contemplate or issue formal declarations of a climate emergency and to streamline review processes to aid rapid development of mitigation and adaptation infrastructure and technology. Yet, this urgency and... |
2024 |
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| Jasmine N. Cooper |
BATTLE OF THE LANDS: THE CREATION OF LAND GRANT INSTITUTIONS AND HBCUS--FOSTERING A STILL SEPARATE AND STILL UNEQUAL HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM |
30 Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice 247 (Spring, 2024) |
In HBCU culture, the Battle of the Bands is a competition between school marching bands to determine the best of the best. It is a cultural celebration that symbolizes friendly competition and showcases students' pride in their school. Unfortunately, since their inception, Historically Black Colleges, and Universities (HBCUs) have been battling... |
2024 |
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| Helen H. Kang |
BEARING WITNESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE: THE PATH FORWARD |
54 Environmental Law 315 (Spring, 2024) |
I. Introduction. 315 II. Geography Is Destiny. 317 III. Pollution Burdens. 320 IV. Demographic Shift. 322 V. What Now?. 324 |
2024 |
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| Jennifer S. Bard |
BREAKING DOCTRINAL SILOS BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, DISABILITY LAW, AND TORTS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE THROUGH CONTAMINATED INDOOR AIR |
39 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 163 (2024) |
Acknowledgments. 166 Introduction and Statement of the Problem. 167 I. Getting to Ventilation: How Scientific Opinion on the Spread of Airborne Disease Changed. 171 A. The COVID-19 Pandemic as an Engine for Scientific Discovery. 174 B. Setting the Scene for Scientific Discovery: The Arrival of SARS-CoV-2. 180 C. What Changed the Received... |
2024 |
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| Sara A. Colangelo |
BRIDGING SILOS: ENVIRONMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS |
112 California Law Review 1255 (August, 2024) |
The climate crisis is a perilous yet underexamined example of the intersection of environmental injustice and reproductive injustice. The physical manifestations of the climate crisis affect key elements of reproductive justice: women's rights to have children, to not have children, and to parent children in healthy, sustainable communities. Reams... |
2024 |
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| Shelley Ross Saxer |
BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE WITH LOCAL TOOLS |
58 Georgia Law Review 1663 (10-Jun-24) |
The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, celebrated the grassroots environmental movement that began in the '60s and early '70s and ushered in the creation of a new legal framework for controlling pollution and addressing environmental concerns in the United States. However, more than fifty years later, some experts fear that the environmental... |
2024 |
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| Alexandra M. George |
CAN WE REALLY BE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE? THE INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF CITIZEN SUITS IN REMEDYING ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT |
35 Villanova Environmental Law Journal 153 (2024) |
If you live in Philadelphia County, the air you breathe may put your health at risk. Where a person lives plays a crucial role in shaping their overall health outcomes and life expectancy. An individual's zip code alone can determine up to sixty percent of their health. In the United States, significant racial disparities exist among communities... |
2024 |
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| Daniel Cornelius, Steph Tai |
CAN WE SAVE OUR FOODWAYS? THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND FOOD JUSTICE |
133 Yale Law Journal Forum 1053 (17-Apr-24) |
abstract. This Essay examines USDA programs supported by the Inflation Reduction Act and its approach toward addressing climate change and historical funding inequities for Indigenous and Black Farmers. It also argues for how the next Farm Bill can expand upon these efforts to further address inequities and promote climate resilience. Farmers,... |
2024 |
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| Kate Jastram |
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CROSS-BORDER DISPLACEMENT: WHAT THE COURTS, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND CONGRESS CAN DO TO IMPROVE OPTIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES |
56 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 309 (Spring, 2024) |
Introduction. 309 Part I. 312 A. Maximizing the Potential of the Refugee Convention and Protocol. 312 B. Adopting the Cartagena Declaration Definition to Address Climate Displacement. 319 C. Expanding Complementary Protection by Accepting Non-Refoulement Obligations Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 322 Part II. 326 A.... |
2024 |
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| Vera Solovyeva |
CLIMATE CHANGE IN ARCTIC AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS |
29 Ocean and Coastal Law Journal 317 (January, 2024) |
Abstract I. Global Climate Change in the Arctic II. Climate Change Impacts on Indigenous Peoples A. Medical Impacts B. Socio-economic Impacts C. Socio-cultural Impacts III. Importance of Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation IV. Indigenous Peoples Matters of Definition in the Russian Federation Conclusion Climate... |
2024 |
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| Barry E. Hill, Emily Bergeron |
CLIMATE JUSTICE LITIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES--A PRIMER |
54 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10307 (April, 2024) |
Over the last three decades, numerous studies have concluded that African American, Hispanic, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and working-class White communities are disproportionately exposed to environmental harms and risks. More recent studies have concluded that although the adverse effects of climate change are being felt... |
2024 |
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| Natalie Lara |
CLIMATE MIGRATION AS CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE STUDY OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA |
54 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10736 (September, 2024) |
In recent years, migration has become a topic of debate, especially in developed nations. Migration takes many forms, not only across international borders but also within a country. The decision to move is influenced by a number of factors, including life-cycle considerations such as marriage, completion of schooling, entry into the labor force,... |
2024 |
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| James R. May , Marcelo Buzaglo Dantas , Luciana Bauer |
CLIMATE RIGHTS IN BRAZIL AND THE UNITED STATES: A CONVERGENCE IN CONTRASTS |
56 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 439 (Spring, 2024) |
I. Introduction. 439 II. Climate Rights in the United States. 444 A. Juliana v. United States. 446 B. Held v. Montana. 450 III. Climate Rights in Brazil. 452 IV. A Comparison of Climate Rights in Brazil and the U.S.. 463 V. Conclusion. 466 |
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| Julia Neusner, David Cremins, Ana Cutts Dougherty, Kelsey Freeman, Rosie Lebel, Milena Díaz, Nicole Chávez |
CLIMATE-RELATED DISPLACEMENT AND U.S. REFUGEE PROTECTION |
42 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 177 (2024) |
In an era defined by climate crises and mounting barriers to cross-border movement, this Article examines the intricate relationships between climate change, displacement, and refugee protection in the United States. Through a comprehensive analysis, incorporating insights from interviews with asylum seekers from Mexico and Central America at the... |
2024 |
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| Todd D. Amaral |
CONFLICTING GOALS: THE ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF LAW FIRM ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) POLICIES |
29 Roger Williams University Law Review 323 (Winter, 2024) |
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) focused investing and the corresponding corporate adoption of ESG policies and practices is a driving force in modern business. The realization of the importance of ESG has led many law firms to establish multidisciplinary advisory practices to help clients address the policy and corporate governance... |
2024 |
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| Abigail McCeney |
CRIMMIGRATION ON PUBLIC LANDS: INTERAGENCY CONFLICTS OVER PRIORITIZING BORDER ENFORCEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
54 Environmental Law 425 (Spring, 2024) |
Federal public lands along the United States southwestern border are a platform for regulatory disputes concerning the proper management of natural resources, infrastructure, human activity, and border security. U.S. border policy in recent decades has been characterized by the criminalization of the immigration system, which has led to increased... |
2024 |
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| Sam Bookman |
DEMYSTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM |
54 Environmental Law 1 (Winter, 2024) |
In an age of pervasive environmental crisis, a vast majority of the world's constitutions now include environmental provisions. But how does environmental constitutionalism improve environmental governance? Constitutionalization tells us little about how states should manage the environment. Instead, environmental constitutionalism is capable of... |
2024 |
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| William Boyd |
DE-RISKING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
48 Harvard Environmental Law Review 153 (2024) |
Over the last forty years, risk assessment has come to provide the foundation for EPA's major regulatory programs on toxic chemicals, pollution, and hazardous waste--a development that seems quite natural, even necessary. The standard view holds that risk assessment is a largely technical, scientific exercise that provides the basic facts needed... |
2024 |
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| Maria Lins Albuquerque |
DISPUTES IN THE INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENT IN BRAZIL |
30 Dispute Resolution Magazine 11 (January, 2024) |
The main conflicts that occur in the Indigenous environment in Brazil are driven by disputes between economic activities that heavily utilize the land and the preservation of Indigenous territories. There is no resolution of conflicts without an understanding of the various interests involved. The main themes of dispute are related to the complex... |
2024 |
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| Hugh S. Van Scoy |
DISRUPTING DESTRUCTIONMENT: SUSTAINING GULLAH GEECHEE LAND OWNERSHIP THROUGH THE FAIR HOUSING ACT |
20 University of Saint Thomas Law Journal 486 (Spring, 2024) |
The Gullah Geechee, descendants of enslaved Africans trafficked to the southeastern coast of the United States to work on rice, indigo, and sea island cotton plantations, have long been recognized for their rich cultural heritage and distinctive Gullah language. Over time, the Gullah Geechee have established thriving communities along the Atlantic... |
2024 |
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| Steven Ferrey |
DOWN TO THE WIRE: CONNECTING THE CRITICAL PATH TO CLIMATE |
48 Vermont Law Review 505 (Summer, 2024) |
I. Public Attempts to Disconnect from Clean Energy. 507 II. State & Local Governments, Not the Federal Government, Control What Is Built to Mitigate Climate Change. 511 A. State and Local Opposition to Renewable Power. 511 B. What the Eastern United States Lacks. 515 C. Which Level of Government Controls Transmission and Siting: The Federal Power... |
2024 |
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| Holly K. Doyle |
E HO'I KA NANI I MOKU'ULA L: THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT'S PUBLIC TRUST DUTY TO FULLY RESTORE MOKU'ULA AND MOKUHINIA |
46 University of Hawaii Law Review 313 (Spring, 2024) |
I. Introduction. 314 II. Exorcising Sugar's Ghost. 323 A. Legacy Diverters: Sugar Plantations Turned Land and Water Companies. 324 B. Maui Komohana's Decades-Long Struggle for Water Management Area Designation. 331 III. The Commission on Water Resource Management's Public Trust Duty to Restore Moku'ula and Mokuhinia. 335 A. Hawai'i's Legal Duty to... |
2024 |
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| Patience A. Crowder , Tom I. Romero, II |
EMBEDDING RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE WORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL NON-PROFITS |
22 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 803 (Spring, 2024) |
A shift is occurring as social justice activists are leveraging the climate emergency to address social justice and climate activists are leveraging Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and other social justice movements to motivate climate action. -Jennie Stevens In response to the national and worldwide protests against racial violence and the health... |
2024 |
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| Randall S. Abate , Chhaya Bhardwaj |
ENHANCING PROTECTION OF "CLIMATE REFUGEES" IN DESTINATION HUBS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEGAL MECHANISMS AND GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA |
37 Harvard Human Rights Journal 293 (Summer, 2024) |
The plight of climate refugees is a global crisis that requires global cooperation and regional responses. The United States and India are important regional destination countries for climate refugees. Climate refugees are not recognized as a category of people entitled to protection in either country; however, legal mechanisms in both countries... |
2024 |
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| Noah Dreeben, Sophie Gelber, Gregory Hopp, Summer Oh, Alexandra Peterson, Hannah Redding, Robert Sassan |
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES |
61 American Criminal Law Review 571 (Summer, 2024) |
I. Introduction. 573 A. Criminal Versus Civil Penalties. 574 B. Criminal Enforcement. 575 C. Interaction with Other Criminal Violations. 576 II. General Issues. 576 A. Overview of the Elements of an Environmental Criminal Violation. 576 B. Liability. 577 1. Individual Liability. 577 2. Corporate Liability. 578 C. Common Defenses. 579 1.... |
2024 |
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| Monica Visalam Iyer |
ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION IN REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COURTS: A LIFEBOAT FROM THE "SINKING VESSEL" |
91 Tennessee Law Review 363 (Winter, 2024) |
Introduction. 364 I. Background. 371 A. Regional Human Rights Courts. 371 B. The Principle of Non-Refoulement. 373 C. Environmental Non-Refoulement at the International Level. 376 D. Environmental Non-Refoulement Cases in Domestic Courts. 380 E. Key Takeaways from International and Domestic Jurisprudence. 382 II. Legal Framework. 386 A.... |
2024 |
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| Daniel Ziebarth |
EXISTING CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE PATHWAYS FOR CASE SUCCESS IN CLIMATE LITIGATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS CLAIMS |
55 Saint Mary's Law Journal 511 (2024) |
I. Introduction. 512 II. Challenges. 516 A. Causality Challenge. 517 B. Cross-temporal Challenge. 519 C. Extraterritoriality Challenge. 521 III. Possible Pathways. 524 A. Youth. 524 B. Indigenous. 527 C. Current Wellbeing. 529 D. Future Wellbeing. 533 1. Public Actors and Future Wellbeing. 533 2. Private Actors and Future Wellbeing. 536 IV. Cases... |
2024 |
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| John Travis Marshall |
FARMLAND AND FORESTLAND IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE: HURRICANE MICHAEL AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE RURAL RESILIENCE |
58 Georgia Law Review 1721 (10-Jun-24) |
Catastrophic disasters fundamentally destabilize and reshape communities. They often cause loss of life and invariably inflict extensive property damage. Disabled individuals, the elderly, chronically ill persons, and families struggling to make ends meet are almost always left more vulnerable. Affected communities frequently experience population... |
2024 |
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| Kevin Burdet |
FEEDING THE GOOD FIRE: PATHS TO FACILITATE NATIVE-LED FIRE MANAGEMENT ON FEDERAL LANDS |
47 Seattle University Law Review 1443 (Spring, 2024) |
According to the traditional beliefs of the Salish, the Creator put animal beings on the earth before humans. But the world was cold and dark because there was no fire on earth. The animal beings knew one day human beings would arrive, and they wanted to make the world a better place for them, so they set off on a great quest to steal fire from the... |
2024 |
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| James Thuo Gathii |
FINANCING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH A RACIAL CAPITALISM LENS |
41 Wisconsin International Law Journal 521 (Summer, 2024) |
In this Essay, I argue that the climate crisis has provided the global finance industry an opportunity to make exorbitant profits from majority Black and Brown countries in the Global South. I show how the global finance industry is leveraging its muscle over climate-vulnerable and heavily indebted countries in the Global South through complex... |
2024 |
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| Hannah Harris , Macquarie Law School, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Research Fellow, Financial Integrity Hub, Sydney, Australia, e-mail: Hannah.harris@mq.edu.au |
FINANCING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME: FINANCIAL SECTOR COMPLICITY IN GLOBAL DEFORESTATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGULATORY INTERVENTION |
115 IUS Gentium 43 (2024) |
Abstract In recent years, governments around the world have passed laws that criminalise the importation of illegally harvested timber in an effort to combat harmful deforestation and protect vital forest ecosystems. These destination country laws' focus on one important aspect of this substantial challenge, but they ignore the role of financial... |
2024 |
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| Matthew G. Burgess |
FIVE CONSIDERATIONS FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CLIMATE POLICY |
18 FIU Law Review 283 (Spring, 2024) |
As the twenty-first century advances, society is entering a new phase regarding climate change. Impacts of climate change are becoming more salient in the present, rather than being only far-off in the future. Progress on flattening--and in many affluent countries, reducing--greenhouse gas emissions is also becoming salient, though the progress... |
2024 |
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| Ryan M. Rodenberg |
FLORIDA SPORTS BETTING LANDS AT THE SUPREME COURT--TWICE |
75 Florida Law Review Forum 46 (2024) |
Florida is the epicenter of sports betting litigation. In two separate filings by the same party only days apart--one at the U.S. Supreme Court and the other at the Supreme Court of Florida -- the possibility of legal online sports gambling in the Sunshine State has landed in both Washington, D.C. and Tallahassee. At issue in both cases is the... |
2024 |
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| Mary Slosson |
FORCE MAJEURE AND THE LAW OF THE COLORADO RIVER: THE CONFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CONTRACTS, AND THE CONSTITUTION |
95 University of Colorado Law Review 709 (2024) |
Climate change is causing significant, permanent changes to the natural world. In the Colorado River Basin, experts forecast that rising temperatures will cause the spread of a drier, more arid climate across the region. The effects of this desertification are already being felt: less rainfall, the loss of deciduous forests, wildfires that engulf... |
2024 |
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| Danielle Cossey |
FREE PEOPLE OVER FREE MARKETS: ADDRESSING THE SUPPRESSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISSENT THROUGH TRADE AGREEMENTS IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES |
14 Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy 1 (January, 2024) |
I. Introduction II. Foreign Direct Investment and the Suppression of Dissent A. Environmental Defenders in Mexico and the U.S. B. Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Suppressing Dissent i. Violence and Impunity ii. Criminalization and Stigmatization iii. Procedural Barriers III. Governing Environmental Defenders, States, and Foreign Direct... |
2024 |
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| Reed D. Benson |
GREEN MONEY FOR WESTERN WATERS: NEW ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS AND FEDERAL WATER POLICY |
54 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10040 (January, 2024) |
Congress in the 2020s has authorized three new environmentally focused grant programs relating to western waters and appropriated $450 million in multi-year funding. The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for creating and implementing these programs, giving it a new tool and resources for addressing stubborn environmental problems--some caused by... |
2024 |
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| Margaret Von Rotz |
HONORING INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY AND CONSENT: LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR ADDRESSING INDIGENOUS DISPLACEMENT DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE |
30 UC Law Environmental Journal 197 (May, 2024) |
Climate change-induced displacement is not only a possibility but a present reality. This problem affects marginalized communities everywhere, but Indigenous peoples, particularly those in disappearing States, are especially climate-vulnerable and often at risk of losing their ancestral lands forever due to climate change. Despite the inevitability... |
2024 |
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| Anya T. Janssen , Robert Lundberg |
HOW TRIBES RESPOND TO CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS |
97-JUN Wisconsin Lawyer 32 (June, 2024) |
The earth's changing climate has significant ramifications for Indian tribes' subsistence needs, public health, economic stability, sovereignty, and traditional ways of life. This article discusses some causes of environmental harms that are faced by tribes in Wisconsin and nearby states and legal and policy approaches tribes can take to address... |
2024 |
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| Heather Tanana |
INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND CLIMATE RESPONSES |
49 Human Rights 18 (2024) |
The effects of climate change are increasingly being experienced around the world. From record-high temperatures and rising sea levels to aridification and wildfires--no one is immune. And, Indigenous people are often living on the frontlines, experiencing the first and worst consequences of climate change. Early in his administration, President... |
2024 |
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| Zachary Pavlik |
INTERSTATE WATER COMPACTING AND THE SILENCED SOVEREIGN: FEDERAL APPOINTEES AS A TRIGGER FOR THE FEDERAL TRUST RESPONSIBILITY |
27 University of Denver Water Law Review 67 (Spring, 2024) |
I. INTRODUCTION. 68 II. INTERSTATE COMPACTING AND THE THREE SOVEREIGNS: FEDERAL, STATE, AND INDIAN INTERESTS. 70 A. The States as the Core Sovereigns in Interstate Compact Creation: A Framework Built to Facilitate and Further State Interests. 71 B. Federal Government as the Supreme Sovereign: Let the Children Play, So Long as They Don't Break... |
2024 |
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| Lachlan Loudon |
IS 'AINA STILL SACRED? HOW HAWAII'S UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT CREATES CONTROVERSIES IN PROPERTY OWNERSHIP IN THE AFTERMATH OF DISASTER |
12 Joule: Duquesne Energy & Environmental Law Journal 34 (Spring, 2024) |
In August 2023, wildfires ravaged neighborhoods throughout Maui, Hawaii, resulting in hundreds of individuals dead or missing. The tragic blazes not only left survivors without homes but also put their scorched land on the auction block for prospective, wealthy buyers looking for a beachside plot of land to develop. Due to homeowners being... |
2024 |
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| Eric Biber, Christopher Elmendorf, Nicholas Marantz, Moira O'Neill |
JUST LOOK AT THE MAP: BOUNDING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN CALIFORNIA |
54 Environmental Law 221 (Winter, 2024) |
California faces a dire housing crisis. California's land-use regulatory system remains a key driver of this crisis. State law grants local governments broad power to craft their own regulations on how to review and approve housing development. Though state law may limit a locality's ability to outright deny some types of housing development, local... |
2024 |
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| Luca Greco , Hannah Perls |
JUST RELOCATION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT |
37 Harvard Human Rights Journal 319 (Summer, 2024) |
As climate change increases the severity and frequency of hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and other natural disasters, more people are being temporarily or permanently displaced from their homes. In 2022, the Census Bureau estimated that 3.4 million adults were temporarily or permanently displaced in the United States because of these events.... |
2024 |
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| Richard J. Lazarus, Andrew Slottje |
JUSTICE GORSUCH AND THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
43 Stanford Environmental Law Journal 1 (February, 2024) |
I. Introduction. 2 II. Justice Gorsuch's Nomination. 6 III. Justice Gorsuch's Environmental Record: A Quantitative Assessment. 10 IV. Justice Gorsuch's Environmental Record: A Qualitative Assessment. 18 A. Separation of Powers. 19 B. Federalism. 27 C. Personal Liberty and Autonomy. 39 V. Conclusion. 48 |
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| John Knox |
KEYNOTE SPEECH BY JOHN KNOX, FORMER U.N. SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
56 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 77 (Spring, 2024) |
It is really a pleasure to be here at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. I'd like to thank the organizers of this Conference and especially my old friend, Dean Michael Scharf. We worked together at the State Department Legal Adviser's Office thirty years ago. I also want to acknowledge someone who's no longer with us, although I... |
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KNWAI FROM AHI: REVITALIZING THE HAWAI'I WATER CODE IN THE WAKE OF THE MAUI WILDFIRES |
137 Harvard Law Review 1994 (May, 2024) |
When the Maui wildfires in August 2023 forced Tereari'i Chandler-'ao to flee Lahaina, she could take only the necessities: food, clothes, and a box of water use-permit applications. The final item reflects an important quality of the fires: their focal point was not fire, but water. Since the birth of Hawai'i's sugar industry, recurrent water... |
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| Alida Pitcher-Murray |
LANDBACK AND THE CASE FOR LAND RESTITUTION: HOW THE SOUTH AFRICAN LAND CLAIMS COURT AND RESTITUTION PROGRAMME CAN INFORM THE RETURN OF INDIGENOUS LAND IN THE UNITED STATES |
28 U.C. Davis Social Justice Law Review 1 (Winter, 2024) |
C1-2Table of Contents Abstract. 3 I. Part I: Introduction. 4 II. Part II: Settler Colonialism, the Indian Court of Claims, and the Land Claims Commission. 8 A. Treaties, Treaties, Theft, and Federal Policy as the Foundations for Native Land Loss. 8 1. Treaty Violations. 9 2. Federal Indian Policy. 11 3. The Demand for the Return of He Sapa. 14 B.... |
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| Evelyn Brister , Andrea R. Gammon , Paul B. Thompson , Terrence R. Tiersch , Nikolas Zuchowicz |
MANIPULATING TIME BY CRYOPRESERVATION: DESIGNING AN ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE BY MAINTAINING A PORTAL TO THE PAST |
52 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 637 (Fall, 2024) |
Keywords: Advanced Cryopreservation, Conservation, Emerging Technology, Ethics, Justice Abstract: This article explores how time-related metaphors frame advanced cryopreservation technologies in environmental conservation. Cryopreservation stops or freezes biological time and buys time desperately needed to preserve species and ecosystems. We... |
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| Stephanie Stern, A. Dan Tarlock |
MOVING WATER: MANAGED RETREAT OF WESTERN AGRICULTURAL WATER RIGHTS FOR INSTREAM FLOWS |
49 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 249 (2024) |
Climate change-induced megadrought and rapid urbanization are forcing western agriculture into retreat as water supplies diminish and heat and drought ravage crops and livestock. At the same time, the megadrought is imposing deep ecological harm on riparian areas, fish species, and soil and increasing the concentration of pollutants in dwindling... |
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| Hunter Collins |
NATIONAL MONUMENTS AND THE ANTIQUITIES ACT: THE PRESIDENT'S POWER TO CONSERVE 30 PERCENT OF OUR NATION'S LANDS BY 2030 |
13 Chicago-Kent Journal of Environmental and Energy Law 37 (Spring, 2024) |
Climate change is an existential threat to the United States, as well as the entire world. The enormity of the problem cannot be overstated, yet the United States has failed to respond to this growing crisis appropriately. Despite the immense importance of land conservation in mitigating the impact of climate change, the United States has only... |
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