| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| Alec D. Van Ryan |
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: ONE POINT OF VIEW ON THE EPA'S NEWLY REDEFINED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE & PATH FORWARD STRATEGIES FOR COUNSEL AND INDUSTRY |
81 Mississippi Law Journal 691 (2012) |
Common sense is not so common. Voltaire This paper is both a departure and an arrival. A departure in that as I began my career as a journalist I tried to avoid dabbling in the first person . and yet I find that perhaps my account of the journey along the environmental justice pathway is best told from my point of view since there are other... |
2012 |
| Elizabeth Burleson |
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM AND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: A HUMAN RIGHT TO A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT |
22 Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy 289 (Winter 2012) |
This Article argues that filling the energy governance gaps regarding unconventional natural gas can best be accomplished through collaborative governance that is genuinely adaptive and cooperative. Through cooperative federalism, combined with procedural rights for inclusive, innovative decision-making, state and non-state actors should design and... |
2012 |
| Joseph Lam |
COUPLING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WITH CARBON TRADING |
12 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 40 (Winter, 2012) |
Cap and trade has become the mechanism of choice for many American lawmakers seeking to address the global issue of climate change. The recent adoption of the California cap and trade system has further spurred present discussions on whether a domestic cap and trade system to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would be most effective in... |
2012 |
| Zelena Jones |
CULTURE'S TIES TO THE LAND: THE BELIZE-GUATEMALA BORDER CONFLICT'S IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MAYA COMMUNITIES IN LIGHT OF THE UN DECLARATION |
29 Wisconsin International Law Journal 773 (Winter 2012) |
The border dispute between Belize and Guatemala is one of the oldest territorial conflicts in the Americas. Presently, Guatemala asserts a territorial claim to the southern half of Belize where many indigenous communities live. Focusing specifically on the Maya communities due to the ground-breaking land rights decisions of 2008 and 2010, this... |
2012 |
| Nerissa-Anne D. Robinson |
DEFERRING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN MISSISSIPPI: AGENCY DEFERENCE LEGACY IMPACTS SOUTHERN Black COMMUNITIES |
6 Southern Region Black Law Students Association Law Journal 100 (Spring 2012) |
Case Note of the Year Some may wish they were in Dixie, but for residents of Hinds County, Mississippi, this is questionable. Their home has become a hot spot for garbage dumps. Unfortunately, the problem has worsened since Mississippi courts have sided with the permitting board and commission that allowed the opening of a new dump. In Hinds... |
2012 |
| Paula J. Schauwecker |
DIVERSITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE: HOW ARE WE DOING? |
26-WTR Natural Resources & Environment 58 (Winter, 2012) |
Environmental law as a focused practice area is young. Having begun in the 1970s, it is now welcoming the second generation of environmental lawyers to the practice. There are many ways the legal profession has changed in the last 35 years and progress has been made in bringing more diverse attorneys into the profession, but some would say that the... |
2012 |
| Camille Pannu |
DRINKING WATER AND EXCLUSION: A CASE STUDY FROM CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY |
100 California Law Review 223 (February, 2012) |
The American West is notorious for its water wars, and California's complex water allocation and governance challenges serve as a bellwether for contemporary water governance across western states. Policy makers and environmental advocates typically represent California's water woes as a regulatory problem--a failure to balance the needs of growing... |
2012 |
| James M. Van Nostrand |
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: HOW STATES CAN INTEGRATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTO ENERGY-RELATED PROCEEDINGS |
61 Catholic University Law Review 701 (Summer, 2012) |
I. Specific Energy-Related Proceedings. 705 A. Public Service Commission's Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) Proceeding. 707 1. Background. 707 2. Working Group VIII Final Report. 708 3. The Technical Study Group's Initial Assessment. 710 4. The PSC's Demand-Response Proceeding. 711 B. RGGI Advisory Group. 714 1. Background. 714 2.... |
2012 |
| Jonathan C. Augustine |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ESCHATOLOGY IN REVELATION |
58 Loyola Law Review 325 (Summer 2012) |
The concept of environmental justice is not new. While some scholars and activists trace its origins as part of the ongoing American Civil Rights Movement--a movement which emerged within the interdisciplinary connection of law and religion--this Essay argues that the concept of environmental justice has deep origins in the Holy Bible. With a... |
2012 |
| Tom E.R.B. West |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND INTERNationAL CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION: A COSMOPOLITAN PERSPECTIVE |
25 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 129 (2012) |
International climate change negotiations are fraught with indecision, conflicting opinions and confusion and are, as a consequence, constantly in danger of reaching a no-score draw stalemate. The unwieldy complexities of the political, scientific, legal and social challenges of climate change reinforce one another to the extent that a clear... |
2012 |
| Hari M. Osofsky, Kate Baxter-Kauf, Bradley Hammer, Ann Mailander, Brett Mares, Amy Pikovsky, Andrew Whitney, Laura Wilson |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL |
20 New York University Environmental Law Journal 99 (2012) |
This Article analyzes the environmental justice implications of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and proposes ways to better address these concerns currently and in the future. It explores the justice problems that have arisen with respect to the spill response, compensation, and employment and workers. The Article argues that these problems... |
2012 |
| Albert Huang |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT: A CRITICAL CROSSROADS |
43 No. 4 ABA Trends 6 (March/April, 2012) |
Environmental justice (EJ) is a grassroots, community-based movement that addresses the disproportionate burden of toxic pollution and lack of environment benefits/amenities borne by low-income communities and communities of color. From a litigation perspective, the movement has mostly relied on traditional environmental laws to address... |
2012 |
| Alexandra Dapolito Dunn , Adam Weiss |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN PERMITTING: STATE INNOVATIONS TO ADVANCE ACCOUNTABILITY |
81 Mississippi Law Journal 747 (2012) |
L1-2Introduction . R3747. I. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Approach. 752 II. State Approaches. 754 A. A Policy Approach--Illinois. 755 B. An EJ Permit Policy--New York. 758 C. A Statutory Approach--Connecticut. 761 III. Moving States Forward. 765 L1-2Conclusion . R3768. |
2012 |
| Uma Outka |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION |
19 Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law 60 (Summer, 2012) |
C1-2Table of Contents I. Introduction. 62 II. The Role of Renewable Energy in Sustainable Development. 67 III. Environmental Justice Issues For Renewable Energy. 74 A. Community Context for Renewable Energy Siting. 75 1. Wind and Solar. 77 2. Biomass. 81 B. Defining Renewable Energy in Law. 86 C. Renewable Energy and Green Economy Access. 92 IV.... |
2012 |
| David Deganian |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ON MY MIND: MOVING GEORGIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION TOWARD THE CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN PERMITTING |
2 Barry University Environmental and Earth Law Journal 33 (Summer, 2012) |
Under the Obama Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is leading efforts to incorporate environmental justice measures into its inner-workings. So, too, are numerous other federal agencies. These efforts, however, have little practical effect at the state level where sources of pollution, such as coal-fired power plants and... |
2012 |
| Jingjing Liu |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN USING ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION TO STRENGTHEN ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
7 Florida A & M University Law Review 229 (Spring 2012) |
I. Introduction. 230 II. Environmental Justice in the Chinese Context. 231 A. Environmental Disparities Between Eastern and Western Regions. 234 B. Environmental Disparities Between Urban and Rural Areas. 235 C. Migrant Workers as a Vulnerable Group to Environmental Risks. 237 III. Employing Environmental Public Interest Litigation to Improve... |
2012 |
| Nicholas C. Christiansen |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: DECIPHERING THE MAZE OF A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION |
81 Mississippi Law Journal 843 (2012) |
L1-2Introduction . R3844. I. The Failed Legal Tactic of the Equal Protection Doctrine. 849 A. Equal Protection Jurisprudence: A Brief Background. 849 B. Hammering a Square Peg in a Round Hole: The Equal Protection Doctrine and Environmental Justice Litigation. 852 II. The Attempt at Rectifying Environmental Racism: From Executive Orders to... |
2012 |
| Mark A. Chertok, Jonathan Kalmuss-katz |
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
62 Syracuse Law Review 661 (2012) |
Introduction. 661 I. Summary Overview of SEQRA. 663 II. Regulatory Developments. 666 A. Proposed Environmental Assessment Form Revisions. 666 B. Revised SEQR Handbook. 668 III. Legislative Developments. 669 IV. Case Law Developments. 670 A. Bronx Committee for Toxic Free Schools and SEQRA Review of Brownfield Site Cleanups and Requirement for SEIS.... |
2012 |
| Eileen Gauna |
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, CIVIL RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABILITY: THREE FRAMEWORKS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
19 Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law 34 (Summer, 2012) |
Prominent environmental justice activist Deeohn Ferris once quipped, We are all in a sinking ship, people of color and poor are just closer to the hole. This metaphor captures the intuitive idea that we really cannot get to a sustainable level of development until we deal with the very hard set of issues that have been raised by those in the... |
2012 |
| Caitlin Shay |
FAST TRACK TO COLLAPSE: HOW ZIMBABWE'S FAST-TRACK LAND REFORM PROGRAM VIOLATES INTERNationAL HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS TO PROPERTY, DUE PROCESS, AND COMPENSATION |
27 American University International Law Review 133 (2012) |
INTRODUCTION. 134 I. BACKGROUND. 137 A. Zimbabwe's Post-Independence Land Reform Efforts. 138 B. The Right to Property Under the UDHR and the Banjul Charter. 140 C. Tension between the Zimbabwean judiciary and the SADC Tribunal regarding the legality of Amendments 16A and 16B. 143 II. ANALYSIS. 145 A. Amendments 16A and 16B violate the right to... |
2012 |
| Maria Greco Danaher |
FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT OUTLINES PARAMETERS FOR RACIALLY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT |
14 No. 19 Lawyers Journal 9 (September 21, 2012) |
One of the issues most frequently litigated in employment cases is whether the remarks and actions of an employer rise to the level of the hostile work environment needed to support a claim of discrimination. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently addressed this issue and provided some clarity to the definition. The court added its voice... |
2012 |
| Tiernan Mennen , Cynthia Morel |
FROM M'INTOSH TO ENDOROIS: CREATION OF AN INTERNationAL IndigenOUS RIGHT TO LAND |
21 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 37 (Winter, 2012) |
Vestiges of colonial land regimes still plague both developing and industrialised societies and further marginalise vulnerable, indigenous populations worldwide. Recent progressive jurisprudence--in particular the Endorois case out of Kenya--has begun to change this landscape. This Article streamlines the debate on indigenous and native rights to... |
2012 |
| Charles J. Ten Brink |
GAYBORHOODS: INTERSECTIONS OF LAND USE REGULATION, SEXUAL MINORITIES, AND THE CREATIVE CLASS |
28 Georgia State University Law Review 789 (Spring, 2012) |
This Article advocates the municipal encouragement and maintenance of diversity, specifically the inclusion of sexual minorities, through changes in the traditional application of the forms of land use regulation. Bringing together previously distinct conversations about the societal goals of land use planning and the social value placed on... |
2012 |
| Kevin C. Foy |
HOME IS WHERE THE HEALTH IS: THE CONVERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND GREEN BUILDING |
30 Pace Environmental Law Review 1 (Fall 2012) |
Housing in the United States, at least prior to the recent economic downturn, came to be viewed as an investment that grew over time, and which could then be cashed in either for better housing or for other uses, much like a growth stock or savings account. But housing's fundamental purpose is to provide a decent place to live-a comfortable place... |
2012 |
| Rebecca M. Bratspies |
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION |
19 New York University Environmental Law Journal 225 (2012) |
We can't manage effectively without trust. --Jane Lubchenko, NOAA Administrator, 2010 Because environmental regulators exercise vast discretion against a background of scientific uncertainty, the background assumptions they use to guide their decisionmaking are particularly influential. This article suggests that were federal regulators to view... |
2012 |
| Evan Barret Smith |
IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN APPALACHIA: THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING AS SEEN THROUGH THE LENSES OF LAW AND DOCUMENTARIES |
4 William & Mary Policy Review 170 (Fall, 2012) |
Mountaintop removal is a form of mining that has major effects on the ecology and people of central Appalachia. The practice has gained increased attention from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and popular cultural sources as an environmental justice issue. Recent decisions by the EPA incorporate an environmental justice analysis as... |
2012 |
| Dr. Derek Fincham |
JUSTICE AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE MOVEMENT: USING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TO APPRAISE ART AND ANTIQUITIES DISPUTES |
20 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 43 (Fall 2012) |
What does justice require? This paper aims to spark a conversation about the role of justice in art and antiquities disputes by introducing the concept of cultural justice. Borrowing from a principle known as environmental justice, cultural justice allows the application of critical scrutiny to the law and norms that govern cultural heritage. The... |
2012 |
| William Boyd , Douglas A. Kysar , Jeffrey J. Rachlinski |
LAW, ENVIRONMENT, AND THE "NONDISMAL" SOCIAL SCIENCES |
8 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 183 (2012) |
law and psychology, science and technology studies, global governance, risk regulation Over the past 30 years, the influence of economics over the study of environmental law and policy has expanded considerably, becoming in the process the predominant framework for analyzing regulations that address pollution, natural resource use, and other... |
2012 |
| Lisa Vanhala |
LEGAL OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURES AND THE PARADOX OF LEGAL MOBILIZATION BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN THE UK |
46 Law and Society Review 523 (September, 2012) |
This article examines the strategic legal activity of the environmental movement in the United Kingdom over the past twenty years. Environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have increasingly turned to the courts in pursuit of their policy goals, despite significant losses on substantive legal issues, difficulties gaining standing and high... |
2012 |
| Jeannine Cahill-Jackson |
MOSSVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION NOW v. UNITED STATES: IS A SOLUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE UNFOLDING? |
3 No. 6 Pace International Law Review Online Companion 173 (May, 2012) |
Surrounded by an army of hazardous industrial facilities, the residents of the small town of Mossville, Louisiana try to hold onto their lives and their homes, where many of their families have lived for over a century, despite an onslaught of pollution. There are people [who] are getting sick; there are people who are dying because of what is... |
2012 |