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NEPA’s Footprint: Information Disclosure as a Quasi-Carbon Tax on Agencies

Sarah E. Light | Article

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Louisiana’s Mono Lake: The Public Trust Doctrine and Oil Company Liability for Louisiana’s Vanishing Wetlands

Sam Brandao Tul. L. Rev. Comment

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Unnatural Resource Law: Situating Desalination in Coastal Resource and Water Law Doctrines

Michael Pappas | Article

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Tracing the Origins of Fairly Traceable: The Black Hole of Private Climate Change Litigation

Mary Kathryn Nagle | Article

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Breathing Life into the Dead Zone: Can the Federal Common Law of Nuisance Be Used to Control Nonpoint Source Water Pollution?

Endre Szalay | Comment

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Congressional Consent Under the Compact Clause: Plugging the Leaks in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Margaret C. Hupp | Comment

The United States faces a potential turning point in the relationship between state and federal regulation of environmental issues. With the election of President Barack Obama, who has signaled a commitment to taking action in the area of carbon emissions regulation, the national government may step into an arena where the states are already playing, setting up a federalism debate to determine the better actor to enact meaningful and efficient environmental protection. Effectiveness in this area depends on the balance between quick enactment to prevent increased emissions (and further harm) and the comprehensiveness required to address this national and global [...]
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Probabilities, Planning Failures, and Environmental Law

Dave Owen | Article

Environmental laws often mandate specific environmental outcomes and require agencies to adopt plans designed to achieve those outcomes. But because of pervasive uncertainties, agencies are often unsure if their plans will succeed. Decisionmakers therefore must decide how to balance risks of plan failure against the costs of more cautious regulatory approaches. This Article explores and evaluates legal responses to these dilemmas. I find that environmental statutes and regulations use a patchwork of measures to manage these planning uncertainties. Decisions about planning uncertainty are frequently made on an ad hoc, nontransparent basis, and plans with low success odds are common. That [...]
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NEPA’s Footprint: Information Disclosure as a Quasi-Carbon Tax on Agencies

Louisiana’s Mono Lake: The Public Trust Doctrine and Oil Company Liability for Louisiana’s Vanishing Wetlands

Unnatural Resource Law: Situating Desalination in Coastal Resource and Water Law Doctrines

Tracing the Origins of Fairly Traceable: The Black Hole of Private Climate Change Litigation

Breathing Life into the Dead Zone: Can the Federal Common Law of Nuisance Be Used to Control Nonpoint Source Water Pollution?

Congressional Consent Under the Compact Clause: Plugging the Leaks in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Probabilities, Planning Failures, and Environmental Law

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NEPA’s Footprint: Information Disclosure as a Quasi-Carbon Tax on Agencies

Louisiana’s Mono Lake: The Public Trust Doctrine and Oil Company Liability for Louisiana’s Vanishing Wetlands

Unnatural Resource Law: Situating Desalination in Coastal Resource and Water Law Doctrines

Tracing the Origins of Fairly Traceable: The Black Hole of Private Climate Change Litigation

Breathing Life into the Dead Zone: Can the Federal Common Law of Nuisance Be Used to Control Nonpoint Source Water Pollution?

Congressional Consent Under the Compact Clause: Plugging the Leaks in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Probabilities, Planning Failures, and Environmental Law

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