Environmental Law articles from January 2004

Environmental Law archives from January 2004

Water wrongs: why can't we get it right the first time?
January 1, 2004... Water policy has faltered throughout the ages. Our water decisions have often created more problems than they have resolved, leaving severe environmental and social disasters in their wake. In most cases, it is not that we did not know better....

From pick and shovel to mountaintop removal: environmental injustice in the Appalachian coalfields.
January 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. COAL MINING AND APPALACHIAN COMMUNITIES: A HISTORY AS DARK AS THE MINES THEMSELVES A. Union Battlefields in Appalachia 1. The Mine Wars: 1900-1932 2. The New Deal and the Rise of the...

Living marine resources management: a proposal for integration of United States management regimes.
January 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRIMARY STATUTES GOVERNING MANAGEMENT OF MARINE LIVING RESOURCES A. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 1. Background of Fisheries Management. ...

A new time for denominators: toward a dynamic theory of property in the regulatory takings relevant parcel analysis.
January 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REGULATORY TAKINGS III. THE DENOMINATOR PROBLEM A. Horizontal Severance B. Vertical Severance C. Functional Severance D. Temporal Severance IV. THE PROBLEM OF...

Conservation easements: now more than ever - overcoming obstacles to protect private lands.
January 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND A. Land Losing Ground B. Why Conservation Easements? III. STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS A. Federal Legislation B. State Legislation and the Uniform Conservation Easement...