Environmental Law articles from January 2005

Environmental Law archives from January 2005

Standing and global warming: is injury to all injury to none?
January 1, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE GROWING EVIDENCE FOR GLOBAL WARMING A. Scientific Evidence B. International Treaties to Address Global Warming: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto...

"The Supreme Court of Science" speaks on water rights: the National Academy of Sciences Columbia River report and its water policy implications.
January 1, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION II. WATER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT ON THE COLUMBIA A. The Bygone Columbia B. The Columbia Today: Dams, Water Use, and Salmon C. Water Allocation by States Under Prior Appropriation D. Pressure...

Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION II. ACKERMAN AND HEINZERLING'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COST-BENEFIT DEBATE III. PROBLEMS WITH THE ACKERMAN AND HEINZERLING ARGUMENT A. Ackerman and Heinzerling's Overbroad Criticism of Economies ...

From a nonpollutant into a pollutant: revising EPA'S interpretation of the phrase "discharge of any pollutant" in the context of NPDES permits.(National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System)
January 1, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION II. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DAMS III. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT A. Jurisdictional Requirements of NPDES Permits B. Jurisdictional Requirements of Dredge and fill Permits IV. EPA's...

Substantive due process claims in the land-use context: the need for a simple and intelligent standard of review.
January 1, 2005... When a municipal government denies a landowner's permit or zoning application, the landowner does not have a legitimate "takings" claim if the land is still economically viable. In this situation, an aggrieved landowner can bring a federal...

Choosing Environmental Policy: Comparing Instruments and Outcomes in the United States and Europe.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... CHOOSING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: COMPARING INSTRUMENTS AND OUTCOMES IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE Edited by Winston Harrington, Richard Morgenstern, and Thomas Sterner. 1616 P Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036-1400: RFF Press, September...

Collaborative Environmental Management: What Roles for Government?(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: WHAT ROLES FOR GOVERNMENT? Tomas M. Koontz, Toddi A. Steelman, JoAnn Carmin, Katrina Smith Korfmacher, Cassandra Moseley, and Craig W. Thomas. 1616 P Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036-1400: RFF Press,...

New England Forests Through Time: Insights from the Harvard Forest Dioramas.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... NEW ENGLAND FORESTS THROUGH TIME: INSIGHTS FROM THE HARVARD FOREST DIORAMAS Edited by David R. Foster and John F. O'Keefe. 79 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138: Harvard University Press, August 2000. (800) 405-1619....

Redefining Federalism: Listening to the States in Shaping "Our Federalism".(Brief Article)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... REDEFINING FEDERALISM: LISTENING TO THE STATES IN SHAPING "OUR FEDERALISM" Edited by Douglas T. Kendall. 2000 L Street NW, Suite 620, Washington, D.C. 20036: Environmental Law Institute, November 2004. (202) 939-3800. www.elistore.org....

Waiting for Rain: The Politics and Poetry of Drought in Northeast Brazil.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... WAITING FOR RAIN: THE POLITICS AND POETRY OF DROUGHT IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL Nicholas Gabriel Arons. 355 S. Euclid, Suite 103, Tucson, Arizona 85719: University of Arizona Press, October 2004. (800) 426-3797. www.uapress.arizona.edu. ISBN...

The Developing World and the Environment: Making the Case for Effective Protection of the Global Environment.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT: MAKING THE CASE FOR EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT Rajendra Ramlogan. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.,...

Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE RECONSIDERED: CHALLENGES, CHOICES, AND OPPORTUNITIES Edited by Robert F. Durant, Daniel J. Fiorino, and Rosemary O'Leary. 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142: MIT Press, July 2004. (800) 405-1619....