Environmental Law articles from March 2007

Environmental Law archives from March 2007

Bioregional conservation may mean taking habitat.
March 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. WHAT DOES BIOREGIONALISM MEAN? A. Scale and Scope." The Challenges for Integrative Conservation B. The Unnatural History of the Northern Forest C. Four Centuries to the Dawn of Restoration Ecology...

From the USA with love: sharing home-grown hormones, GMOs, and clones with a reluctant Europe.
March 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. DISCUSSION A. Hormones B. GMOs 1. The Cartagena Protocol and the World Trade Organization 2. The WTO Debate. 3. European Union and United States Regulations. a....

Irrigation return flow or discrete discharge? Why water pollution from cranberry bogs should fall within the Clean Water Act's NPDES program.(National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System)
March 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. POLLUTANT DISCHARGES FROM COMMERCIAL CRANBERRY PRODUCTION III. STATE V. ZAWISTOWSKI AND THE ATTEMPT TO USE PUBLIC NUISANCE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL POLLUTANT DISCHARGES FROM CRANBERRY BOGS IV. OVERVIEW OF THE...

The protection of environmentally-displaced persons in international law.
March 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE STRIKING EVIDENCE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE CAUSES LARGE HUMAN MIGRATIONS A. Long-Term Environmental Degradation and Sudden Natural Environmental Disruptions B. Accidents, Including...

Repudiation and regret: is the United States sitting out the Kyoto Protocol to its economic detriment?
March 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE KYOTO PROTOCOL: BACKGROUND AND THE U.S. RESPONSE III. RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IV. EMISSIONS TRADING V. THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM VI. CONCLUSION I. INTRODUCTION ...

Common law on ice: using federal judge-made nuisance law to address the interstate effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
March 22, 2007... 1. INTRODUCTION A. The CAA Approach B. Common Law to the Rescue? II. THE CONTINUED ROLE OF FEDERAL COMMON LAW A. The Role of Federal Common Law B. Statutory Displacement 1. When Statutes Pre-Date Common...

The power of the sea: using ocean energy to meet Florida's need for power.
March 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE III. WAVE TECHNOLOGY IV. WHY WAVES? V. THE "EVILS" OF FOSSIL FUELS VI. GLOBAL WARMING VII. "NO TO COAL". VIII. "NO TO GAS & OIL" IX. "Just CONSERVE" X. FEDERAL...