Environmental Law articles from September 1995

Environmental Law archives from September 1995

Environmental law and millennial politics.
September 22, 1995... A few weeks ago, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara published a mostly autobiographical book about the War in Vietnam.(1) It ignited a firestorm. The book elicited editorial condemnations of the author's arrogance from some, and op-ed...

Challenges to environmental law.
September 22, 1995... It is altogether fitting to be extolling the distinguished record of the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in the development and application of law related to natural resources and the environment. I am familiar with the field...

Addressing barriers to watershed protection.
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction A. Searching for Scheherezade B. The Resurgence in the Watershed Approach C. Where Do We Go From Here? II. Imperatives for Watershed-Based Restoration and Protection A. Ecological Imperatives for Watershed Programs 1....

Section 7(a)(1) of the "new" Endangered Species Act: rediscovering and redefining the untapped power of federal agencies' duty to conserve species.
September 22, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION On September 27, 1994, twelve federal agencies joined with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to confirm the agencies'...

The dilemma of mental state in federal regulatory crimes: the environmental example.
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction Federal courts have encountered difficulties in interpreting the mental state requirements of many environmental and other regulatory crime statutes.(2) Although the statutes often make it clear that the prosecutor must prove...

Wheelchair accessibility in wilderness areas: the nexus between the ADA and the Wilderness Act. (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
September 22, 1995... The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) extended the civil rights of access and integration to those with mobility impairments, including wheelchair users. The Wilderness Act of 1964 promised to preserve the wilderness for the American...

Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River.
September 22, 1995... Part travelogue, part journalistic treatment, and pan historical review, Northwest Passage is an entertaining analysis of the history of the Columbia River. Author William Dietrich has succeeded in constructing a big-picture study of...

Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species.
September 22, 1995... In Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species, Charles Mann and Mark Plummer question many of the assumptions underlying our recent species protection efforts, bringing a fresh, critical perspective to the endangered species debate. The...

A Moment on the Earth: The Coming of Age of Environmental Optimism.
September 22, 1995... Gregg Easterbrook, in his book A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism, asserts that the world's environmental problems are not as severe as is often portrayed and characterizes environmentalists as alarmist "doomsayers."...

A case history of EPA overkill. (EPA case against Taylor Lumber and Treating Inc.)
September 22, 1995... 1. Introduction In July 1993, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chief Carol Browner announced that EPA, through the Department of Justice (DOJ), had filed twenty-four civil lawsuits throughout the United States, demanding millions of...