Environmental Law articles from September 2001

Environmental Law archives from September 2001

"One man's ceilin' is another man's floor": property rights as the double-edged sword.
September 22, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION Scientists view the world as a vast interconnected web. (1) School children know Commoner's Four Laws of Ecology by heart: (1) Everything is connected to everything else. (2) Everything must go somewhere. (3)...

Conflict comes to roost! The Bureau of Reclamation and the federal Indian trust responsibility.
September 22, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION A recent federal district court decision rejecting irrigators' pleas to keep water flowing to fields in the Klamath Basin of Southwestern Oregon (1) filled the front pages in newspapers statewide. Irrigators asked the court...

Know when to hold 'em: minimizing disclosure of corporate environmental information.(corporate attorneys)
September 22, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION Complying with the vast amount of environmental laws is a daunting task for a corporation today. A corporation may find it necessary to hire an environmental consulting company to conduct an environmental audit to assess...

Pronsolino v. Marcus, the new TMDL regulation, and nonpoint source pollution: Will the Clean Water Act's murky TMDL provision ever clear the waters?(total maximum daily loads)
September 22, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION Touted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as "the last major impediment to clean water," (1) nonpoint source pollution is currently the foremost cause of the Nation's water pollution problem. (2) The Clean Water...

Playing by the rules: the World Bank's failure to adhere to policy in the funding of large-scale hydropower projects.
September 22, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION The World Bank (the Bank) approved its first loan to a developing nation in 1948, providing funding for a hydropower project in Chile. (1) Between 1944 and 1994, the Bank has provided approximately $58 billion in funding...

The Commerce Clause pendulum: Will federal environmental law survive in the post-SWANCC epoch of "new federalism"?(Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers)
September 22, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION Our nation is founded upon principles of federalism that require a delicate equilibrium between federal and state powers. (1) Since our nation's birth, however, these powers have been in constant conflict over their...

Wealth Beyond Measure: A Review of Precious Heritage, The Status of Biodiversity in the United States.
September 22, 2001... Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States (Precious Heritage) (1) is a skillfully written and visually appealing book that calls on the American people to fully appreciate the rich, but threatened, biodiversity of the...