Environmental Law articles from September 2007

Environmental Law archives from September 2007

The art of the unsolvable: locating the vital center of science for environmental law & policy.(Symposium)
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. SCIENCE BEYOND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY A. Environmental Science in the Shadow of the Toxics Debate B. Scientific Pragmatism on Wall Street C. Bridging the Newtonian-Darwinian Divide in...

Incorporating emergy synthesis into environmental law: an integration of ecology, economics, and law.(Symposium)
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE NEED FOR A NEW APPROACH A. General Considerations B. Ecological Considerations C. Economic Considerations III. THE EMERGYALTERNATIVE A. Overview of Emergy Synthesis B. Potential...

Science, law, and the environment: the making of a modern discipline.(Symposium)
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION A. The Endangered Species Act: Intertwining Science and Law II. THE CONVERGENCE OF SCIENCE AND LAW I: SCIENCE-DRIVEN LAW AND POLICY-DRIVEN SCIENCE III. CONVERGENCE OF SCIENCE AND LAW II: BLURRING THE LINES AND...

Science, risk, and risk assessment and their role(s) supporting environmental risk management.(Symposium)
September 22, 2007... I. QUALITY DECISIONS NEEDED TO MEET EPA's MISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION II. ROLE OF SCIENCE III. RISK ASSESSMENT AS A KEY SOURCE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION A. What is Risk? B. What is Environmental Risk? C....

The complementary roles of common law courts and federal agencies in producing and using policy-relevant scientific information.(Symposium)
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IN REGULATORY AGENCIES A. Adverse Effects Reporting Requirements B. TSCA Testing Rules III. SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IN COMMON LAW COURTS IV. A CASE STUDY IN COOPERATION A....

Reconstructing the wall of virtue: maxims for the co-evolution of environmental law and environmental science.(Symposium)
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. DEFINING THE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE: GUARDING AGAINST PROCESS TRANSGRESSIONS III. THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AS A CO-EVOLVING LAW-SCIENCE PROCESS SYSTEM IV. MANAGING THE STABLE DISEQUILIBRIUM OF...

OMB and the politicization of risk assessment.(Office of Management and Budget)(Symposium)
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE EXPLOITATION OF SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY A. The Interaction of Law, Science, and Policy B. Uncertainty and Politization 1. Scientifically Inappropriate Default Rules 2. Ossification...

Biodiversity and a new "best base" for applying the environmental statutes extraterritorially.
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE PRESUMPTION AGAINST THE EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF U.S. STATUTES A. The Supreme Court's Uneasy History of a Presumption B. The "Clash "Rationale III. PRECEDENT FOR AVOIDING THE PRESUMPTION...

Law, environmental dynamism, reliability: the rise and fall of CALFED. (California-Federal water management projects under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act)
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS A. Traditional Paradigms B. Environmental Dynamism, Shared Resources, and a New Conceptual Approach III. CREATING THE TENSIONS: CONVENTIONAL...

Sequestration, science, and the law: an analysis of the sequestration component of the California and northeastern states' plans to curb global warming.
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. CARSON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION SCIENCE A. Forests: B. Agriculture C. Carbon Capture and Storage III. PROGRAMS INVOLVING SEQUESTRATION A. The Move Toward State Regulation B. California ...