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 EnvironmentalLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.com On NEPA and Duplicity tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191021a3827970c 2013-05-14T03:00:00-07:00 2013-05-14T10:00:00Z 2013-05-14T10:00:00Z A few days ago, John Bonine, an environmental law professor at the University of Oregon, sent an email to the environmental law professors’ listserve asking for stories about “fraud, lies, omissions, and plagiarism” in environmental assessment documents. I contributed a... Green Standing in Recent Environmental Cases tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01910218df56970c 2013-05-13T13:14:28-07:00 2013-05-14T02:40:56Z 2013-05-13T20:14:28Z On Wednesday (May 15), the Environmental Law Institute is hosting a lunchtime seminar on The Future of Standing in Environmental Cases, with a great panel: F. William Brownell, Partner, Hunton & Williams (moderator) Amanda Leiter, Associate Professor, American University, Washington... Green LSU Law Center Launches New Laborde Energy Law Center tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeaeccd50970d 2013-05-08T07:55:53-07:00 2013-05-08T16:23:52Z 2013-05-08T14:55:53Z In a bit of shameless self-promotion of my home institution, I wanted to highlight that LSU's Laborde Energy Law Center has now been officially launched. You can check out the new website here. The Center was made possible in large... Green Call for Papers: "Stuck in Forward?" due May 15 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901be208d7970b 2013-05-07T09:00:00-07:00 2013-05-07T19:11:58Z 2013-05-07T16:00:00Z Below is a Call for Papers that inspires critical, big-picture thinking. Among the possible topics, conference organizers have included the following environmentally-related ones: Population and shifting demographics—opportunities and rhetorical strategies Capture and the regulated state The economy, class and energy... Green A Law Review Submissions Dilemma tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019101d7270f970c 2013-05-06T11:42:04-07:00 2013-05-06T18:42:04Z 2013-05-06T18:42:04Z Recently, one of my colleagues faced a dilemma involving submissions. Two months ago, he agreed to publish an article in a top specialty journal. It was late in the submission season and he was somewhat naive about the process, so... Green Welcome to Professor Robin Craig! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d432ad90a970c 2013-04-29T09:32:24-07:00 2013-04-27T16:23:03Z 2013-04-29T16:32:24Z We are very glad to welcome Professor Robin Kundis Craig to Environmental Law Prof Blog. Robin completed her doctorate in English literature at UC Santa Barbara and her law degree at Lewis & Clark. Before entering academia, she worked for... Green Supreme Court Reaffirms Agency Discretion in Interpreting Regulations tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eea9a9059970d 2013-04-26T17:11:45-07:00 2013-04-27T00:11:45Z 2013-04-27T00:11:45Z The following was authored by Eric Lorber and reposted from RegBlog, with the permission of Cary Coglianese. When federal agencies impose regulations on businesses, who decides what those rules actually mean? In a recent decision, the Supreme Court said that... Green A Water Quality/Fish Passage Controversy Reaches Closure tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eea8fb0ea970d 2013-04-25T07:13:13-07:00 2013-04-25T14:20:18Z 2013-04-25T14:13:13Z Last week brought closure to a rather interesting legal controversy at the northeastern corner of the country. The St. Croix River, which forms part of the boundary between Maine and Canada, once supported millions of alewives (also known as river... Green A Child's Perspective on the European Crisis tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d43112d93970c 2013-04-23T23:21:28-07:00 2013-04-24T06:22:45Z 2013-04-24T06:21:28Z Following Dave’s lead and apropos to Jonathan Zasloff’s commentary at Legal Planet on UCLA's tobacco ban, here is a funny tidbit from my 6 year old daughter. As we drove to school a couple days ago, we were listening to... Green The New (Old) Euclid. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eea848146970d 2013-04-23T21:16:37-07:00 2013-04-24T04:23:14Z 2013-04-24T04:16:37Z This past week I took a trip to Toronto via Cleveland (long story) to attend the Urban Forests, Political Ecologies Conference (which was a truly fantastic conference). In addition to seeing the Cuyahoga River for the first time (a river... Green Introducing Todd Aagaard tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d4307e2d4970c 2013-04-22T16:37:12-07:00 2013-04-22T23:37:12Z 2013-04-22T23:37:12Z We’re happy to introduce our newest blogger. Todd Aagaard attended the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment and Michigan Law School, where he was the editor-in-chief of the Michigan Law Review, and clerked for Judge Guido... Green On the Lighter Side tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d4307e0a2970c 2013-04-22T16:35:44-07:00 2013-04-22T23:35:44Z 2013-04-22T23:35:44Z This afternoon, out of the blue, my four-year-old daughter said, "Daddy, today is Earth Day!" "Oh," I said. "I told kids at school about pollution. But I didn't have time to talk about you." "What did you tell them about... Green China Environmental Experiences: Table of Contents tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eea707f35970d 2013-04-20T23:26:00-07:00 2013-04-21T06:26:00Z 2013-04-21T06:26:00Z Over the last year and a half, I contributed a series of essays about my environmental experiences while living in China as a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at Ocean University of China. A few readers who had missed installments... Green Air Quality Asia Biodiversity Climate Change Current Affairs Economics Energy Environmental Assessment Food and Drink Forests/Timber Governance/Management International Land Use Law Legislation Sustainability Toxic and Hazardous Substances Travel Water Quality Water Resources Weblogs The Reliability of the Sun and the Wind tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d42e276f1970c 2013-04-17T12:47:50-07:00 2013-04-17T19:50:21Z 2013-04-17T19:47:50Z The electric utility industry often complains that renewable energy proponents don’t pay enough attention to the intermittency of renewable resources. A common refrain is “the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow.” The industry then reminds us... Green Inappropriate for Class? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017c38a29ff8970b 2013-04-16T13:47:05-07:00 2013-04-16T20:51:12Z 2013-04-16T20:47:05Z Perhaps I should not admit it, but I used the picture below in my environmental law class this semester. I showed it after we had had a pretty heavy discussion on the science of climate change, with the thought that... Green A Happy Fiftieth Birthday to Dugan v. Rank tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017c38a0375b970b 2013-04-15T08:13:17-07:00 2013-04-15T15:13:17Z 2013-04-15T15:13:17Z Fifty years ago today, in Dugan v. Rank, 372 U.S. 609 (1963) the United Supreme Court did something it has not done since: it issued a decision in a takings case involving water allocation. That statement might seem surprising. The... Green Better Block Baton Rouge - Because Riding a Bicycle in Town Shouldn't be Deadly tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eea3a9514970d 2013-04-15T07:45:00-07:00 2013-04-15T15:29:54Z 2013-04-15T14:45:00Z Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the Better Block Baton Rouge event on Government Street here in Baton Rouge. As you can see from the attached images, it was a lively "demonstration project . . . exploring possibilities... Green Workshop Classes tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eea344107970d 2013-04-12T15:34:06-07:00 2013-04-13T04:43:16Z 2013-04-12T22:34:06Z Yesterday, I enjoyed discussing a new paper I've written about solar subsidies with Professor Ann Carlson’s Climate Change and Energy Law Workshop class at UCLA. In past years, I’ve participated in similar workshop classes at Georgetown and Stanford, but this... Green An Article Worth Reading tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d42b697c1970c 2013-04-11T06:37:46-07:00 2013-04-11T13:37:46Z 2013-04-11T13:37:46Z On Tuesday, the New York Times published an article that all academics--particularly new ones--probably should read. The article discusses the increasing presence of so-called "predatory" academic journals and conferences. According to the Times, these journals and conferences generally adopt names... Green Weather, Climate, and Birthday Parties tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017c38819c00970b 2013-04-10T15:03:23-07:00 2013-04-11T00:35:14Z 2013-04-10T22:03:23Z I took my daughter to a birthday party for one of her school friends last weekend, and I got in a discussion with the birthday girl’s dad about climate change. It started when the dad said something like “if weathermen... Green