Environmental Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1278042009-06-29T02:48:12ZA Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePad
This is an Atom formatted XML site feed. It is intended to be viewed in a Newsreader or syndicated to another site. Please visit Environmental Law Prof Blog for more info.
EnvironmentalLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comReport on Climate Change Impacts in the UStag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115708bf3e2970c2009-06-28T22:48:12-04:002009-06-29T02:48:12Z2009-06-29T02:48:12ZOn June 16, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the NOAA-led study, "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States" - which it describes as a "state of knowledge" report about current and project impacts of global warming on...enrClimate ChangeHaiti and the environmenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157176854c970b2009-06-27T22:49:51-04:002009-06-28T02:49:51Z2009-06-28T02:49:51ZThe first thing that anyone learns about Haiti and the environment is that Haiti is the most deforested country in the world, having shifted from 60% forest cover to less than 2% forest cover. And the immediate image in one's...enrI'm backtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115707ff4fd970c2009-06-27T21:43:57-04:002009-06-28T01:43:57Z2009-06-28T01:43:57ZMy last post was from before my early summer travels. Since then, I spent 10 days going to and from the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation's Natural Resources Law Teacher's conference in Chico Hot Springs, Montana. But perhaps more importantly,...enrtag:typepad.com,2003:post-669346012009-05-18T14:44:04-04:002009-05-18T18:44:04Z2009-05-18T18:44:04ZThe Washington Post reported today on the Iqbal case alleging that former attorney general John Ash croft and FBI Director Robert Mueller knew that the prison guards holding Arab Muslims swept up after the September 11 attacks were torturing them...enrHow Green is Our Recovery?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-667871172009-05-14T17:14:19-04:002009-05-14T21:14:19Z2009-05-14T21:14:19ZThe economic recovery packages put forward by many countries spend lots of money, but a key question is whether the packages will have a beneficial impact on greening the global economy. Although few contain adequate detail for full assessment, some...enr New Method to Address Corruption in Developing Countries?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-665109092009-05-07T15:47:49-04:002009-05-07T20:00:59Z2009-05-07T19:47:49ZCorruption and poor governance are generally recognized as a key obstacle to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, ecological sustainability, social equity, and economic development as well as realizing human rights in many developing countries. The problem has been that the...enrGovernance/ManagementTotal emisions approach - accurate but not novel and a flawed basis for policytag:typepad.com,2003:post-663162152009-05-03T16:33:41-04:002009-05-03T21:22:00Z2009-05-03T20:33:41ZAs this report on the new studies published in Nature indicates, the global warming problem is and always has been understood to be a matter of the total loadings of GHG emissions in the atmosphere, not a matter of timing....enrAir QualityClimate ChangeCurrent AffairsEconomicsEnergyGovernance/ManagementInternationalLawLegislationPhysical ScienceSustainabilityWHO update May 3tag:typepad.com,2003:post-663155552009-05-03T16:04:18-04:002009-05-03T20:04:18Z2009-05-03T20:04:18ZMay 3 Confirmed cases Austria: 1 Canada: 70 Costa Rica: 1 Denmark: 1 France: 2 Germany: 6 Hong Kong: 1 Ireland: 1 Israel: 3 Mexico: 506 and 19 deaths Netherlands: 1 New Zealand: 4 South Korea: 1 Spain: 13 Switzerland:...enrJurist Op-Ed by Ed Richards about Adequacy of Existing Public Health Lawstag:typepad.com,2003:post-663133792009-05-03T14:21:04-04:002009-05-03T18:21:04Z2009-05-03T18:21:04ZFighting H1N1: Why Laws are Not the Answer Jurist link JURIST Guest Columnist Ed Richards of Louisiana State University Law Center says that in the midst of current concerns about the spread of the H1N1 virus (popularly known as "swine...enrOregon H1N1 flu update - May 2ndtag:typepad.com,2003:post-663132212009-05-03T14:14:36-04:002009-05-03T18:14:36Z2009-05-03T18:14:36ZH1N1 influenza 4 p.m. update __________________________________________________________________________ Cases: As of late Saturday, Oregon had identified eleven probable cases of H1N1 influenza virus with additional specimens being tested at the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory in Hillsboro. State public health officials expect...enrCDC Swine Flu Report - May 3rd - 226 confirmed cases, just 1 death, in 30 statestag:typepad.com,2003:post-663127672009-05-03T13:56:47-04:002009-05-03T18:04:41Z2009-05-03T17:56:47ZH1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Site last updated May 3, 2009, 11:00 AM ET U.S. Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection (As of May 3, 2009, 11:00 AM ET) States # of laboratory confirmed cases Deaths Alabama 1 Arizona 18 California...enrGood News! Officials waffle "maybe," but the report that Mexico's reported deaths were too high by an order of magnitude provides a partial explanation for the difference in lethality between Mexico's flu and the flu as experienced elsewheretag:typepad.com,2003:post-663009772009-05-03T00:25:56-04:002009-05-03T04:31:32Z2009-05-03T04:25:56ZThis just in from the NY Times: NYT link May 2, 2009 Outbreak in Mexico May Be Smaller Than Feared By LIZ ROBBINS and DENISE GRADY The swine flu outbreak in Mexico may be considerably smaller than originally feared, test...enrPan American Health Organization - May 2 PM updatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-663002392009-05-02T23:50:17-04:002009-05-03T04:00:51Z2009-05-03T03:50:17ZPAHO link PAHO Confirmed case interactive map PAHO May 1 Incidence map *Emergency Operations Center (EOC) – PAHOPage 1 For public distribution Saturday, May 02, 2009 6pm EST EOC SITUATION REPORT #9 Influenza A/H1N1 Summary • The situation continues to...enrConfirmed cases - May 2nd amtag:typepad.com,2003:post-663001712009-05-02T23:42:45-04:002009-05-03T03:42:45Z2009-05-03T03:42:45Z*Deaths: 168 deaths in Mexico, 12 confirmed as swine flu. One confirmed in U.S., a nearly 2-year-old boy from Mexico who died in Texas. **Confirmed sickened worldwide: 504; 300 confirmed as having swine flu in Mexico; 133 in U.S.; 35...enrUS officials continue to close schools tag:typepad.com,2003:post-662335412009-05-01T01:48:46-04:002009-05-01T05:48:46Z2009-05-01T05:48:46ZOn Thursday, the swine flu outbreak caused schools in 14 states to shut their doors on more than 160,000 schoolchildren, and additional closures could affect as many as 223,700 students in 17 states.In total, more than 100 school systems have...enr