“To Comply or Not To Comply?” An Argument in Favor of Increasing...
The 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78)...
View ArticleBillionaires, Birds, and Environmental Brawls: Reconceptualizing Energy...
In the substantial power outages associated with Hurricane Sandy and the 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes and Colorado floods, which left millions without power, the United States witnessed the insufficiency...
View ArticleCalling Foul: Deficiencies in Approaches to Environmental Whistleblowers and...
Whistleblowers could facilitate the regulation of the environmental sector at little to no cost to the taxpayer. Often, potential whistleblowers have timely access to information that would enable...
View ArticleVulnerability and Power in the Age of the Anthropocene
Feminist legal theorist Martha Fineman has suggested that recognition of universal human “vulnerability” should be the starting point for thinking about the state’s obligations to its citizens. This...
View ArticleThe IMOs Climate Change Challenge: Application of the Principle of Common but...
Since 1997 the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for the regulation of the international shipping sector, has been developing rules for the reduction of the...
View ArticleFERC Anti-Manipulation Enforcement and the Barclays Proceeding: What Factors...
Energy regulation is not a new topic, but after the Enron scandal, Congress made significant changes. The changes were embodied in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. One major change was to FERC's ability...
View ArticleWater You Waiting For? Balancing Private Rights and Public Necessity in the...
A healthy and robust network of wetlands protects coastal communities from storm damage caused by hurricanes. Unfortunately, development pressures threaten wetlands along the South Atlantic coast, the...
View ArticleFracking Preemption Litigation
Fracking is not a new technology, but it only recently came to the forefront of energy industry news. Fracking’s recent fame has been both positive and negative. Fracking proponents have lauded the...
View ArticleDr. CARB or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Feds and Love States’...
Climate change is one of the largest environmental problems the world is currently facing. At the forefront of the climate change issue is the problem of carbon emissions. Environmentalists were...
View ArticleThe Privatization of Antarctica
The seventh continent, Antarctica, is a no man’s land in terms of economic development. This is not due to its harsh weather conditions. Parts of Alaska, Canada and Russia are almost equally...
View ArticleRising Seas, Receding Ethics? Why Real Estate Professionals Should Seek the...
Despite the scientific consensus, some political leaders in the United States deny the need for policy making in response to sea level rise. Even in coastal Florida and Virginia, where communities...
View ArticleImplementation of the EU Directive on Environmental Impact Assessment in the...
After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the former Czechoslovakia experienced the most enthusiastic wave of environmental law drafting in its history. The Czech Act on Environmental Impact Assessment...
View ArticleAn Increase in Beach Reconstruction Projects May Mean a Decrease in Property...
In recent years, many states have struggled to come up with an adequate solution to the negative effects of climate change, specifically rising sea levels and severe storms. The most common and...
View ArticleNecessary Change: Re-Calculating Just Compensation for Environmental Benefits
This Note is about the recent New Jersey Supreme Court case, Borough of Harvey Cedars v. Karan, and how other courts should adopt its holding of allowing all reasonably certain and calculable benefits...
View ArticleMoving Military Energy “Behind the Fence:” Renewable Energy Generation on...
The United States Department of Defense stands as the world’s single largest consumer of energy—domestic consumption alone by the Department amounts to nearly one percent of the United States’ total...
View ArticleThe Shifting Use of the So-Remote-as-to-be-Negligible Standard for Qualified...
Qualified conservation contributions, also known as conservation easements, have become a subject of close scrutiny under the Internal Revenue Service within the past decade. One reason for such...
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