Category: Issue 1
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Political Accountability and Judicial Review in the Context of Climate Change Regulation
Introduction In the absence of comprehensive climate change legislation, federal agencies are left to use the regulatory tools granted to them by existing environmental laws to address the challenges posed by greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions and climate change. These laws, including the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), and…
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What’s Mine is Yours: An Analysis of the Federal Laws Used to Compensate the Navajo Nation and Remediate Abandoned Uranium Mines and Mills on the Reservation
Introduction The United States monopolized radioactive ore during the Cold War era, incentivized uranium mining on the Navajo Nation, and manipulated the Navajo government into approving mining leases. This Note argues that the United States should remediate the numerous radioactive waste sites on the Navajo Reservation and compensate the Navajo Nation for…
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The Little Colorado River Project: Is New Hydropower Development the Key to a Renewable Energy Future, or the Vestige of a Failed Past?
Introduction The Colorado Plateau consists of a series of stunning plateaus and mesas, all situated within a larger basin.[2] Despite being categorized as an arid region, perhaps the most crucial element in shaping the Plateau’s geography, as well as its human past, is its hydrology. The principal water body on the…
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Let My People Go Fishing: Public Stream Access and Navigability on Colorado’s Rivers
Introduction Every year in June, as snow in the high country melts and fills Colorado’s rivers, there is a gathering in the small mountain town of Salida. The festival is known as FibArk, and people from all over the country bring rafts, kayaks, tubes, and all manner of vessels to float down…
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The Subdelegation Doctrine as a Legal Tool for Establishing Tribal Comanagement of Public Lands: Through the Lens of Bears Ears National Monument
Introduction The Bears Ears National Monument (“Bears Ears”) in southern Utah is at the center of a live conflict in the conservation, public lands, and natural resource spaces. President Barack Obama established the 1.35 million acre monument in 2016 as an exercise of his protective authority under the Antiquities Act.[2] Conservation proponents supported the…
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Green Infrastructure: Strengthening Federal Policy for Flood Mitigation, Ecosystems, and Community Well-Being
Introduction At 5:00 p.m. on August 23, 2005, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida issued an advisory about a tropical storm forming over the Bahamas.[2] To those who live along the southern coast of the United States, a tropical storm advisory, and even a hurricane advisory, is not typically a huge concern. Alerts…