Category: Issue 1
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No Credit Unless You Show Your Work: How Judges Can Stop the Gaming of Climate Change Discount Rates in Federal Rulemaking
Introduction How should the federal government balance costs today against benefits a century from now? The question sounds highly abstract and philosophical, but federal agencies must distill the answer into […]
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Indian Allottee Water Rights: A Case Study of Allotments on the Former Malheur Indian Reservation
Introduction The right to use water is key to making land productive and valuable. This Article will address the little-known topic of the rights of Indian allottees (those Indian […]
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Towards Energy Democratization
Introduction This Article examines the progress of renewable energy and energy decentralization in Sweden and Denmark. Both countries have numerous projects underway aimed at reducing dependence on fossil fuels […]
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Managing an Administrative Emergency: Establishing FEMA as an Independent Agency
Introduction On November 10, 2018, as Californian families mourned the loss of their loved ones and homes to forest fires, President Trump tweeted a threat to withhold federal payments that […]
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Beyond our Borders: Barriers and Solutions to Applying Environmental Regulations to U.S. Corporations that Outsource Production
Introduction The world is becoming increasingly interconnected, and our understanding of climate change and pollution now expands beyond the borders of individual countries. Even when the United States monitors […]
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Black and Yellow Letter Law: Managing Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Conservation Under the Endangered Species Act
Introduction The rapid decline of various bee species—dubbed “the plight of the bumblebees”—has triggered widespread policy discussions about pollinator protections in the United States (“U.S.”). These discussions […]