Category: Issue 2
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Pesticide Poisonings and Deadly Hazards: Using the Farm Bill to Protect Workers
“The happiest person in this country cannot help breathing in smokers’ cigarette fumes, auto exhaust, and airborne chemical dust, nor avoid drinking the water, and eating the food. The idea […]
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“Sugar, We’re Goin Down”?: Major Questions Doctrine and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Climate Disclosure Rule
Introduction “‘[I]ncreases in heat-related deaths,’ ‘coastal inundation and erosion,’ ‘more frequent and intense hurricanes, floods, and other extreme weather events,’ ‘drought,’ ‘destruction of ecosystems,’ and ‘potentially significant disruptions of food production.’ […]
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The Risks and Potential Impacts of a Colorado River Compact Curtailment on Colorado River In-Basin and Transmountain Water Rights Within Colorado
Abstract Twenty-plus years of drought and overuse in the Colorado River system have dramatically changed the outlook for water users in the system’s Lower and Upper Basins. At the time […]
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Keeping it in the Ground: An Analysis of Colorado Oil and Gas Law and the Legal Tools to Limit Production
Introduction A tension exists that must be reconciled between Colorado’s management of its natural resources and its stated commitment to fighting climate change. The Colorado executive and legislative branches have, […]
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Old Farms, New Crop: Agriculture’s Historical Influence in Colorado Water Law and its Leadership into a Water Scarce Future
Introduction Colorado is a headwater state. Of the 158 rivers flowing through it, all but two originate in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Major rivers, including the Colorado, the Rio Grande, the […]
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Healthy Rivers are Critical for Colorado’s Water Resources Resilience: How Colorado Water Law Needs to Evolve to Protect Our Natural Stream Systems
Abstract Over the past 200 years, the large majority of Colorado’s rivers have been altered to make way for development, agriculture, or transportation, or to deliver water to users more […]