Category: Printed
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Freezing to Heat the Future: Streamlining the Planning and Monitoring of Arctic Hydrocarbon Development
I. Introduction Hydrocarbon development in the Arctic is no longer a “what if” situation; it is the here and now. The future will bring more development, as evidenced by the […]
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Development and Dissemination of Clean Cookstoves: A Model Law for Developed Countries
[1]*[2]**Model Law A BILL To promote the development and deployment of clean cookstoves to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat global warming by creating a thriving global market […]
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Drafting Model Laws on Indoor Pollution for Developing and Developed Nations Workshop
Introduction This Essay introduces the framework for deliberation and legislative drafting undertaken at the workshop: Drafting Model Laws on Indoor Pollution for Developing and Developed Nations on July 12-13, 2012, […]
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Speech: Energy Policy from a Federal Legislative Perspective
[1]*I am pleased to be here this evening to present the Fifth Annual Schultz Lecture here at the University of Colorado. I appreciate the invitation of the Law School and […]
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Clean Cookstoves for a Billion Cooks: Designing Diverse Laws to Solve a Worldwide Problem
Abstract Roughly half the world’s people use solid biomass fuel for cooking and heating. Most cook over open fires or with stoves that burn the fuel incompletely. Nearly two million […]
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Keystone XL: Reviewability of Transboundary Permits in the United States
I. Introduction The controversial Keystone XL pipeline (“Keystone XL” or “pipeline”), if approved, will have effects for years to come. The potential effects are not only environmental. If the pipeline […]
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Bracing for the Impending Rocket Revolution: How to Regulate International Environmental Harm Caused by Commercial Space Flight
I. Introduction The new commercial space market offers the world unprecedented access to space but may also herald unprecedented dangers to the upper atmosphere that could hasten climate change. The […]
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The Waikato-Tainui Settlement Act: A New High-Water Mark for Natural Resources Co-management
“[I]f we care for the River, the River will continue to sustain the people.” —The Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010 I. Introduction Adaptive co-management, an approach to […]
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Governing the Post-Socialist Transitional Commons: A Case from Rural China
Abstract When the collective declines, who manages the collective-owned land? When the socialist state fails, who possesses the state-owned river? This Article concerns the governance of land and natural resources […]
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Oil, Contact, and Conservation in the Amazon: Indigenous Huaorani, Chevron, and Yasuni
I. Introduction The Huaorani (Waorani) are hunters and gatherers who have lived in the Amazon Rainforest since before written history. Their ancestral lands span some 20,000 square kilometers and include […]