Category: Printed
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Citizen Litigants Citizen Regulators: Four Cases Where Citizen Suits Drove Development of Clean Water Law
I. Introduction One of the key innovations of the 1970s regulatory environmental revolution was the provision for citizen enforcement of regulatory standards. This innovation upset the previous bipolar regulatory model, […]
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Federal Wild Lands Policy in the Twenty-First Century: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
Abstract The protection of federally owned wild lands, including, designated wilderness areas, has long been a cardinal element of the American character. For a variety of reasons, designating wild lands […]
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The Great Escape: Addressing the Problem of Fugitive Methane Emissions from the Conventional Natural Gas System Under the Clean Air Act
I. Introduction Natural gas production in the United States has steadily increased in recent years.[2] A recent study projected that natural gas development is expected to increase by forty-four percent […]
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Conserving Endangered Species in Indian Country: The Success and Struggles of Joint Secretarial Order 3206 Nineteen Years On
I. Introduction In 1996, two cabinet departments and scores of tribes and tribal leaders convened to enact an Order that would enhance tribal sovereignty, streamline federal and tribal coordination, and […]
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A Penny Saved is a Penny Not Burned: Renewables, Efficiency, and Conservation as Alternative Means of Reducing Energy Consumption
I. Introduction Policy makers have at least three tools at their disposal to reduce carbon emissions: renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy conservation.[2] A renewable energy source promises to heat […]
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Speech: Expanding the Watershed: Certainty and Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
I. Introduction [1]*It is great to be back here in Boulder, particularly given the last two weeks of Congressional budget hearings. Last year, I was at the University of Colorado […]
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The Hallett Decrees and Acequia Water Rights Administration on Rio Culebra in Colorado
Figure 1: Colorado River Basins[3] I. Introduction The San Luis Valley (“the Valley”) is a broad, high-altitude valley in south-central Colorado, extending southward to the New Mexico state line. Two […]
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Out With the Old and In With the New: Modernizing Liquefied Natural Gas Regulations
I. Introduction Testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in 2003, then Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan cautioned, “Today’s tight natural gas markets have been a long time […]
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In a Rising Sea of Uncertainty: A Call for a New International Convention to Safeguard the Human Rights of Citizens of Deterritorialized Asia-Pacific Small Island-States
I. Introduction The planet is warming, both on the surface and in the oceans.[1] Warmer surface temperatures result in faster rates at which ice caps and glaciers melt, while warmer […]
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Fire, Flood, Famine, and Pestilence: Climate Change and Federal Crop Insurance
I. Introduction It takes over one gallon of water to grow a single almond in California.[1] California farmers raise $5 billion of the nuts annually,[2] but because of the 2014 […]