Category: Printed
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Federal Power Act Limitations on FERC Dam Decommissioning Authority: Shielding Preexisting Licensees and Revisiting Trust Funds to Protect the Public Interest
INTRODUCTION Hydropower is one of humankind’s oldest sources of energy.[2] Civilizations from the ancient Mesopotamian region utilized dams in one form or another as early as 8,000 years ago.[3] More […]
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Speech: Climate Progress in the Energy Sector: Room for (Cautious) Optimism?
[1]*I want to join others in thanking Alice Madden, Shaun LaBarre, the Getches-Wilkinson Center and the sponsors for making this conference possible. It is just exactly the kind of conference […]
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Peace Like a River: Institutionalizing Cooperation Over Water Resources in the Jordan River Basin
I. Introduction In January 2008, United Nations (“UN”) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commented on the coincidence of water and conflict at the World Economic Forum. Pointing out that the […]
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Congress Resurrects a Native Harvest and Creates Potential for Conflict in Migratory Bird Management
ABSTRACT In 2014 Congress passed the Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act. The Act reestablishes a native gull egg harvest that had been eliminated in the 1960s. The new […]
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Environmental Jurisdiction in Indian Country: Why the EPA Should Change its Definition of Indian Agency Jurisdiction under the Safe Drinking Water Act
I. INTRODUCTION The Navajo Nation has a bitter history with uranium mining. Uranium mining began in and around the Navajo Nation reservation in 1942, as the uses of uranium were […]
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A Looming “Sand Trap” in Severed Mineral Estates
Introduction Over the last decade, U.S. oil production has nearly doubled in volume on the strength of what has come to be known as a “shale revolution.”[2] Due to […]
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The Lobo Limps on from Limbo: A History, Summary, and Outlook for Mexican Wolf Recovery in the American Southwest
Introduction The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (“NMDGF” or “Department”), acting pursuant to new administrative regulations, denied a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”)[2] application to import and […]
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Collateral Damage: The Gun Debate Moves into America’s National Parks
National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst. —Wallace Stegner[2] I. INTRODUCTION […]
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Not All Land Exchanges Are Created Equal: A Case Study of the Oak Flat Land Exchange
I. Introduction “Balance, that’s the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.”[2] As a result of United States federal land policy in the early part […]
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Coal Barons and Ski Bums: An Unlikely Alliance? Exploring Potential Solutions to Waste Mine Methane
I. INTRODUCTION Coal is a necessary part of the twenty-first century global economy. Approximately thirty-six percent of all globally generated power is reliant on coal as a primary fuel source.[2] […]