Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Recent Law Review Articles -- May 2012

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. Camacho, Alejandro E.  A learning collaboratory:  improving federal climate change adaptation planning.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 1821-1861 (2011).

Freeman, Jody and Jim Rossi.  Agency coordination in shared regulatory space.  125 Harv. L. Rev. 1131-1211 (2012).

Macey, Gregg P.  Environmental crisis and the paradox of organizing.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 2063-2114 (2011).

Shapiro, Sidney A.  The complexity of regulatory capture:  diagnosis, causality, and remediation.  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 221-257 (2012).

AGRICULTURE.
Salkin, Patricia E.  Honey, it’s all the buzz:  regulating neighborhood beehives.  39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 55-71 (2012).

AIR POLLUTION.
Turney, John B. and Nicholas “Nick” Ybarra.  Recent development.  Air quality.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 327-330 (2011).

Turney, John B. and student Aaron Tucker.  Recent development.  Air quality.  42 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 109-111 (2011).

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY.
Frulla, David E., George M. Hagerman, Jr. and Michele G. Hallowell.  Found in the wind:  the value of early consultation and collaboration with other ocean users for successful offshore wind development.  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 307-326 (2012).

Plaskov, Justin.  Comment.  Geothermal’s prior appropriation problem.  83 U. Colo. L. Rev. 257-306 (2011).

Rule, Troy A.  Renewable energy and the neighbors.  2010 Utah L. Rev. 1223-1276.

ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
Hunziker, Heather.  Note.  Finding promise in pond scum:  algal biofuels, regulation, and the potential for environmental problems.  42 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 59-83 (2011).

ANIMAL LAW.
Kenny, Krysten.  A local approach to a national problem:  local ordinances as a means of curbing puppy mill production and pet overpopulation.  75 Alb. L. Rev. 379-406 (2011/2012).

Rasmussen, Claire E.  Are animal rights dead meat?  41 Sw. L. Rev. 253-264 (2012).

Serafino, Laurie.  No walk in the dog park:  drafting animal cruelty statutes to resolve double jeopardy concerns and eliminate unfettered prosecutorial discretion.  78 Tenn. L. Rev. 1119-1169 (2011).

ARCTIC.
Anderson, H. Edwin, III.  Polar shipping, the forthcoming Polar Code and implications for the polar environments.  43 J. Mar. L. & Com. 59-83 (2012).

BIODIVERSITY.
Mueller, Troy M.  Comment.  Because I asked you nicely:  defining prior informed consent under the Convention on Biological Diversity.  18 Sw. J. Int’l L. 393-415 (2011).

CLEAN WATER ACT.
Reagen, Chris.  Comment.  The water transfers rule:  how an EPA rule threatens to undermine the Clean Water Act.  (Friends of the Everglades v. S. Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist., 570 F.3d 1210, 2009.)  83 U. Colo. L. Rev. 307-338 (2011).

CLIMATE CHANGE.
Daniels, Brigham.  Addressing global climate change in an age of political climate change.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 1899-1935 (2011).

Verchick, Robert R.M. and Abby Hall.  Adapting to climate change while planning for disaster:  footholds, rope lines, and the Iowa floods.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 2203-2250 (2011).

COASTAL AREAS.
Thompson, Robert.  Beach access, trespass, and the social enactment of property.  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 351-372 (2012).

COMPARATIVE LAW.
Robertson, Heidi Gorovitz.  Public access to private land for walking:  environmental and individual responsibility as rationale for limiting the right to exclude.  23 Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev. 211-262 (2011).

Stevens, Lisa.  Ballenger-Green Diversity Paper.  Note.  The illusion of sustainable development:  how Nigeria’s environmental laws are failing the Niger Delta.  36 Vt. L. Rev. 387-407 (2011).

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
Owley, Jessica.  The enforceability of exacted conservation easements.  36 Vt. L. Rev. 261-302 (2011).

Serkin, Christopher.  Entrenching environmentalism:  private conservation easements over public land.  77 U. Chi. L. Rev. 341-366 (2010).

COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
Muranovic, Sanja.  Note.  Cost-benefit analysis in environmental regulation:  the case of impingement and entrainment and what to take away from ... (Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc., 129 S.Ct. 1498, 2009.)  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 309-326 (2011).

DISASTERS
Disasters and the Environment Symposium.  Introduction by Daniel Farber; articles by Alejandro E. Camacho, Robin Kundis Craig, Brigham Daniels, Lincoln L. Davies, Blake Hudson, Gregg P. Macey, Lesley K. McAllister, Lisa Grow Sun, Robert R.M. Verchick and Abby Hall.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 1783-2250 (2011).

ELECTRICAL UTILITIES.
DiSegna, David M.  Student article.  In re Review of Proposed Town of New Shoreham Project:  a survey and commentary on an important decision for Rhode Island’s renewable energy development.  (In re of Proposed New Shoreham Project, 25 A.3d 482, 2011.)  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 327-350 (2012).

Forbush, John R.  Comment.  Regulating the use and sharing of energy  consumption data:  assessing California’s SB 1476 smart meter privacy statute.  75 Alb. L. Rev. 341-377 (2011/2012).

Fremeth, Adam R. and Guy L.F. Holburn.  Information asymmetries and regulatory decision costs:  an analysis of U.S. electric utility rate changes 1980-2000.  28 J.L. Econ. & Org. 127-162 (2012).

McAllister, Lesley K.  Adaptive mitigation in the electric power sector.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 2115-2155 (2011).

McNeil, Sonia K.  Note.  Privacy and the modern grid.  25 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 199-224 (2011).

Reilly, Lauren.  Note.  Automatic consumer privacy rights embedded in smart grid technology standards by the federal government.  36 Vt. L. Rev. 471-501 (2011).

Rogers, Emily and Rachael K. Jones.  Recent development.  Water quality and utilities.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 337-342 (2011).

ENERGY POLICY.
Cox, Prentiss.  Keeping pace?:  the case against property assessed clean energy financing programs.  83 U. Colo. L. Rev. 83-122 (2011).

Padis, George M.  Note. Overcoming the “energy paradox” in the built environment.  42 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 85-108 (2011).

Vaheesan, Sandeep.  Preempting parochialism and protectionism in power.  49 Harv. J. on Legis. 87-134 (2012).

ENFORCEMENT.
Stafford, Sarah L.  Private policing of environmental performance:  does it further public goals?  39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 73-97 (2012).

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM.
Gormley, Neil.  Greening the law of advertising:  prospects and problems.  42 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 27-58 (2011).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.
Chin, Francis and Maxim Farberov.  Recent development.  Publications.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 350-352 (2011).

Klein, David J. and Tim Redmond.  Recent development.  Casenotes:  federal.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 346-348 (2011).

LaValle, Laura and Madeline Mathews.  Recent development.  Washington update.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 352-355 (2011).

Slobodin, Howard S. and Sarah Page Jackson.  Recent development.  Casenotes:  state.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 348-350 (2011).

FEDERALISM.
Fischman, Robert L. and Jeremiah I. Williamson.  The story of Kleppe v. New Mexico:  the Sagebrush Rebellion as un-cooperative federalism.  83 U. Colo. L. Rev. 123-178 (2011).

FISHERIES.
George, Mary.  Fisheries protections in the context of the geo-political tensions in the South China Sea.  43 J. Mar. L. & Com. 85-128 (2012).

Taking Stock:  The Magnuson-Stevens Act Revisited.  Articles by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Eric Schwaab, Peter Shelley and Anne Hayden.  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 7-80 (2012).

GREENHOUSE GASES.
Cecot, Caroline.  Note.  Blowing hot air:  an analysis of state involvement in greenhouse gas litigation.  65 Vand. L. Rev. 189-248 (2012).

Riccardi, Nathan D.  Note.  Necessarily hypocritical:  the legal viability of EPA’s regulation of stationary source greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.  (Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497, 2007.)  39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 213-241 (2012).

Weil, Gabriel.  Note.  Costs, contributions, and climate change:  how important are universally binding emissions commitments?  23 Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev. 319-344 (2011).

HERITAGE SITES.
Horgan, Danielle E.  Note.  Reconciling the past with the future:  the Cape Wind Project and the National Historic Preservation Act.  36 Vt. L. Rev. 409-432 (2011).

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
Coman, Hannah.  Note.  Balancing the need for energy and clean water:  the case for applying strict liability in hydraulic fracturing suits.  39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 131-160 (2012).

INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Puder, Markus G.  The rise of regional integration law (RIL):  good news for international environmental law (IEL)?  23 Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev. 165-210 (2011).

INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
Atik, Jeffery.  Inventing trade remedies In response to climate change.  18 Sw. J. Int’l L. 53-63 (2011).

Hsu, Shi-Ling.  A prediction market for climate outcomes.  83 U. Colo. L. Rev. 179-256 (2011).

LAND USE.
Been, Vicki.  Community benefits agreements:  a new local government tool or another variation on the exactions theme?  77 U. Chi. L. Rev. 5-35 (2010).

Sun, Lisa Grow.  Smart growth in dumb places:  sustainability, disaster, and the future of the American city.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 2157-2201 (2011).

LEGAL PROCESS.
Evans, Danieli.  Note.  Concrete private interest in regulatory enforcement:  tradable environmental resource rights as a basis for standing.  29 Yale J. on Reg. 201-243 (2012).

Mank, Bradford C.  Informational standing after Summers.  39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 1-54 (2012).

MARITIME LAW.
Anderson, Charles B.  Marine pollution and the “polluter pays” principle:  should the polluter also pay punitive damages?  43 J. Mar. L. & Com. 43-58 (2012).

NATURAL RESOURCES.
Hooks, Aileen M. and student Julie Patel.  Recent development.  Natural resources.  42 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 111-113 (2011).

Hooks, Aileen M. and Zachary Rider.  Recent development.  Natural resources.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 330-334 (2011).

Natural Resources and Environmental Law.  Articles by Eric Biber, Prentiss Cox, Robert L. Fischman, Jeremiah I. Williamson and Shi-Ling Hsu; comments by Justin Plaskov and Chris Reagen.  83 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1-338 (2011).

NEPA.
Garfinkle, Jesse.  Note.  Scope of reviewable evidence in NEPA predetermination cases:  why going off the record puts courts on target.  39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 161-184 (2012).

Holcomb, James R., IV.  NEPA and climate change:  after the CEQ’s draft guidance.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 259-278 (2011).

NUCLEAR ENERGY.
Davies, Lincoln L.  Beyond Fukushima:  disasters, nuclear energy, and energy law.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 1937-1989 (2011).

Fahring, T.L.  Note.  Nuclear uncertainty:  a look at the uncertainties of a U.S. nuclear renaissance.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 279-307 (2011).

Zeidan, Sayed.  The procedural rules and obligations under international law for construction of a nuclear installation:  prevention and reduction of environmental damage.  23 Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev. 263-318 (2011).

OCEANS.
Emerging Issue:  Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning.  Articles by Grover Fugate, David E. Frulla, George M. Hagerman, Jr., Michele G. Hallowell, Robert Thompson and student David M. DiSegna.  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 295-372 (2012).

Pettit, David and David Newman.  Federal public law and the future of oil and gas drilling on the outer continental shelf.  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 184-220 (2012).

OIL SPILLS.
Blowout:  Legal Legacy of the Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe.  Articles by Sen. Jack Reed, Juliet Eilperin, Deborah E. Greenspan, Matthew A. Neuburger, George W. Conk, David Pettit, David Newman, Sidney A. Shapiro, Julia B. Wyman and Thomas C. Galligan, Jr.  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 81-294 (2012).

Craig, Robin Kundis.  Legal remedies for deep marine oil spills and long-term ecological resilience:  a match made in hell.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 1863-1897 (2011).

Galligan, Thomas C., Jr.  A sad tale of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, normal accidents, and our appetite for risk.  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 264-294 (2012).

Higgens, Mark M.  Note.  Do as I say and not as I do:  the United States’ immunity in oil spill response actions.  45 Suffolk U.L. Rev. 149-168 (2011).

RIVERS.
Giles, Morgan.  Comment.  A call to action:  expanding public access to Ohio’s navigable rivers and streams.  39 Cap. U. L. Rev. 993-1025 (2011).

Harris, Susan.  Note.  “Pigs will fly”:  protecting the Los Angeles River by declaring navigability.  39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 185-212 (2012).

SOLID WASTE.
Abazari, Ali and Alyssa Nava.  Recent development.  Solid waste.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 334-336 (2011).

Abazari, Ali and student Michael Pena.  Recent development.  Solid waste.  42 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 114-117 (2011).

SUPERFUND.
Gershonowitz, Aaron.  The end of joint and several liability in Superfund litigation:  from Chem-Dyne to Burlington Northern.  50 Duq. L. Rev. 83-124 (2012).

TAKINGS.
Andrews, Trent.  Comment.  Official maps and the regulatory takings problem:  a legislative solution.  2011 BYU L. Rev. 2251-2281 (2011).

Frame, Ian M.  Note.  If you build it, he will come:  judicial takings and a search for common ground.  (Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Fla. Dep’t of Envtl. Prot., 130 S. Ct. 2592, 2010.)  6 Liberty U. L. Rev. 109-135 (2011).

TORTS.
Greenspan, Deborah E. and Matthew A. Neuburger.  Settle or sue?  The use and structure of alternative compensation programs in the mass claims context.  17 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 97-136 (2012).

WATER LAW.
Smith, Robin and Catherine Bennett.  Recent development.  Water rights.  41 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 342-345 (2011).

WATER RESOURCES.
Pannu, Camille.  Comment.  Drinking water and exclusion:  a case study from California’s Central Valley.  100 Cal. L. Rev. 223-268 (2012).

Rogers, Emily and students Nick Ybarra and Maxim Farberov.  Recent development.  Water quality and utilities.  42 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 117-126 (2011).

ZONING.
Hills, Roderick M., Jr. and David Schleicher.  The steep costs of using noncumulative zoning to preserve land for urban manufacturing.  77 U. Chi. L. Rev. 249-273 (2010).

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