http://www.blawgrepublic.com/cat/Environmental-Law/ ENVIRONMENTAL LAW NEWS Condesa Inc. Blawg Republic http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/02/michigan-journal-of-environmental-administrative-law-call-for-submissions.html Please see the below call for submissions: The Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law is soliciting articles on a range of topics related to environmental and administrative law for our upcoming volume. Our journals focus on both environmental law... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/02/minnesota-senates-ouster-of-its-puc-chair-ellen-anderson-partisanship-that-fails-to-recognize-potent.html Earlier this week, Minnesota Senate Republicans voted to oust Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chair Ellen Anderson. Despite the fact that she had voted with the rest of PUC in almost every vote (of 221 votes in which she participated, the... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/02/yucca-mountain-whose-voice.html The story of Yucca Mountain, Nevadadesignated as the nations repository for commercial nuclear wasteis of central importance in the enduringly contentious nuclear power debate. If youve been following the Yucca Mountain controversy, youll know that both the Department of Energy... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/02/what-dont-we-teach.html Lately, criticizing the alleged inadequacies of contemporary legal education is all the rage. Judges, law professors, and, perhaps most notoriously, the New York Times all have abundant opinions on whats wrong with or missing from legal education. I think, for... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/02/teaching-sustainability-by-example.html The idea of fostering environmental literacy among students is important to human well-being. As such, it is promising to learn that public and private schools across the nation have been busy greening both the curriculum and educational facilities. States now... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/ehrlichman-and-the-environment.html This upcoming year, I intend to blog periodically about the political players that oversaw the birth of environmental law in the 1970s. John Ehrlichman is mainly remembered for his participation in the Watergate break in. Of course, Watergate was a... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/my-european-carbon-footprint.html At this nifty website, the per capita carbon footprints of different countries can be compared. It shows that the carbon footprint of the average American (that is, a resident of the USA) is about two-and-a-half times larger than the carbon... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/in-case-you-missed-it-week-of-january-22-28.html * President Obama's State of the Union Address and reactions to it involved significant discussion of energy and transition to cleaner sources. * As environmental concerns continue to rise about the recent cruise ship accident off the coast of Italy... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/climate-change-adaptation-where-the-academy-meets-the-real-world.html State-level climate change adaptation is on the radar in Hawaii, and like many other academic institutions working in other jurisdictions, the University of Hawaii has something to do with it. Last week, Hawaii State Representative Cynthia Thielen introduced House Bill... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/job-openings.html There are a variety of recently announced job openings that may be of interest: Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Visiting Assistant Professor - UH Energy Law Scholar - Non-Tenure-Track at the University of Houston Visiting professor... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/electric-power-in-a-carbon-constrained-world.html There are enough conferences every year that, if one attended them all, no other work would get done. That said, there is a particularly well put together conference coming up on Thursday, February 9. Electric Power in a Carbon Constrained... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/local-environmental-law-imposed-versus-proposed-exactions.html Local governments routinely attach conditions, or exactions, to development permits in an effort to address the environmental and infrastructural impacts of individual projects. However, presumably to protect landowners from exactions that are either unrelated or disproportionate to the problems cau http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/president-obamas-state-of-the-union-address-energy-and-climate-change.html Last night, President Obama delivered his annual State of the Union Address. Like last year, he focused on the potential for unity over energy independence, transition to cleaner energy, and energy infrastructure rather than on addressing climate change. He continued... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/the-nuclear-conundrum.html It has been nearly one year since a massive tsunami and earthquake shook Japan's nuclear plants. Up until that point nations seriously considered nuclear energy as a good alternative to meet growing energy demands and reduce GHG emissions. Government response... http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2012/01/on-a-lighter-note.html With the start of the semester, time for doing "things" like taking an evening out for watching a movie has dwindled. However, just before the holiday season provided ample opportunity to watch movies. It was while watching the trailer for...