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The Stanford Environmental Law Journal (ELJ) was founded in 1978.  It is run by students who are eager to explore environmental issues, improve their writing skills, and be actively involved in academic discourse. ELJ publishes articles on a variety of issues in natural resources law, environmental policy, law and economics, international environmental law, and other topics relating to law and the environment. ELJ accepts submissions from academics, practitioners, or other writers, as well as students, throughout the year. We publish in January, March and June.

ELJ is excited to publish Volume 33 in the 2013-14 academic year, including the March 2014 Special Symposium Issue on Marine Conservation, with collaborative contributions from the world's leading legal and scientific experts.

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Volume 34 , Number 1

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The New Insider Trading: Environmental Markets within the Firm

Sarah E. Light, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
lightsa@wharton.upenn.edu

Environmental law scholarship has failed to appreciate fully the significant parallels between public law rules and private environmental governance—the traditionally “governmental” standard-setting functions that private parties, including business firms, non-governmental organizations, and individuals, have adopted to govern behavior respecting the environment. Read more about The New Insider Trading: Environmental Markets within the Firm

  • April 2015
  • 34 Stan.Envtl.L.J. 3
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Completing the Bridge to Nowhere: Prioritizing Oil and Gas Emissions Regulations in Western States

Joel Minor, Law Clerk to the Honorable Carlos F. Lucero, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
joelminor@gmail.com

America’s energy portfolio is rapidly changing. The hydraulic fracturing boom has spurred domestic oil and gas production. Though the media has focused largely on issues related to water quality, the boom’s greatest environmental impact may be on air pollution and the climate.[1] Whether that impact is positive or negative is hotly contested.[2] Abundant natural gas is championed as a “bridge fuel” away from coal and into a low-carbon energy future. Read more about Completing the Bridge to Nowhere: Prioritizing Oil and Gas Emissions Regulations in Western States

  • April 2015
  • 34 Stan.Envtl.L.J. 57
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Paying Back the River: A First Analysis of Western Groundwater Offset Rules and Lessons for Other Natural Resources

Rebecca Nelson, Kellehers Australia
rebeccalouisenelson@gmail.com

Natural resources offsets are a legal tool often used by regulators charged with protecting those resources to permit an activity that impacts them adversely in exchange for a compensatory measure that reduces or negates that adverse impact. Offset rules span resources as diverse as wetlands, streams, water quality, air quality, endangered species, and native vegetation. The literature on offsets in these environmental contexts is voluminous. Read more about Paying Back the River: A First Analysis of Western Groundwater Offset Rules and Lessons for Other Natural Resources

  • April 2015
  • 34 Stan.Envtl.L.J. 129
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A Note about Cumulative Impact Analysis under Functionally Equivalent Programs

Erin E. Prahler, Center for Ocean Solutions
Sarah M. Reiter, Center for Ocean Solutions
Meredith Bennett, Center for Ocean Solutions
meredithebennett@gmail.com
Ashley L. Erickson, Center for Ocean Solutions
Molly Loughney Melius, Center for Ocean Solutions
Margaret R. Caldwell, Center for Ocean Solutions

An online supplement to Erin E. Prahler et al., It All Adds Up: Enhancing Ocean Health by Improving Cumulative Impact Analyses in Environmental Review Documents, 33 STAN. ENVTL. L.J. 351 (2014). Read more about A Note about Cumulative Impact Analysis under Functionally Equivalent Programs

  • August 13, 2014
  • 33 Stan.Envtl.L.J. 101
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