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The New Insider Trading: Environmental Markets within the Firm
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
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
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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