[A guest book review from Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith:] Within the latest addition to the Research in American Politics collection from Princeton College Press, David Vogel in California Greenin’: How the Golden State Grew to become an Environmental Chief (Princeton UP, 2018) asks how it’s that California has had such success in defending its …
John Echeverria just lately posted “Antonin Scalia’s Flawed Takings Legacy”. The summary: This essay provides a typically damaging appraisal of the importance of Justice Antonin Scalia’s work on the takings difficulty throughout his tenure on the Supreme Courtroom. Whereas Justice Scalia was a visual advocate for increasing the scope of …
A current concern of Atmosphere and Historical past has an article connecting problems with conservation and race, Harald Witt’s “Indigenous Timber and Forests: Contradictions, Battle and Conservation in Natal and Zululand (1900–1960)”. The summary: On the flip of the nineteenth century, it was estimated that nine-tenths of the recognized forests in Natal …
"New" Jersey Metropolis reservoir, c. 1880 Yesterday's This Day in Water Historical past posted an fascinating story on a 1919 positive handed all the way down to Jersey Metropolis for utilizing an excessive amount of water, however each the unique report and the commentary replicate some misunderstandings. The weblog quotes …
Within the final couple of posts in this collection I advised a number of instructions of inquiry for uncovering the historical past of environmental regulation. On this remaining submit within the collection, I want to tentatively provide some ideas on why the historic exploration of environmental regulation issues. To begin with, …
The EPA Alumni Affiliation not too long ago printed on-line Defending the Surroundings: A Half Century of Progress. There’s an Overview, in addition to seven reviews on matters similar to air air pollution, water air pollution, poisonous substances, and so forth. From the introduction: Over the previous half century, our …
Ed Mendoza of the Gila River Indian Neighborhood, Arizona (photograph: Monica Almeida/NYT) Dylan Hedden-Properly not too long ago posted “The Legislative Historical past of the McCarran Modification: An Effort to Decide Whether or not Congress Meant for State Courtroom Jurisdiction to Prolong to Indian Reserved Water Rights”, revealed in Environmental Legislation. …
Murray Clamen and Daniel Macfarlane simply these days posted “The Worldwide Joint Charge, Water Ranges, and Transboundary Governance inside the Good Lakes”. The abstract: This textual content provides a historic background of the evolution of transboundary water governance and environmental diplomacy inside the Good Lakes–St. Lawrence basin, with a give …
William Ruckelshaus, the primary time round Following right this moment’s put up by Craig Oren on precedents from the Reagan period for Trump’s plans to roll again environmental regulation (on which see additionally William Ruckelshaus’s piece from yesterday’s NY Instances), I am additionally re-posting an fascinating name initially posted on H-Atmosphere: …
The McGill Journal of Sustainable Improvement Legislation not too long ago revealed an article by Jamie Benidickson, “The Evolution of Canadian Water Legislation and Coverage: Securing Protected and Sustainable Abundance”. The summary: Canadian water regulation has advanced over an prolonged time frame as a posh combination of federal and provincial …
