Unintended Consequences

The Dartmouth Law Journal (DLJ) is a scholarly law review published three times a year by undergraduate students under the auspices of the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College. They are now in...

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OnEarth.org points us to a story at Mongabay.com, about the purchase of environmental services rights in a rainforest in South America by a private equity firm, Canopy Capital. "How can it be tha...

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Munich Re has released its 2007 review of natural catastrophe experience and its announcement of a strategic re-direction to address climate change, which it describes as "one of the greatest ris...

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James Hansen is one of the most respected scientists on the topic of climate change. His 1988 Congressional testimony (yes, 20 years ago) opened the policy agenda when he testified that he was 99...

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Temperature data from eleven western states over five years shows the Colorado River basin was 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the historical average for the past century, more than twice the ...

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Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, analyzes how Gulf Coast roads and highways, transit services, oil and gas pipelines, frei...

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Notes on the 15th Gallivan Conference, "Is It Easy Being Green?: Sustainable Development and the Law," held at the University of Connecticut School of Law on February 29, 2008. (read more below t...

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In "There Will Be Floods," Alex Prud'homme warns of the crumbling, inadequate infrastructure that holds back rivers and estuaries across the U.S. Levees in Texas City protecting oil refining capa...

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Green Collar Vets (www.greencollarvets.org) is looking for a few good veterans to link with green collar jobs. The non-profit was founded in 2007 by Jyl DeHaven, a real estate developer in Fort W...

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In an October 2007 report commissioned by Ceres, author Even Mills, Ph.D., of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, identified several hundred innovations to address climate change that have...

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Interviews and info on the presidential candidates' energy plans and environmental positions at Grist.org. DougSimpson.com/blog...

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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued its report on a 16-month investigation into allegations of political interference by the current administration with climate chan...

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In an extended and annotated comment, "Thank You, Rod Bremby!" in Everyday Citizen, Lola Wheeler provides background and her perspective on the politics and policy behind the decision of the Kans...

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During the recent heat wave on the East Coast, heavy power users throttled back during peak times, in response to price incentives and an "intelligent network" for electrical power delivery. "Dem...

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports statistics on the increased percentage of U.S. energy usage coming from renewable energy sources. The report includes data and analysis on the i...

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