Category Archives: Environmental Law

Lisa Heinzerling, Introduction: Climate Change at EPA

64 Fla. L. Rev. 1 (2011)| | |||| With the demise of climate legislation in Congress, and the Supreme Court’s rejection of climate-related lawsuits brought under federal common law, rapt attention has turned to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts … Continue reading

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Hari M. Osofsky, Multidimensional Governance and the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

63 Fla. L. Rev. 1077 (2011)| | | ARTICLE :: This Article explores the governance challenges posed by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and proposes strategies for developing more inclusive, responsive institutions to help meet them. It begins by … Continue reading

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Stewart E. Sterk and Kimberly J. Brunelle, Zoning Finality: Reconceptualizing Res Judicata Doctrine in Land Use Cases

63 Fla. L. Rev. 1139 (2011)| | | ARTICLE :: Zoning disputes provide many Americans with their only firsthand exposure to the workings of democratic government. Land use issues trigger participation because neighbors perceive the wrong kind of development as … Continue reading

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R. Benjamin Lingle, Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform: A Double-Edged Sword for Historic Preservation

63 Fla. L. Rev. 985 (2011)|  | | NOTE :: The preservation of historic structures provides communities across the nation with both a source of pride in our national history and a window through which to view that history. Governments’ powers … Continue reading

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Environmental Law Prof Blog Features Professor Sarah Krakoff’s Forthcoming Article, Planetarian Identity Formation and the Relocalization of Environmental Law

The editors of the Florida Law Review are very excited to announce that Professor Krakoff’s piece will be published as part of our January 2012 climate change issue. See Professor Blake Hudson’s write-up on the article here at Environmental Law … Continue reading

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Sarah B. Schindler, Following Industry’s LEED®: Municipal Adoption of Private Green Building Standards

62 Fla. L. Rev. 285 (2010) |   |   |   | ABSTRACT :: Local governments are beginning to require new, privately constructed and funded buildings to be “green” buildings. Instead of creating their own, locally-derived definitions of green … Continue reading

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