Natural Resources Seafloor Massive Sulfides Mining Andrew C. Lillie Physical realities, economic possibilities, and legal hurdles are among the challenges of extracting critical minerals from the deep ocean.
Natural Resources Successful Tribal Opposition to Mining Projects in the Upper Midwest Gussie Lord The potential mining resurgence in the upper Midwest likely will face opposition from tribal organizations with a long history of fiercely and effectively protecting natural resources and treaty rights, working together with local non-Native allies to protect a shared way of life.
Natural Resources Smarter Produced Water Management Options: Can the Regulatory Landscape Keep Pace? Gary Steinbauer and Kevin Garber Produced water management appears to be shifting from disposal toward a recognition that produced water is a potentially valuable resource. Can the regulations keep pace?
Natural Resources Contemplating a Domestic Regulatory and Enforcement Framework for Deep Seabed Mining Kartik S. Madiraju Deep seabed mining is a burgeoning industry with vast potential, and great environmental risk. An attorney provides guideposts for a regulatory framework, taking inspiration from water and mining laws in the United States.
Environment How a New Ecological Augmentation Remedy Option Could Advance Superfund Site Closures at Mining-Impacted Sites Amanda Halter and Ashleigh Acevedo Ecological augmentation, an emerging remedial policy, could be used to advance completion of mining-contaminated sites with controlled human health risks.
Natural Resources Melting Ice and Deep Waters: The United States and Deep Seabed Mining in the Arctic Ekrem Korkut and Lara B. Fowler Melting Arctic ice may reveal new areas for deep seabed mining. Options are explored within the context of the United States’ failure to join the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Natural Resources Spotlight on Cavern Closure: The European Approach to a Pressing Issue in the Underground Gas Storage Market Martin Hamer and Johann-Frederik Schuldt How to close an underground gas storage facility? Learn about the European approach and how coordination in the EU and across the Atlantic could be a solution.
Public Infrastructure The Brazilian Brumadinho Mining Disaster: Environmental Regulation on Debate Leonardo Munhoz It is alarming that Mariana and Brumadinho mining disasters occurred within a such a short period of time in Brazil, raising the concern whether Brazil has a problematic regulatory framework or otherwise lacks capacity to enforce the law.
Natural Resources The Liquid Left Behind: Uncertainty about the Cleanup Costs and Liability for Water Used in Fracking James T. O’Reilly Future generations will pay to clean up the wastewater ponds left behind from fracking, and strong views are being expressed on all sides.
Natural Resources Using Emerging Technologies to Rethink and Enhance Coal Mine Reclamation Programs in the Western United States Kara Haas, Paul Nazaryk, and Linda S. DeLay Emerging technologies can now empower mining companies to build upon traditional methods of measuring revegetation success by providing an opportunity to holistically monitor the reclamation.
Natural Resources Vantage Point Frederick H. Turner, Issue Editor Journey “underland” by exploring terrestrial and ocean mining from legal perspectives that examine often-overlooked physical and ecological aspects of mines and offer fresh insights into the legal issues and regulatory regimes governing the mining and reclamation of our landscape and seascape.
Environment Literary Resources Reviewed by Madeline June Kass Reviews of Horizon; Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?; and Natural Resource Damages: A Guide to Litigating and Resolving NRD Cases.
Natural Resources The Back Page: Revisiting the Buffalo Commons Jonathan P. Scoll Census data since 1987 support the prediction of two professors about the depopulation of the Great Plains, but their vision of a reversion of the region to its pre-settlement condition remains unfulfilled.
Environment A Decarbonized Economy: Risks and Opportunities Samuel L. Brown and Lauren A. Bachtel Companies from diverse sectors should recognize the interconnection between short-term actions to address climate change, longer-term risks, and the ongoing dismantling of walls between industrial sectors.
Natural Resources Dirtying the Waters Jim Murphy With new threats to our nation’s water quality emerging, federal agencies are taking a series of misguided steps to undermine federal protections for clean water.
Environment Disability Rights and Dignity in Disasters Aleksandra “Sasha” George and Erin Flannery Keith Through improved emergency planning for climate change disasters, governments can prevent unlawful discrimination against people with disabilities and people of color—and save lives.
Environment UK Parent May Be Liable for Pollution by Zambian Subsidiary Lois G. Paine The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has issued an important decision on a UK holding company’s liability for its subsidiaries’ environmental damage abroad.
Natural Resources Water Banking: A Distribution Solution Cedar Q. Cosner Using primary governance systems, states implement water banking to maximize water distribution, while still protecting water right holders from forfeiture.
