Natural Resources Protecting the Piping Plover Lenore M. Montanaro In recognition of the Endangered Species Act’s 50th anniversary, this article discusses the endangered piping plover, a precious and protected migratory shorebird.
Natural Resources How the Forthcoming Species Mitigation Rule May Influence Private Investment in Species Biodiversity Sara L. Johnson and Leo D. Lentsch The proposed compensatory mitigation rule offers an exciting opportunity to incentivize the use of private capital investments that enhance habitat for imperiled species, thereby preserving biodiversity.
Environment Environmental Public Interest Litigation Saved the Green Peafowls of China Feng Ge and Darius Longarino China’s revised Environmental Protection Law (2015) gave Friends of Nature, a Chinese NGO, standing to sue a dam company for threatening the endangered green peafowl’s habitat.
Land Use Conservation Easements for Biodiversity and Happy Clients Michael A. Powell Achieving federal conservation goals will require the expanded use of conservation easements; practitioners should equip themselves to help their clients navigate this specialized field.
Land Use The 30×30 Initiative in the Midwest Protecting Critical Habitat Where Corn Is King Ingrid Gronstal This article examines the challenge of land conservation in the corn belt and the opportunities that 30 by 30 provides to protect biodiversity in the Midwest.
Natural Resources The Missing Component Incorporating Biodiversity into Natural Resource Remediation and Restoration Jen Lyndall, Kegan Brown, and Thomas Pearce The importance of incorporating biodiversity into natural resource remediation and restoration efforts, current regulatory framework limitations, and solutions for enhancing the protection and restoration of biodiversity in contaminated sites.
Land Use Nature Restoration Law Proposal for the EU Path Towards Climate Change Resiliency Milan Damohorský and Elif Naz Němec The Nature Restoration Law Proposal is ambitious concerning biodiversity adaptation to climate change, but implementation challenges are on the horizon for the EU.
Environment Biodiversity Conservation and the Problem of Extraterritoriality Rodolfo Jaffé and Lawson E. Fite An overview of U.S. and global legal frameworks for biodiversity protection and recent developments that may affect businesses’ compliance requirements.
Natural Resources Vantage Point Robin Kundis Craig, Issue Editor The articles in this issue illuminate how to initiate an “all hands on deck” effort to slow the planetary loss of biodiversity, wielding legal tools as diverse as the biodiversity they can help to protect.
Natural Resources Interview: Elizabeth Klein Interview by Milo Mason Interview with the Director of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on current and future federal permitting for offshore wind and other energy projects.
Land Use Perspectives: Norm-Shifting for Win-Win Change Kalyani Robbins Biodiversity can benefit from win-win changes requiring a bit of lens adjustment and norm shifting, such as reconsidering the unsustainable monoculture lawn.
Natural Resources Literary Resources Reviewed by Frederick H. Turner Reviews of Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods, Fen, Bog & Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis.
Environment The Back Page: Onshoring Samuel Brown Discussion of current U.S. policy to onshore—to the maximum extent practicable—the production capabilities and infrastructure necessary for meeting climate change, national security, and economic goals.
Natural Resources Relative Permanence—the New WOTUS Test Patrick J. Paul The Supreme Court limits scope of EPA and Corps of Engineers Regulatory Authority under the CWA by narrowing the definition of “waters of the United States.”
Environment Right to Repair and the Environment—Fix It or Nix It? Madeline June Kass This article examines state, federal, and European Union right-to-repair initiatives and their intended environmental benefits, targeted products, and characteristic regulatory provisions.
Federal Government “50 Shades of Green”: Incorporation of Green Remediation Techniques in CERCLA Remedies Kevin R. Murray Green remediation should be given greater focus. When protective of health and the environment, the green remediation approach, in its essence, champions the preservation and sustainable use of resources.
Federal Government New Environmental Justice Executive Action Hailey Droogan and Erin Flannery Keith E.O. 14096 renews the charge for federal agencies to invest in and engage with underserved and overburdened communities to achieve environmental justice.
