Natural Resources Law: A Place-Based Book of Cases and Problems, Third Edition (Aspen Casebook)
The broad national coverage and array of topics in Natural Resources Law is of interest to readers across the country. Most cases are introduced with a photo or map of the place, along with a context-setting paragraph. The text conveys the drama behind resource disputes and policy and the love-of-place. Each group of cases–both foundational cases as well …
Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection: Incentives and Safeguards
Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection investigates the main challenges facing the implementation of environmental protection and the synergies between foreign investment and environmental protection. Adopting legal, economic and political perspectives, the contributing authors analyse the various incentives which encourage foreign investment into pro-environment projects (such as funds, project-finance, market mechanisms, payments-for-ecosystem services and insurance) and the …
Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bears: 100 Years of The National Park Service
Most people who have stood beneath a redwood, necks craned to see its top 300 feet rising far above; or who have heard ghostly whispers of residents long-past among the burnt-red cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde; or who have climbed the stairs to gaze out from the Statue of Liberty’s crown, would agree that our National Park system …
Environmental law has failed us all. As ecosystems collapse across the globe and the climate crisis intensifies, environmental agencies worldwide use their authority to permit the very harm that they are supposed to prevent. Growing numbers of citizens now realize they must act before it is too late. This book exposes what is wrong with environmental law and …
The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World
Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still time to turn around and walk back out of the casino, and in this essential book the author explains …
More than four decades after it was enacted, the Clean Air Act remains one of the most significant and sweeping pieces of environmental legislation in the country’s history. This established resource provides a broad and balanced perspective of the statute and the EPA’s implementing regulations and policy guidance. Combining the experience and knowledge of 31 private and public …
No Matter Which Way You Turn: A Game Warden’s Memoir, Part two
After several years on the job, Conservation Officer Wayne Coleman is able to conduct his duties effectively and confidently, protecting Michigan’s natural resources in Menominee County. Officer Coleman’s new adventures include stories with humor, sadness, excitement and intrigue. Ride along with Wayne as he lives the life of a “Woods Cop” in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The family …
This contemporary casebook speaks directly to the current generation of students. Web-based resources, rich visual aids, newspaper stories, and articles from legal periodicals are interspersed with traditional legal analysis of cases, statutes, and regulations. Specific topics include all the commodity resources―rangeland, timber, water, minerals, energy resources, and rural and urban land. It devotes considerable attention …
Trusted by generations of students and academics alike, Donald McGillivray and Ole Pedersen provide a welcome update of this leading environmental law textbook. The 8th edition continues to provide broad and comprehensive coverage of the key topics taught on most environmental law courses, explaining the subject in its social and political context and considering both UK and international …
A Practical Guide to Environmental Crime Scene Investigations Releasing contaminants into the environment―whether deliberate or unintentional―can be thought of as a crime against the environment. The role of environmental forensics is to identify and prevent environmental pollution, or crimes. Environmental Forensics Fundamentals: A Practical Guide examines this growing field, and provides environmental professionals looking to specialize in environmental …