by John Nolon | Jul 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
The per se taking doctrine of Lucas and the less-than-certain projections of sea level rise hinder the use of land use and environmental regulations in preventing and mitigating development on coastal properties threatened with gradual inundation and sudden storm...
by John Nolon | Jul 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
The advent, beginning roughly in 1992, of local environmental law is adding expansive bottom-up land use strategies to top-down environmental law: local strategies that now constitute an accepted area of practice and scholarship.[1] Critics of any attempt to solve the...
by Karl Coplan | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
I watched Bill McKibben’s movie about his “Do the Math” Tour last night, and got to watch some of my good friends and personal environmental heroes getting arrested for civil disobedience protests against the Project XL pipeline. McKibben’s...
by John Nolon | Apr 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
In 1992, families with children predominated, creating a market for single-family, single-lot homes in suburban greenfields—the American Dream; 2013 sees a different market emerging of younger and smaller households, most of whom seek rental apartments or smaller...
by David Cassuto | Apr 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
David Cassuto (x-post from Animal Blawg) There’s a story about a Canadian farmer who won a $100 million tax-free, lump sum payment in the Canadian lottery. When asked what he would do with the money, he replied “I guess I’ll just keep farming until the money’s gone.”...
by David Cassuto | Apr 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
David Cassuto (x-posted at Animal Blawg) Agricultural animals are not covered by the federal Animal Welfare Act. Many states also exclude them from their anti-cruelty laws. As a result, they have virtually no legal protections at all and spend their short lives in...
