July2015
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Segmentation, Indirect Effects and an Anniversary
Forty years ago today the Ninth Circuit handed down City of Davis v. Coleman, 521 F.2d 661 (9th Cir. 1975). Little known outside the circle of NEPA admirers who think about the complexities of “scoping” an...July 30, 2015 384 0 -
The “Full and Fair” Discussion of Impacts Includes a Realistic Assessment of Future Compliance
As student work, the recent Yale Law Journal note “A ‘Full and Fair’ Discussion of Environmental Impacts in NEPA EISs: The Case for Addressing the Impact of Substantive Regulatory Regimes” by Sarah Langberg is exemplary. The...July 13, 2015 330 0 -
When Connectivity Met Toxicity: Hard Questions in Restoration II
Restorative work that raises hard questions of one environmental good versus another is quickly becoming a staple of NEPA practice. This story brought you the question of fire suppression’s legacy and restoring a forest to its...July 10, 2015 413 0 -
WOTUS Rulemaking: A NEPA Goose or Gander?
There are, so far as the Lab’s learned, now five law suits that’ve been filed challenging EPA and the Corps’ recent “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rulemaking. In only one of them—that by North Dakota...July 6, 2015 427 0
