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On behalf of the Salazar Center for North American Conservation, CSU Author: Courtney Massey In 2020, the planet is facing existential threats from human-induced climate change, species extinction, and rapid population growth – all of which contribute to increasing pressure on and fragmentation of rural and urban landscapes. At the...

New Study of Colorado River Cutback Risks by GWC Senior Fellow Anne Castle and University of New Mexico Water Resources Program Director John Fleck. With a credible risk that declines in the Colorado River’s flow could force water curtailments in coming decades in Colorado and the rest of the Upper...

Energy as a Locally Desirable Land Use Thursday, October 17, 2019 Professor Hannah Wiseman Florida State University College of Law Energy generation is a classic example of a locally undesirable land use (LULU). Everyone needs energy, but many residents fervently oppose proposals to build a wind farm on a local...

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The Law of the Colorado River seminar, taught by Professor Sarah Krakoff , is a deep-dive into the American West’s most important resource – the water of the Colorado River. We studied every aspect of the river and its management; the Colorado River Compact, the two major dams at Glen...

Professor Mark Squillace Luncheon Keynote The 2019 National Preservation Law Conference was held on Tuesday, June 25 in Washington, D.C. The conference is put on by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in partnership with Georgetown University Law Center. This intense one-day summit provided a highly focused look into historic...

Charting a Better Course for the Colorado River: Identifying the Data and Concepts to Shape the Interim Guidelines Renegotiation Thursday, June 6th and Friday, June 7th, 2019 On June 6-7, 1869, John Wesley Powell’s expedition down the Colorado was prepping for passage through the Canyon of Lodore, an arduous journey...

See the full white paper here: Energy Emergencies vs. Manufactured Crises: The Limits of Federal Authority to Disrupt Power Markets by Ari Peskoe and Sharon Jacobs We live in an age of governance by emergency. In February, President Trump declared a national emergency to build a wall on the southern...

Climate and Energy Law in the Trump Administration Thursday, January 24, 2019 Jody Freeman Harvard Law School, Archibald Cox Professor of Law Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program Professor Freeman discusses the major policy reversals on climate and energy during the Trump administration and describe their implications and legal vulnerabilities...