Energy costs have been flirting with all-time highs and many homeowners are looking for ways to cut costs. With environmentalism en vogue, many homeowners are finding economic solutions within the green building movement. However, restrictive covenants established by homeowners’ associations (HOA) have made it extremely difficult for many Americans to make their homes more energy [...]
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by Kevin Weigand
With the current state of the economy and an increasing demand for greater corporate transparency and regulatory oversight, many believe that enhanced corporate disclosure requirements will be implemented in the near future, including in the area of climate change. New York [...]
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by Adrienne M. Sakyi
This note will discuss the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineer’s recently promulgated final rule that will affect use of mitigation banking as a tool for compensatory mitigation required under Section 404 of the Clean Water [...]
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by Maggy J. Lewis
This Note deals with the emerging regulatory controversy over the potential mining of a uranium deposit located in rural Southern Virginia. The “Coles Hill” deposit is thought to be the largest deposit of uranium in the United States, but has [...]
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by Jessica B. Izzo
Animal Trafficking is a $20 Billion international business that has quadrupled over the last fifteen years. The over-exploitation of these animals is a global concern, because it can lead to animal extinction, the depletion of resources, and the loss of [...]
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by Jessica Hass
In what has been called the “blue revolution,” more and more consumers and producers are turning to seafood as an alternative to land based meat. Unfortunately, natural fisheries are not an inexhaustible resource. The modern fishing industry has been called “the [...]