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By Susan Smith

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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 14:15:36

Climbing to Copenhagen -- rough going in September

Posted on September 10, 2009
Reuters reports that September U.N. summit seen key to climate deal OSLO (Reuters) - A drive to agree a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in December risks failure unless world leaders revive bogged-down negotiations at a U.N. summit in New...

Climbing to Copenhagen -- rough going in September

New Model of Decision-making Incorporates How People Change Their Minds in the Midst of Making a Decision

Posted on September 09, 2009
NATURE published a summary of research on changes of mind in decision-making on September 10th. It summarized the research in this fashion (Nature link) : How do we change our minds? Theoretical neuroscientists have developed plausible models for how the...

GAO Report on Wildfire Management

Posted on September 09, 2009
GAO on September 9th published a report "Wildland Fire Management: Federal Agencies Have Taken Important Steps Forward, but Additional, Strategic Action is Needed to Capitalize on Those Steps." GAO-09-877 . A summary, the GAO Highlights, is contained in this link.

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Light at the end of the recession tunnel

Posted on September 09, 2009
According to the Fed's Beige Book report, the economy appears to be stabilizing across much of the country, with a pickup in factory activity and improvement in residential real estate. Manufacturers are "cautiously optimistic," with several districts reporting gains in...

Are Speculators Driving Up Oil Prices?

Posted on September 09, 2009
The Economist published an article Data Diving discussing new data that allows closer analysis of whether speculators are responsible for driving up oil prices. The short answer according to the speculators is probably not. And, even if they were, in...

Making the World a Better Place

Posted on September 09, 2009
Here is New Scientist's list of the top 10 ways to make the world a better place. The article itself contains more discussion, but you need to subscribe. Comments anyone??? BLUEPRINT FOR A BETTER WORLD We live in an imperfect...

Sustainable Fisheries Law

Posted on September 09, 2009
I teach Sustainable Natural Resources Law in the spring. Here's a new publication brought to my attention by Gerd Winter that looks like a great fit for introducing students to the fisheries area. A slightly edited summary of the book...

BNA Green Tax Incentive Teleconference Tomorrow

Posted on September 09, 2009
Tax Incentives for the ?Green? Industry Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009 Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM ET Between Lamborghini developing a hybrid and the proliferation of ?green? marketing, there can be no doubt that green is going mainstream. Congress....

World Council of Churches Statement

Posted on September 04, 2009
Many of us attempt to bring ethical perspectives to bear on issues raised by our classes in addition to ecological and economic perspectives. Although it may be a bit late for those of you who have already started class, here...

NWF Report Card on Sustainability in Higher Education

Posted on September 04, 2009
Its always interesting to see different perspectives on sustainability. While the most recent Sierra Club list puts Willamette at 17th, the NWF last year conducted a more comprehensive study for its 2008 National Report Card on Sustainability in Higher Education...

Climate Planning

Posted on September 04, 2009
My law school, Willamette, is in the process of creating its action plan for going climate neutral. Although the University has not yet adopted an official target, I expect that it will strive for climate neutrality before 2015. This, of...

Sierra Club's Cool Schools

Posted on September 04, 2009
Check out where your school ranks on the Sierra Club's list of Cool Schools. Willamette made the top 20, but has lots of room for improvement. Cool Schools

August in Palo Alto

Posted on August 23, 2009
Here's how I spent part of August, watching my son's team participate in the National Junior Olympics. OK, what's the link to environmental law???? I don't know....but it involves water!!!

Tundra changing rapidly, exacerbating the effects of global warming

Posted on July 31, 2009
Planet Ark reports that a study by Dr. Greg Henry of the University of British Columbia indicates that global warming is encouraging thicker plant growth across the tundra, making the region darker and absorbing more heat, which in turn causes...

Good news: world fisheries could avoid collapse by using new management tools in both developed and developing countries

Posted on July 31, 2009
Planet Ark reported that Dr. Boris Worm of Dalhousie University and colleagues are publishing a paper in Science that suggests world fisheries may avoid a total global collapse by using proven management tools in both the developed countries and the....

According to the Environmental

Posted on July 31, 2009
According to the Environmental News Service, a report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy reports that energy efficiency investments can provide up to half of the 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions reductions the US committed to with...

A week in Haiti - Part I

Posted on July 31, 2009
I am gradually making good on my promise to write some of what I learned over the summer. This is the beginning of my Haiti trip. As I go along, I'll try to separate the wheat from the chaff for...

Baby, its hot out there!

Posted on July 30, 2009
Record-setting temperatures have been experienced all over the Pacific Northwest. Yesterday's high in Salem of 106 far exceeded the previous high for the day of 101, set recently in 2003, and approached the all-time high of 108. In both Portland...

Reasons to Lower Stress for Our Students

Posted on July 30, 2009
Here's a new study previewed by Science, confirming what we already know -- stressed students make poor decisions, failing to learn new lessons and continuing to do things that don't work: Flustered Rats Stuck in a Rut By Michael Torrice...

Flying

Posted on July 23, 2009
If you had one magical power what would you want it to be? Submitted by Violet?s New Vintage.

Flying

Posted on July 23, 2009
If you had one magical power what would you want it to be? Submitted by Violet?s New Vintage.

Independent Expert supports the recognition of sanitation as a distinct right

Posted on July 21, 2009
News from the Ecumenical Water Network The UN Independent Expert on human rights obligations and water and sanitation, Ms Catarina de Albuquerque, has submitted her report on sanitation to the UN Human Rights Council for its next session in September...

PACE shifts to peer review: announcement follows

Posted on July 21, 2009
As of August 1, 2009, Pace Environmental Law Review (PELR) will use a new Peer Review process to select articles for publication. Submissions will be reviewed internally and then forwarded to a select group of Peer Reviewers - academics, practitioners,...

Environmental Liability Journal Solicits Articles

Posted on July 21, 2009
Brian Jones, a UK law professor who edits the Environmental Liability journal, is soliciting articles. The journal deals with environmental law issues with a clear financial impact for business, aimed at environmental lawyers in commercial law firms. Although published in...

Call for Papers: Willam Mitchell Law Review Symposium on Carbon Management

Posted on July 21, 2009
William Mitchell is inviting abstracts of papers to be presented at their November symposium. Presentation drafts are due in October and final publication papers in January. See the Call for Papers PDF below: Download Call for papers - William Mitchell...

Report on Climate Change Impacts in the US

Posted on June 28, 2009
On June 16, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the NOAA-led study, "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States" - which it describes as a "state of knowledge" report about current and project impacts of global warming on...

Haiti and the environment

Posted on June 27, 2009
The first thing that anyone learns about Haiti and the environment is that Haiti is the most deforested country in the world, having shifted from 60% forest cover to less than 2% forest cover. And the immediate image in one's...

I'm back

Posted on June 27, 2009
My last post was from before my early summer travels. Since then, I spent 10 days going to and from the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation's Natural Resources Law Teacher's conference in Chico Hot Springs, Montana. But perhaps more importantly,...

The Washington Post reported today

Posted on May 18, 2009
The Washington Post reported today on the Iqbal case alleging that former attorney general John Ash croft and FBI Director Robert Mueller knew that the prison guards holding Arab Muslims swept up after the September 11 attacks were torturing them...

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