The Environmental Forum

Volume 33 Issue 4

July-August 2016

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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORTER ❧ Despite the enactment of scores of wildlife protection laws, illegal activities are difficult to detect under current enforcement policies. Laws include language providing monetary incentives to persons who disclose information about wildlife crimes, but these provisions have not been effectively implemented.

By Stephen Kohn
Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP

NATIONAL WETLANDS NEWSLETTER ❧ Using the Clean Water Act's Section 404(c) to protect a national treasure, Alaska's Bristol Bay.

By Patrick Parenteau
Vermont Law School

ELI PRESS ❧ How animal law can extend the environmental movement's quest for legal standing for non-human animals.

By Stacey L. Gordon
University of Montana School of Law

RESEARCH & POLICY ❧ The public has had an important role in gathering the data needed for environmental protection. Properly designed programs can stimulate further participation in regulatory activities and supplement the work of agency scientists facing limited budgetary resources.

By David Rejeski and James McElfish
Environmental Law Institute

RESEARCH & POLICY ❧ Rethinking the relationship for a more progressive agrarian century.

By Liz Alden Wily
Leiden University
By: David P. Clarke

EPA Methane Rules Address an Extra-Potent Greenhouse Gas.

By: Robert N. Stavins

The Ever-Evolving Interrelationship Between GDP and Carbon Dioxide.

By: Linda K. Breggin

States and Localities Are Finding a Huge Potential in Green Bonds.

By: Craig M. Pease

Knot Good: How Climate Change Harms Rich, Industrial Economies.

By: Richard Lazarus

Merrick Garland's Environmental Record Shows a Preference for Consensus.

By: Gabrielle H. Williamson

Will Standards for GMOs Change Under a Transatlantic Trade Pact?

By: G. Tracy Mehan III

On David Brower and American Environmentalism.

By: Tseming Yang, By: Jingjing Zhang

Professionals in China: An Update.