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National Environmental Policy Act Legal Research: Articles

A legal resource guide for information relating to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) including primary and secondary source materials, quick links, and database resources.

David M. Cooley & Jonas J. Monast, Carbon Offsets and Environmental Impacts: NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, and Federal Climate Policy, 28 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 377 (2011).
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Jon C. Cooper, Broad Programmatic, Policy and Planning Assessments under the National Environmental Policy Act and Similar Devices: A Quiet Revolution in an Approach to Environmental Considerations, 11 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 89 (1993).
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Jeb Boyt, Struggling to Protect Ecosystems and Biodiversity under NEPA and NFMA: The Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest and the Northern Spotted Owl Comment, 10 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 1009 (1993).
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Louis L. Bono, Implementation of the EC Directive on Environmental Impact Assessments with the English Planning The System: A Refinement of the NEPA Process Comment, 9 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 155 (1991)
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Andrew Euston, NEPA and the Next America: Designing Our Transition to Global Sustainabililty, 7 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 289 (1990).
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Climate Change Litigation and the National Environmental Policy Act
Denise M. Keele, J. Envtl. L. (2017).
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Toward a More Rational Environmental Policy
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Richard L. Revesz,
39 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 93 (2015).
Disclosure Created Accountability: An Analysis of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
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Brandon Kraft and Dennis Bogusz, 13 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 447 (2015).
Throwing Precaution to the Wind: NEPA and the Deepwater Horizon Blowout
Sandra B. Zellmer, Robert L. Glicksman & Joel A. Mintz, J. Energy & Envtl. L., 2011 at 1.
Environmental Review of Western Water Project Operations: Where NEPA Has Not Applied, Will it Now Protect Farmers from Fish?
Reed D. Benson, 29 UCLA J. Envt. L. & Pol'y, no. 2, 2011.
Embracing Panarchy, Building Resilience and Integrating Adaptive Management Through a Rebirth of the National Environmental Policy Act
Melinda Harm Benson & Ahjond S. Garmestani, 92 J. Envtl. Mgmt. 1420 (2011).
Damage Done? The Status of NEPA after Winter v. NRDC and Answers to Lingering Questions Left Open by the Court
William S. Eubanks, 33 Vt. L. Rev. 649 (2009).
Climate Change Under NEPA: Avoiding Cursory Consideration of Greenhouse Gases
Amy L. Stein, 81 U. Colo. L. Rev. 473 (2010).

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