University of Colorado Boulder. School of Law
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Legal studies research paper volume no. 07-01
Pub. Date
[2007]
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This Article briefly recounts the background of the law relating to the water resources of the Great Lakes, with a particular focus on the recent negotiations that led to development of the compact. It then describes the terms of the proposed compact and its structural flaws and limitations. Finally, it suggests an alternate framework that is more likely to achieve the important and widely-shared goals for promoting the sound management of the water...
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1991.
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In 1969 Colorado acted to clarify its law with respect to under-ground water that is the water in alluvial aquifers hydraulically connected to surface waters. Increasingly this so called tributary groundwater was becoming an important source of supply especially for irrigation. Yet its development had proceeded virtually unregulated until 1965. This paper examines Colorado's experience in integrating the use of tributary groundwater with surface water....
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2007.
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The research objective for the Climate Action Database (CAD) was to compile proposals relating to the issue of climate change. These proposals include documents (and/or proposals embedded in such documents) that call for U.S. federal policy changes with respect to climate change and/or related to renewable energy policy changes.
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2012.
Description
The Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA) designed this study to address four related key questions, which are a subset of the wider dialogue on natural gas: 1. What are the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with shale gas compared to conventional natural gas and other fuels used to generate electricity?; 2. What are the existing legal and regulatory frameworks governing unconventional gas development at federal,...
