Articles
Framing Water Policy in a Carbon Affected and Carbon Constrained Environment (with Robert H. Abrams), Natural Resources Journal (2010)
Immense stresses are being thrust upon the nation’s water resources by massive changes affecting water...
Protecting Freshwater Resources in the Era of Global Water Markets: Lessons Learned from Bottled Water, University of Denver Water Law Review (2010)
Throughout human history, water has defined our sense of place. American water law reflects the...
Interstate Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Law Reporter (2009)
This article proposes a new state-based policy – interstate environmental impact assessment – that builds...
Political Externalities, Federalism, and a Proposal for an Interstate Environmental Impact Assessment Policy, Harvard Environmental Law Review (2008)
Interstate environmental harms, which occur when decisions or actions in one state produce negative environmental...
Climate Change and Great Lakes Waters Resources: Avoiding Future Conflicts with Conservation, Hamline Law Review (2008)
Despite the complexities of climatology, certain consistent themes emerge with implications for water availability: as...
The Evolving Role of Citizens in United States-Canadian International Environmental Law Compliance, Pace Environmental Law Review (2007)
Citizen participation is critical in environmental law compliance. While citizens often have a major role...
Transboundary Pollution: Harmonizing International and Domestic Law, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform (2007)
Addressing transnational pollution requires both international and domestic law. Transnational pollution is an international problem...
Toward A New Horizontal Federalism: Interstate Water Management in the Great Lakes Region, Colorado Law Review (2006)
This article presents a new model for environmental policy, called cooperative horizontal federalism. The cooperative...
Reports and Congressional Testimony
Interstate Water Management and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact - Testimony Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (2008)
This testimony is offered in strong support of Senate Joint Resolution 45, “Expressing the consent...
Federal and State Laws Regarding Bottled Water – Testimony Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Domestic Policy Subcommittee (2007)
Water bottling is big business and getting bigger, growing by about ten percent annually over...
Climate Change and Great Lakes Water Resources (with Bret B. Stuntz) (2007)
Climate change is certain to put additional stress on freshwater resoursources in the United States....
Book Chapters
The North American Great Lakes, The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water (2009)
The Great Lakes are a vast resource shared by two countries, ten states and provinces,...
Essays
Climate Change and Freshwater Resources (with Bret B. Stuntz and Robert H. Abrams), Natural Resources & Environment (2008)
The Earth’s climate is warming. This is the unequivocal conclusion of climate scientists. Despite the...
Bilateral Breakdown: U.S. – Canada Pollution Disputes, Natural Resources & Environment (2006)
The United States and Canada have one of the strongest bilateral relationships in the world,...