Federal policies often discourage developers from doing business on Native American reservations, denying tribes the opportunity to benefit from projects such as the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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There’s a Way to Settle the Florida-Georgia Water War — Outside of Court
Georgia and Florida have taken their long-standing fight over water to the U.S. Supreme Court. Defining clear, enforceable, and transferable water rights could help ensure that water is allocated to productive uses and finally put an end to this water war.
Presidental Medal Of Freedom Should Come With Freedom For American Indians
It is appropriate that Elouise Cobell be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but it would be better yet if the federal government would grant all Native Americans the freedom suggested by the award’s title – especially when it comes to energy development.
How Dodd-Frank Led to More Mayhem in Africa
A measure to curb violence from conflict minerals has caused militias to simply expand their looting.
Why We Fight over Western Lands
Federal land policies encourage conflict instead of negotiation.
How Humans Spare Nature
If decoupling trends continue, it is possible that human impacts on the environment will peak and decline this century, even as the global population approaches 10 billion
Ecosystem Services: What are the Public Policy Implications?
Does the ecosystem services paradigm mistakenly presume that the best way to conserve nature is to use it for its goods and services?
Sailing the Sagebrush Sea
A cattle rancher surveys his land, gazing across a vast expanse of the western range. The land surges and rolls, lifting sharply in waves of stone, and receding softly onto the open plains. Before him is a living sea—a Sagebrush Sea, as vast and as variable as any ocean.
Dynamic Environmentalism and Adaptive Management: Legal Obstacles and Opportunities
Accounting for dynamic nature requires revisiting the underpinnings of environmental law and management.
Ecological Dynamism, Economic Dynamism, and Co-evolution: Implications for Urban Land Use Planning
The implications of a dynamic, co-evolutionary perspective for the institutional management of the relationship between cities and ecology.