EPA’S attempts to enact regulations implementing § 316(b), and particularly any attempts to include restoration measures as a means of complying with the “best technology available” (BTA) standard required by § 316(b) have been met with resistance from both environmental groups and the courts.
In April 2008, then-Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Michael Chertoff waived thirty-six federal and state laws across approximately 470 miles of the southern borderlands of the United States, an area spanning across all four border states, in order “to ensure the expeditious construction” of border barriers and roads.
Arizona is renowned for its geographic diversity and natural environment. Yet, the water needs of the environment have often been overlooked as the demands for water of the state’s population and economy have grown. This Paper examines the extent to which environmental water needs are—or are not—recognized in Arizona water law.
An open-source regime protecting farmer-developed plant varieties would utilize intellectual property and copyleft-inspired seed wrap licenses to generate a pool of plant species that farmers could freely grow, improve, and market.