Blogs & Resources
ACOEL members contribute regularly to the ACOEL Blog, writing on topics of current interest in their respective fields. Recently-published blogs are featured below, or you can search the ACOEL blog archive using the search feature.
Current Blogs
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Global Warming and Insurance Underwriting 2024
September 26, 2023Posted on September 26, 2023 by Jeffrey M. Pollock Although most insurance carriers do not speak in terms of global warming, the insurance market is making rapid changes in response to increased storms, tornadoes, rain, flooding, wildfires and other natural disasters. Because insurance (or the lack of coverage) impacts...
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California v. U.S. EPA–Fighting for the Last Word on Mobile Source Greenhouse Gas Emissions
January 8, 2008Posted on January 8, 2008 by Michèle Corash Following the United States Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, deciding that greenhouse gases are a pollutant under the Clean Air Act,...
Conferences and Events
December 6, 2007Posted on December 6, 2007 by Rachael Bunday The ACOEL group will be meeting on January 31st during the Lex Mundi North American Regional Conference in Miami. The meeting will take...
Wind Power Project Permitting: Demonstrating a Need for Clean Power and Evaluating the Economic and Wildlife Impacts of Wind Farms
November 30, 2007Posted on November 30, 2007 by Jeff Thaler Structure/Cause Total Bird Fatalities Vehicles 60-80 million Buildings and windows 98-980 million Power lines 10,000 – 174 million Communications Towers 4-50 million Agricultural...
Minimum Streamflow in Arkansas
November 30, 2007Posted on November 30, 2007 by Brian Rosenthal With some exceptions and common law developed standards, Arkansas has traditionally followed the reasonable use theory of the riparian doctrine. A riparian user must...
Oregon Water Developments
November 30, 2007Posted on November 30, 2007 by Rick Glick Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski has announced that water will be among the top three priorities for the 2009 legislative session. During the interim, here...
Minimum Streamflow in Arkansas
November 30, 2007Posted on November 30, 2007 by Brian Rosenthal With some exceptions and common law developed standards, Arkansas has traditionally followed the reasonable use theory of the riparian doctrine. A riparian user...
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Issues and Debate
November 27, 2007Posted on November 27, 2007 by Jeff Thaler The proposed construction of a 700-megawatt coal-and-biomass-fuel power plant on the site of a former nuclear power plant in Maine has sparked a...
The IOGCC Issues Its Model Program For The Geologic Sequestration of CO2
November 27, 2007Posted on November 27, 2007 by David Flannery On September 25, 2007, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) issued its model program for the storage of carbon dioxide in...
Regional Governors Sign On to Progressive Climate Change Agreement
November 27, 2007Posted on November 27, 2007 by Linda Bochert On November 15, 2007 the Midwest Governors Association held the Energy Security and Climate Change Summit in Milwaukee, WI. The Summit provided Midwest leaders...
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