To Conserve Unimpaired: The Evolution of the National Park IdeaRobert B. Keiter368 pages, hardcover: $35.Island Press, 2013. In To Conserve Unimpaired, Professor Robert Keiter provides an unvarnished view of “America’s best idea”: the National Park System. Keiter, the country’s pre-eminent legal expert on the subject, tackles the question: Why does the park idea still evoke […]
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The Supreme Court takes pot shots at each other over wetlands
In one of the most anxiously awaited decisions this session, the Supreme Court recently struck a blow against environmental protection by ruling for a couple of commercial developers. The issue in play in Rapanos v. United States: Can federal protection be extended to small tributaries and wetlands near, but not directly abutting, navigable waters? A […]