Columbia Journal of Environmental Law Publishable Notes

12th April 2010  

The Columbia Journal of Environmental Law is very pleased to announce the winners of the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Publishable Notes Program:

2009-2010

  • Winner, Best Note Competition:  Ben Schifman, The Limits of NEPA:  Consideration of the Impacts of Terrorism in Environmental Impact Statements for Nuclear Facilities
  • Sylvia Ewald, State Court Adjudication of Environmental Rights:  Lessons to Learn from Adjudication of the Right to Education and the Right to Welfare
  • Isaac Forman, NEPA & Mountaintop Removal Mining:  The Case for a Renewed Hard Look
  • Nick Houpt, Shopping for State Constitutions:  Unequal Gift Clauses as Obstacles to Optimal State Encouragement of Carbon Sequestration
  • Mark Popovsky, Nanotechnology and Environmental Insurance

2008-2009

  • Winner, Best Note Competition:  Christopher Angell, Assessing Climate Agreement Principles:  The Tension Between Early Equivalent Actions and Variable Costs
  • Neel Maitra, Access to Environmentally Sound Technology in the Developing World:  A Proposed Alternative to Compulsory Licensing
  • Katherine Regan, The Case for Enhancing Climate Change Negotiations with a Labor Rights Perspective