From ERyan at law.fsu.edu Thu Apr 18 11:02:03 2024 From: ERyan at law.fsu.edu (Erin Ryan) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:02:03 +0000 Subject: [Law-envtlfsufaculty] FSU Center for Envtl., Energy, & Land Use Law - Spring 2024 Newsletter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/c0/a8/fa/4f/691b842e98cf59fc65d82065_1280x280.jpg] Center for Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law April 18, 2024 [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/30/2f/c6/fe/6e235635e99aae9bfee1ab1a_626x352.jpg] Erin Ryan, Associate Dean for Environmental Programs Earlier this month, we enjoyed one of my favorite traditions here at the Center - our biannual field trip to visit the Wakulla Springs State Park. Our quiet ponton river boat allowed us to commune with the manatees, alligators, anhinga, turtles, and flying fish, all while bearing witness to the hundreds of thousands of gallons of fresh water heaving above ground every second from the vast Floridan Aquifer below. Wakulla is one of the largest freshwater springs in the world, and it is a spectacular sight to behold. What you can't quite see, but we know lies just beneath, are the multiple mastodon fossils that have been found onsite, including one that still rests just below where the river boats dock. Afterward, as if that cake needed any more icing, we met with rangers at the Park headquarters to talk about the rewards and challenges of environmental management at Wakulla and beyond. We invite all law students to join us on these trips, so if you missed it this time, don't miss the next one! The field trip is a jewel in our program, a real-world complement to the rich intellectual discourse that we sponsor every semester. This semester, we were joined for several outstanding presentations, headlined by Cornell Law Professor Gregory S. Alexander's Distinguished Lecture, Reversing Means and Ends: The Human Flourishing Theory in Conditions of Climate Change. In January, legal legend David Bookbinder discussed climate litigation involving state and local governments as both plaintiffs and defendants, and in March, NASA Assistant Chief Counsel Tim Bass offered us an introduction to environmental law in space. If you could not join us at the time, I invite you to enjoy these excellent programs by accessing the recordings below. Finally, this Spring we bid farewell to another jewel in our program, Professor Tricia Matthews, who will be retiring after years of dedicated service as a member of our team and the faculty leader of our Animal Law program. She has led one of our winningest moot court teams in memory and supervised countless student papers and projects. We are all sad to see her go, but also excited for this next chapter of her story! Sending best wishes to her, to all our students as they prepare for exams, and to everyone in our community as Spring blossoms, --Erin Ryan, Associate Dean for Environmental Programs Faculty Scholarship and News [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/ec/68/eb/c5/96f49c53d3c5ce33ebc49a3f_498x332.png] Shi-Ling Hsu, D'Alemberte Professor Climate Resilience: A Typology, __ UMKC L. Rev. __ (forthcoming symposium, 2025). Recruiting Capitalism for Environmental Protection, in Can Democracy and Capitalism Be Reconciled? (Milkis, S. and S. Miller, eds, forthcoming 2024). Western Water Rights in a 4?C Future, in Adapting to High-Level Warming: Equity, Governance, and Law (Kuh, K. and Roesler, S.N., eds., forthcoming 2023) (with Kevin Lynch and Karrigan Bork). Supplying Life Necessities in a Climate-changed Future, in Adapting to High-Level Warming: Equity, Governance, and Law (Kuh, K. and Roesler, S.N., eds., 2024). Non-market Values in the Draft Update of Circular A-4, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (2023). [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/0d/7a/3f/45/5cf677efd0e18359f91c70bf_498x332.png] Erin Ryan, Elizabeth C. & Clyde W. Atkinson Professor The Hidden Duality of Emerging Climate Advocacy: The Atmospheric Trust and Environmental Rights, 49 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. ___ (2024). Sackett vs. EPA and the Regulatory, Property, and Human Rights Based Strategies for Protecting American Waterways, 74 Case Western Res. L. Rev. ___ (2024). Privatization, Public Commons, and the Takingsification of Environmental Law, 171 U. Penn. L. Rev. 617 (2023). How the Successes and Failures of the Clean Water Act Fueled the Rise of the Public Trust Doctrine and Rights of Nature Movement, 73 Case Western Res. L. Rev. 475 (2022). Environmental Rights for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Public Trust Doctrine and Rights of Nature Movement, 42 Cardozo L. Rev. 2447 (2021) (with Holly Curry & Hayes Rule). [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/d4/99/24/67/4b250865473ad7f607d23694_434x290.png] Mark Seidenfeld, Patricia A. Dore Professor of Administrative Law Rethinking the Good Cause Exception to Notice and Comment Rulemaking in Light of Interim Final Rules, 75 Admin. L. Rev. 787 (forthcoming 2023). The Limits of Deliberation about the Public's Values: Reviewing Blake Emerson, The Public's Law: Origins and Architecture of Progressive Democracy, 119 Mich. L. Rev. 1111 (2021) (Book Review). Textualism's Theoretical Bankruptcy and Its Implications for Statutory Interpretation, 100 B.U.L. Rev. 1817 (2020). The Bounds of Congress's Spending Power, 61 Ariz. L. Rev. 1 (2019). The Problem with Agency Guidance - or Not, 36 Yale J. on Reg.: Notice & Comment (May 3, 2019) [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/59/07/58/db/847d762749791d578e53c3b2_460x306.jpg] Brian Slocum, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor Major Questions, Common Sense? (with Kevin Tobia & Daniel Walters) , __ S. Cal. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2023) The Linguistic and Substantive Canons, 137 Harvard L. Rev. For. 70 (forthcoming 2023) (with Kevin Tobia). Textualism's Defining Moment, 123 Colum. L. Rev. 1611 (2023) (with Willian N. Eskridge Jr. & Kevin Tobia). Ordinary Meaning and Ordinary People, 171 U. Penn. L. Rev. 365 (2023) (with Kevin Tobia & Victoria Nourse). Unmasking Textualism: Linguistic Misunderstanding in the Transit Mask Order Case and Beyond, 122 Colum. L. Rev. For. 192 (2022) (with Stefan Th. Gries, Michael Kranzlein, Nathan Schneider & Kevin Tobia). [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/d6/98/7f/6d/5330b09cf59fad26eb09ea3a_384x384.jpg] Tisha Holmes, Courtesy Professor of Law, Assistant Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning Grants: Butler, W., Holmes, TJ, Hauer, M. (Summer 2024) New Discoveries in Modeling, Mapping, and Measuring the Impacts of Climate Gentrification. FSU COSSPP Multi-Faculty Grant Program. Total award $32,900. Fang, K., Holmes, T. J., & Tang, T. (Oct 2023-Oct 2025). EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant. Funded by Miami Dade County and EPA. Total award $222, Uejio, C., Holmes, TJ., and Powell, E. (2023-2025). Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Building Resilience Against Climate Effects Program. Award: $1 million. Fang, L. and Holmes, TJ. (2023-2024). Transfer of Development Rights Program for Managed Coastal Retreat: Conceptual Design and Practical Applications. FSU Council on Research and Creativity. Award: $9,940. Articles: Can Florida's Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development? Fiscal Vulnerability and Funding Woes under Sea Level Rise. J. of Am. Plan. Ass'n, 90(2), 367-83. (2023) (with Shi, L., Butler, W., et al.) Evaluating Public Health Strategies for Climate Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities from the Cimate Ready States and Cities Initiative. PLOS Clim 2(3): e0000102 (2023) (with Joseph HA, Mallen E, McLaughlin M, Grossman E, Locklear A, et al.). Spatial Disparities in Air Conditioning Ownership in Florida, United States, J. of Maps, 19: (2023) (with Yoonjung Ahn, Christopher K. Uejio, Sandy Wong, and Emily Powell). What's Slowing Progress on Climate Change Adaptation?: Evaluating Barriers to Planning for Sea Level Rise in Florida, 28 Mitigation & Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 42 (2023) (with Milordis, A., and Butler, W.). Rural Communities Challenges and ResilientSEE: Case Studies from Disasters in Florida, Puerto Rico, and North Carolina, 7 Soc. Sci. & Human. Open (2023) (with Ivis Garcia Zambrana and Shaleen Miller). Spring 2024 Events: Trip to Wakulla Springs As mentioned above, on April 3rd, students and faculty took a guided boat tour of Wakulla Springs, one of the last stretches of true regional wilderness, joined by alligators, anhinga, and manatees. The tour was guided by Professor Bob Deyle of the FSU Marine and Coastal Research Institute-a local legend and renounced expert on Florida land use and environmental policy. After the tour, Deyle and other park staff led a discussion on issues of environmental management in North Florida. [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/da/b4/a2/d2/35c61a23c6e889ea25276e8f_1260x358.jpg] Annual Meeting of the Society for Environmental Law and Economics FSU Law hosted the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Environmental Law and Economics, held March 22nd & 23rd. Among the presentations were papers on artificial intelligence, meat taxes, the inclusion of animal welfare in cost-benefit analysis, climate resilience, and empirical studies of judicial behavior. The meeting was capped by a tour of the Wakulla Springs watershed and a boat tour, and a sighting of the locally famous Joe Junior, a 16-foot alligator believed to be more than 70 years old. [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/a0/05/34/f5/bd8049d8640b096a73e5760e_1220x686.jpg] Spring 2024 Distinguished Lecture [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/02/9c/df/9d/462c14a61b0ad1b277492820_306x464.JPG] On February 7, the Center proudly welcomed our Spring 2024 Distinguished Lecturer, Gregory S. Alexander. Professor Gregory S. Alexander is the A. Robert Noll Professor of Law, Emeritus at Cornell Law School. An internationally renowned expert in property law and theory, Professor Gregory has taught at Cornell Law School since 1985. Professor Alexander's lecture will focus on his upcoming article, Reversing Means and Ends: The Human Flourishing Theory in Conditions of Climate Change, which will be featured in FSU Law's Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law. As Professor Alexander discussed, the human flourishing theory of property posits that property is necessary for the development of the capabilities necessary for humans to flourish. Climate change creates conditions in which it may be possible and necessary to reverse this means-end relationship. That is, at least in some circumstances resulting from climate change capabilities may be the means, rather than the ends. Certain human capabilities have become the necessary means for achieving the goal of protecting property, both human and natural. Of these capabilities, sociability, or cooperativeness, is especially important to protecting property. In his lecture, Professor Alexander illustrated how cooperativeness facilitates the goal of property protection in a concrete context of disasters brought about by climate change, namely, wild fires in California. Connecting this discussion with Elinor Ostrum's work on the conditions of cooperation, he pointed out the limits the capabilities approach to addressing the problems brought about by climate change. Professor Alexander's lecture can be viewed at the link below. Watch Tim Bass on Environmental Concerns in Space Exploration [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/fb/34/93/8d/d624928a08f88e6b501f092b_384x282.JPG] On March 6, the Center welcomed Tim Bass, Assistant Chief Counsel at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, for his Environmental Enrichment Lecture, An Introduction to Environmental Law in Space. Bass discussed the environmental concerns in the ongoing development of space exploration. Bass's talk can be viewed at the link below. Watch David Bookbinder on Climate Claims Brought By State and Local Governments [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/a1/6d/f0/57/b1e4db8657a1d6ec0876558e_344x380.JPG] On January 24, the Center welcomed David Bookbinder, former Chief Climate Counsel for the Sierra Club and former Chief Counsel for the Niskanen Center. Bookbinder has been practicing public interest environmental law for more than 30 years, and has spent the last 20 litigating climate cases, drafting climate legislation, and wrestling with climate regulation. Bookbinder delivered a talk titled, State and Local Governments as Climate Plaintiffs and Climate Defendants: Hard Questions About the Role of the Judiciary, in which he discussed the tort claims that state and local governments are bringing against the fossil fuel industry, and citizens' constitutional claims against States and the Federal government. Bookbinder's talk can be viewed at the link below. Watch Student Spotlight [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/01/67/19/f1/9943dfb9b3f2838df7011c08_472x364.jpg] We are so proud to share that a trio of students in the Center's Environmental Certificate Program have recently had their work accepted for publication, have been presented with awards, and/or have given public presenations. First, 3L Ashley Landwerlen has been busy recently. Her article, Deposing a Tiger King: How the Big Cat Public Safety Act is Changing the Legal Framework of Private Pet Ownership & Commercial Exhibition of Exotic Species, has been accepted for publication in the Florida State Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law. Her article takes a deep look at the animal welfare and public safety issues arising from an exponentially increasing and inadequately regulated captive exotic animal population, and it advances the proposition that the enactment of the Big Cat Public Safety Act (BCPSA) - which prohibits exhibitors from allowing the public to make direct contact with a big cat and ends their private ownership and breeding - provides lawmakers, policymakers, regulators, and other stakeholders with a uniform three-pillar framework to advance legal protections for other exotic animals common to private pet ownership and commercial roadside exhibition, such as the gray wolf and American alligator. Landwerlen also with co-authored, with FSU Law Adjunct Professor and shareholder at Guilday Law, Ralph DeMeo, an article titled The City of Tampa the First U.S. City to Implement Innovative Technology to Remove 'Forever Chemicals' from Drinking Water. This article, which explores Tampa's working with environmental engineers to implement Suspended Ion Exchange (SIX) technology to eliminate harmful and pervasive per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals from its drinking water, will be published in The Florida Specifier. Additionally, Landwerlen recently co-presented, alongside Demeo, a presentation titled Protecting Florida Manatees & Their Habitat, at a CLE event held by the Animal Law Section of the Florida Bar. Finally, as part of her externship with Pets Ad Litem, Landwerlen recently testified at a Florida Senate committee meeting in opposition to SB 632 (Taking of Bears). [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/16/f3/2c/d8/6bc49bc4933f11e40dc76dfa_498x384.jpeg] 3L Kevin Griffen is wrapping up his FSU Law experience with two articles headed to publication. The first, Living Pollutants: Importing Pollution Law Logic to Put Aquaculture Facilities on the Hook for Escapes, 29 Drake J. Agric. L. ____ (forthcoming), argues for the creation of a regulatory scheme for marine aquaculture based on the regulatory scheme for pollutants. The second, Seas the Day: Finding the Treasures of Ratifying the Law of the Sea Convention, 39 J. Land Use & Env't L. ______ (Forthcoming), centers on the necessity for the United States to ratify the Law of the Seas Convention, for both environmental and strategic reasons. Finally, Griffen was awarded the Subciter of the Year Award by the Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, and was awarded the Candidate's Award by the FSU Law Review. [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/0b/e0/66/af/822e417c6e57eed1d5bce048_358x438.jpg] 3L Melissa Gallo's article, A Drastic Change to the Endangered Species Act Could Diminish Species Populations If Not Developed, will be published in an upcoming edition of the ELULS Reporter, the official publication of the Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar. The article focuses on a new regulation that allows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to translocate a species outside its historical range before overdevelopment or climate change destroy its habitat. In her article, Gallo argues that the regulation lacks the emphasis on flexible species management and clarity that would propel it to protect endangered species, and then offers solutions and best practices the Service should consider going forward with this new regulation. Alumni Spotlight [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240418/1b/58/81/ee/4242ea20fab44e51ab93036f_472x472.jpg] Ahjond Garmestani, JD (Class of '01), PhD, a Research Scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, continues his work on important, transdisciplinary studies and articles on climate change, sustainable development, and adaptive governance. In addition to his role at EPA, Garmestani is also a Fellow at the Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University School of Law, The Netherlands; Associated Faculty in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia; and an Adjunct Professor and Fellow at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska. Garmestani's recent publications include: To Burn or Not To Burn: Governance of Wildfires in Australia, Ecology and Soc'y 29(1):8 (2024) (with S. Clement, J. Beckwith and P. Cannon) Identifying Untapped Legal Capacity To Promote Multi-level and Cross-sectoral Coordination of Natural Resource Governance, Sustainability Sci. 19: 325-346 (2024) (with Harvey, N.A., C.R. Allen, A.W.G.J. Buijze and H.F.M.W. van Rijswick). Multiscale Adaptive Management of Social-ecological Systems, BioScience 73, 800-807 (2023) (with C.R. Allen, D.G. Angeler, L. Gunderson and J.B. 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View this email online. 425 W Jefferson St Tallahassee, FL | 32301 US This email was sent to jparkerflynn at law.fsu.edu. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book. [powered by emma] _________________________________________ Erin Ryan Elizabeth C. & Clyde W. Atkinson Professor Associate Dean for Environmental Programs Florida State University, College of Law 425 West Jefferson Street / Tallahassee, FL 32306 (850) 645-0072 / eryan at fsu.edu http://www.law.fsu.edu/our-faculty/profiles/ryan View my research at: http://ssrn.com/author=391494 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: