Journal of Animal & Environmental Law

Nine Mile Canyon’s Threatened Cultural Resources: How Current Archeological Protections Are Inadequate

On 01.16.13, In Articles, By Jacob Giesecke

By Lindsay B. Masters

Nine Mile Canyon has been called “the world’s longest art gallery” and contains the highest concentration of rock art sites in the United States. The Utah canyon is famous for its petroglyphs and pictographs. Over 10,000 images are carved into its sandstone walls. The Canyon contains other types of archeological and historic sites, including granaries, ancient village sites, a few recorded burials, pit houses, rock shelters, settler’s cabins, ranches, and a road constructed by the Buffalo Soldiers in the 19th century… Read on

Death Revolution: Eating the Dead to Save Our World

On 01.16.13, In Articles, By Jacob Giesecke

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By Carmen M. Cusack

Neo’s consciousness is transported into a body that lies dormant in an amniotic pod. Neo’s stirring instantly becomes frantic as he punches through layers of fascia. He frees himself from the sealed pod, and realizes that he is one of many humans who are captured, bilked into believing a daydream, and harvested like batteries for their electrical impulses. In Tanzania, healers hunt “Zeru Zeru”—albinos, who are also called “ghosts” or “black in a white skin”—for their body parts in medicinal concoctions. Albinos’ corpses have been found with all of the limbs removed, and some corpses have “been found minus tongues, genitals, breasts,” or fingers… Read on

Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act: Cooling Water Intake Structures, Aquatic Organisms, and Cost-Benefit Analysis

On 01.16.13, In Articles, By Jacob Giesecke

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By Brian J. O’Connor

It takes more than coal, natural gas, and nuclear fuel to keep the country’s power generating facilities operational. As power plants generate enormous heat, it takes water – and a great deal of it – to cool and reduce temperatures inside many existing facilities. In fact, as of 2005, power plants withdrew 201 billion gallons of water each day from the nation’s waterways for cooling purposes. This staggering figure constitutes 40% of the total freshwater withdrawn from the country’s waterways each year. As hundreds of these facilities were constructed decades ago, many existing power plants use “once-through” or non-contact cooling technology… Read on

Setting the Pace: Corporations and Businesses Lead the Way Toward Regulating and Enforcing Climate and Energy Standards

On 01.16.13, In Articles, By Jacob Giesecke

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By Jacob F. Giesecke

One of the largest impediments to setting energy and emissions standards is that the largest emitting countries are against a treaty that binds all major players the same. Every year at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, China and The United States (U.S.), the two largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions, wrangle with each other over creating an international treaty on carbon emissions. Milton Friedman argues that the burdens too often lie on developed countries to change the contribution of atmospheric carbon stocks, and that developing countries have the right to emit as much pollution as developed countries did in the past. Consequently, small steps of incremental change occur, but a global treaty that requires all nations to limit temperature raises to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels remains elusive… Read on

Grounded: Potential Changes to Aerial Wildlife Management Legislation in the United States

On 08.29.12, In Articles, By admin

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By Brittany Bailey McKenna

As early American settlers spread across the nation and began to develop farms, cities and industry, the desire to control wildlife populations became a necessity. After all, wild animals pillage for food, reproduce at an alarming rate, and may threaten the health and safety of the people with whom they share a habitat. For certain states, the “problem” of animal over-population presents a great threat to the livelihood of their citizens. Particular species of wild animals compete for natural resources, depriving livestock of water as well as open range to graze. Too many predators in an area will lead to over-hunting. Read on.

The Construction of Pool 3: How Central Kentucky and Kentucky American Water Partnered to Find a Solution to a Water Supply Deficit

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By Margaret Royar

The Pool 3 plant has provided a necessary water treatment source for a portion of central Kentucky, but it may have been more cost-effective for both rate payers and Kentucky American Water had there been more, and earlier, cooperation between government and Kentucky American.

Kentucky American Water (KAW) recently completed construction on a waste treatment plant, Pool 3, on the Kentucky River in Owen county. This plant is intended to provide water to Fayette county, mainly Lexington. Pool 3 is the result of several years of planning and growing concern over drought conditions in the state, especially in and around Lexington. Read on.

Vititculture in Kentucky Using Biosolids: Returning to Its Roots in Wine Production and Adding a Touch of Sustainability

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By Leah Hart

Sustainability is the trend in American society. Sustainability is a social, economic, and ecological concept that calls for the creation of policies and strategies in order to meet society’s present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.[1] Governments at the federal, state, and local levels are developing and implementing new policies designed to promote sustainability and the land application of biosolids is one method of promoting this policy. Read on.

The Livestock Industry’s Influence on Climate Change

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By Ellen Berg

The livestock industry is one of the single, largest contributors to global warming. The animalagriculture sectors’ greatest contribution to global warming and climate change is its portion ofhuman activity related Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, which is around 18%, nearly 1/5 of allemissions. Animal agriculture not only contributes large amounts of CO2, but also methane andnitrous oxide which have 23 and 296, respectively, times more global warming power than CO2.Animal product consumption, which has significantly increased in the past two decades and isnot expected to decline, is the reason for this overwhelming environmental impact. Read on.

Toxicological Animal Studies: Disparate Treatment as Scientific Evidence

On 05.13.11, In Articles, By admin

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By Victoria Sutton and Brie Sherwin

Toxicological animal studies are the cornerstone of the study of toxicology. Experiments can be controlled and timed on genetically identical animals in order to get the best possible data on the toxic effects of products and substances. Extrapolating that information to human exposure gives us the best risk information for purposes of regulation and risk management. Federal agency rulemaking procedures for environmental risks and drug approval processes, as well as civil consent decrees for rule enforcement are examples of the administrative use of toxicological data. Read on.

Sustainable Webs of Interests: Property in an Interconnected Environment

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By Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold

Property issues arise in interconnected physical, social, and legal environments. All indications point to interconnections that are complex, far-reaching in scope, multi-scalar, dynamic, and nonlinear.[1] Property institutions must adapt to these complexities and changing conditions. However, it has become apparent that the patterns and practices of our uses of land, water, and the environment are unsustainable ecologically and socially. Read on.

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Nine Mile Canyon’s Threatened Cultural Resources: How Current Archeological Protections Are Inadequate

Death Revolution: Eating the Dead to Save Our World

Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act: Cooling Water Intake Structures, Aquatic Organisms, and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Setting the Pace: Corporations and Businesses Lead the Way Toward Regulating and Enforcing Climate and Energy Standards

Grounded: Potential Changes to Aerial Wildlife Management Legislation in the United States

The Construction of Pool 3: How Central Kentucky and Kentucky American Water Partnered to Find a Solution to a Water Supply Deficit

Vititculture in Kentucky Using Biosolids: Returning to Its Roots in Wine Production and Adding a Touch of Sustainability

The Livestock Industry’s Influence on Climate Change

Toxicological Animal Studies: Disparate Treatment as Scientific Evidence

Sustainable Webs of Interests: Property in an Interconnected Environment

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