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Frustrated with the slow governmental response to the growing menace of climate change, advocates are turning to the courts to goad agencies into action and to seek damages and injunctions against industrial sources of greenhouse gases (GHG). Climate litigation has brought together an intriguing coalition of states, environmentalists and "green" economic interests. Emboldened by the landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Massachusetts v EPA, federal courts across the country have handed down a number of important decisions with more to come. This course will review the various statutory and common law claims being tried, the kinds of remedies being sought, and the jurisdictional and evidentiary obstacles. We'll also examine other forms of advocacy including petitions to require disclosure of climate risks in SEC filings and shareholder actions. And we'll take a look at what's happening in other countries and what recourse is provided under international regimes. Regulatory, Policy Current Issues in Western Resource Litigation syllabus 1 - 4 pm Jack Tuholske Using the ESA-protected bull trout as a paradigm, students will first explore how an imperiled species affects natural resource management (timber, minerals, water) in national forests in the West. The second half of the course will address how coal bed methane development—a key component of President Bush’s national energy policy—invokes a host of federal laws: the Clean Water Act, Mineral Leasing Act, and NEPA, to name a few. The course will include a healthy dose of litigation strategy from recent cases. Environmental Law and Administrative Law recommended. Policy, Resource Management and Planning Ecology B syllabus MW 9-12, TTh 9-3 Thomas Lautzenheiser Walter Poleman This course is an intensive, integrative investigation of the central Vermont landscape. 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Ethics/Philosophy, Policy, Regulatory Mediation syllabus 9 am - noon Karen Borgstrom This course examines the nature of mediation and explores theoretical and practical aspects of the process. It will analyze each component of the mediation process and provide students with the opportunity to apply theories and skills in simulation exercises. The course will also address ethical and practical issues. Ocean and Coastal Law syllabus 1 to 4 p.m. Don Baur Mike Sutton Long neglected by lawmakers despite its essential ecological functions, the marine environment has increasingly been the focal point of conservation and balanced natural resource utilization efforts. As a foundation for studying the laws that govern the marine environment, the course will consider the natural components of estuarine, coastal, and marine ecosystems and some of the conservation issues confronting them. 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Land Conservation Law syllabus 1 - 4 pm Jessica Jay Increasingly important in our efforts to preserve ecological diversity, historic places, working lands, scenic viewsheds, open space, and public uses of land are conservation tools and processes such as donation of conservation easements, purchase of sensitive lands, and private/public partnerships for land conservation. Students will research and review the swiftly developing body of law and legal issues accompanying the use of conservation easements, and will gain a practical understanding of both the legal and nonlegal dimensions of land conservation transactions involving conservation easements. In addition, students will actively be engaged in a progressive conservation transaction, beginning with early negotiations, drafting, and financial analysis, and proceed along a spectrum to donation, violation, and enforcement of terms of a conservation easement. 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