Volume 32 * 2008 * Number 1 http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/ en-us Copyright 2005 The President and Fellows of Harvard College. How does distributive justice for short, equity bear on the regulation of health and safety risks? http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/vol32_1/Adler.pdf Interstate environmental harms, which occur when decisions or actions in one state produce negative environmental impacts in another state, have challenged environmental law and American federalism for over a century. http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/vol32_1/Hall.pdf For the past 35 years, the conflicting goals, standards, focuses, and methods of United States species protection laws and United States pesticide law have produced a fierce legal battle. The unwitting casualties of this battle are the millions of birds, fish, and other wildlife that have been killed, and the hundreds of protected species put at risk of extinction. http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/vol32_1/Angelo.pdf Abandoned hardrock mines dot the western landscape. In some places, the only sign of their existence is an inconspicuous dark hole in a canyon wall; in other places, their gaping pits terrace the ground like gargantuan amphitheaters, ready to seat the Sears Tower with ease. These mines have yielded billions of tons of ore and massive quantities of valuable metals and minerals, from gold and silver to zinc, lead, and even asbestos. http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/vol32_1/Lounsbury.pdf In late summer of 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita blew through the Gulf Coast region of the United States, culminating in the largest natural disaster in U.S. history. http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/vol32_1/Tran.pdf Under the Clean Water Act, states may assume control of the NPDES permitting process; to date, forty-six states have done so. In that light, National Association of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife,1 in which the Supreme Court held that EPA need not consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act before delegating that authority, seems to be of little import. http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/vol32_1/mapes.pdf In 1980, Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund Act) to address the growing number of toxic and hazardous waste sites around the United States. http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/vol32_1/Yeboah.pdf The HELR staff for 32-1 http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/vol32_1/staff.php