The White House Embraces Ecosystem Services
The ecosystem services framework focuses on the economic values humans derive from functioning ecosystems in the form of services—such as water filtration, pollination, flood control, and groundwater...
View ArticleLooking Back Over 100 Years of the National Park Service, Looking Ahead to...
August 25, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. The many planned celebrations and observances provide an opportunity for everyone to become reacquainted with these great outdoor...
View ArticleHEY, JUDGE SKAVDAHL - DON’T THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES INCLUDE...
The Mined Lands Act directs the Bureau of Land Management to issue regulations governing mining on public lands for, inter alia, “the protection of the interests of the United States, . . . and for the...
View ArticleThe Data Don’t Lie: Has MNA Science Outpaced Site Decision-Making?
The importance of a thorough technical evaluation of monitored natural attenuation (MNA) at chlorinated solvent and other groundwater-contamination sites cannot be overestimated. Regulatory acceptance...
View ArticlePsst. Anyone want a National Monument in Maine?
Usually we associate uniqueness, grandeur, history, and pleasure with our National Monuments and National Parks. With President Obama’s August 24, 2016 Declaration of Katahdin Woods and Waters...
View ArticleThe Drama of the Massachusetts Power Wars
Sometimes the most extraordinary things in the world of law and government get served up in the most undramatic way. If you aren’t paying attention to the back story, and you don’t know the context,...
View ArticleCuba Delegation Blog 2: Notes from Our Informal Meetings
Jim Bruen, Eileen Millett, Mary Ellen Ternes and I remain energized from the dynamic set of informal meetings in which we participated while in Cuba. I thought you might find useful the following...
View ArticleCuba Delegation Part 4: Las Terrazas
I stood staring at the ruins of slave quarters on what had once been a 19th century coffee plantation situated in the northwestern part of Cuba ― Las Terrazas, in the Sierra de Rosario mountains. I...
View ArticleAN ANTIDOTE TO INERTIA?
Let’s face it – most seasoned bureaucrats (I confess I am one) often don’t react well to change. Over time, there just seems to be an intrinsic inertia that builds in all bureaucracies. Federal and...
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The Window, Again
My practice, one way or another, is all about compliance . . . or noncompliance. This is as true of the litigation side as it is of the regulatory counseling side. I typically face the question of...
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