It's a Soft Shell Life for ME: The Case for Expanding NPDES Permitting to Include Causes of Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification, a lesser-known counterpart to climate change, is primarily caused by the ocean’s absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This absorption, in turn, reduces the ocean’s pH, and has detrimental effects on the health of the entire ecosystem. This Comment examines the appli...
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ftunivmainesl:oai:digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu:oclj-1427 2024-02-11T10:07:19+01:00 It's a Soft Shell Life for ME: The Case for Expanding NPDES Permitting to Include Causes of Ocean Acidification Nowatzke, Natalie L. 2024-01-19T19:13:41Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/oclj/vol29/iss1/4 https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/context/oclj/article/1427/viewcontent/vol29_oclj_51.pdf unknown University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/oclj/vol29/iss1/4 https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/context/oclj/article/1427/viewcontent/vol29_oclj_51.pdf Ocean and Coastal Law Journal Ocean Acidification Gulf of Maine Clean Air Act Clean Water Act NPDES Shell Dissolution New England Fishing Lobstering Functional Equivalent Carbon Dioxide Energy and Utilities Law Labor and Employment Law Land Use Law Legislation Natural Resources Law Taxation-Federal Tax Law text 2024 ftunivmainesl 2024-01-21T18:17:37Z Ocean acidification, a lesser-known counterpart to climate change, is primarily caused by the ocean’s absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This absorption, in turn, reduces the ocean’s pH, and has detrimental effects on the health of the entire ecosystem. This Comment examines the applicability of the “functional equivalent test,” coined by the Supreme Court in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, to the causes of ocean acidification. Using this test, this Comment proposes expanding NPDES permitting under the Clean Water Act to cover some landbased sources emitting carbon dioxide. Text Ocean acidification University of Maine, School of Law: Digital Commons |
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Ocean acidification, a lesser-known counterpart to climate change, is primarily caused by the ocean’s absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This absorption, in turn, reduces the ocean’s pH, and has detrimental effects on the health of the entire ecosystem. This Comment examines the applicability of the “functional equivalent test,” coined by the Supreme Court in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, to the causes of ocean acidification. Using this test, this Comment proposes expanding NPDES permitting under the Clean Water Act to cover some landbased sources emitting carbon dioxide. |
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It's a Soft Shell Life for ME: The Case for Expanding NPDES Permitting to Include Causes of Ocean Acidification |
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