Environmental Politics and Law

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1. Introduction to the Course

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2. Principles & Strategies in Environmental Law

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3. Nuclear Experiments

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4. Nuclear Secrecy and Ecology

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5. Preparing for War: NEPA

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6. Marine Food-Chains: Mercury

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7. Site Restoration Law

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8. Chemically Dependent Agriculture

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9. Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm

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10. Safe Drinking Water: Science and Law

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11. Safety Claims and Free Speech: Preemption and Defamation

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12. Air Quality Law: Margins of Safety

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13. Vehicle Emissions and Public Transit

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14. The Quiet Revolution in Plastics

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15. The Tobacco Paradigm

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16. Evolution of Tobacco Law

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17. Land Use and Conservation Law: The Adirondack History

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18. Property Rights and Public Lands Management

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19. Land Use Law and Property Rights

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20. Managing Coastal Resources in an Era of Climate Change

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21. Certification: Design and Green Architecture

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22. Past and Future of Nuclear Power

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23. Renewable Energy Policies

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24. Reflection and Lessons