In “Energy-Water Nexus in Texas”, author Amy Hardberger discusses the water requirements of producing energy in Texas. In the first half of the article she addresses the use of water for energy, the need for energy to access water, and the current energy-water nexus in Texas. The second half...

Concern over increased demand for petroleum, reliable fuel supply, and global climate change has resulted in the US government passing new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards and a Renewable Fuels Standard. Consequently, the fuel mix for light duty vehicle (LDV) travel in the United States...

Geologic sequestration has been considered as an effective and critical means for significant reductions of CO2 amounts to the atmosphere among various mitigation approaches. A carbon capture and storage (CCS) management system must be a complex system to accommodate the relevant social,...

This Article examines the relationship between private environmental governance and trademark law. Over the past two decades, green trademarks and other forms of private governance have flourished in tandem with the retreat from national and international public law modalities of environmental...

The political economy of energy policy in the United States is dominated by partisanship and industry lobbying. Both are reflected in the widespread belief that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is engaged in a misguided “war on coal” - despite decades of regulatory delays, the coal...

The view that biotechnology patenting has reached unsustainable levels is well accepted among many legal scholars. This Article presents the first comprehensive empirical study of biotechnology patents. Our analysis reveals the striking rise and fall in patenting, the surprisingly diffuse...

This chapter will argue that carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) policies must be reevaluated in light of the dramatic changes in electricity markets. Coal-fired power has progressed from being the cheapest to one of the most expensive sources of electricity in the United States, and while it...