National Family Farm Coalition v. Vilsack
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Environmental Law and Policy/Governance
Protecting the Right to Environment: The Roles of Judicial Commissions and Special Masters
Date
December 2024
Volume
54
Issue
12
Page
11058
Type
Articles
Summary
This Article addresses the pressing need for six “green states”—New York, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, and Pennsylvania—to adopt quasi-judicial mechanisms for enforcement of their constitutional right to environment. It analyzes the challenges and limitations of traditional litigation in enforcing this right, and compares the special master system in the United States with environmental judicial commissions in Pakistan. It advocates for an expanded role of special masters in environmental litigation with diverse functions, including investigation, mediation, environmental monitoring, technical and scientific advisory, public participation, and consensus-building among different stakeholders, to ensure comprehensive and effective environmental protection. It argues that courts in these green states could pioneer this approach, setting a precedent for other jurisdictions internationally and ultimately strengthening environmental protection globally.
H.R. 10134
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Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Higgins
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-La.
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1
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55
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118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H6026
would establish a Commission on Federal Natural Disaster Resilience and Recovery to examine and recommend reforms to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government's approach to natural disaster resilience and recovery.
H.R. 10121
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Committee Name
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Agriculture
Sponsor Name
Frost
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Fla.
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1
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55
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118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H6012
would establish youth advisory councils for the purpose of providing recommendations to EPA, DOI, DOE, USDA, and the Department of Commerce with respect to environmental issues as those issues relate to youth communities.
H.R. 10087
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Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Foxx
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-N.C.
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1
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118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H5907
would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for certain procedures following the declaration of a major disaster.
H.R. 1586
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Committee Name
Committee on Natural Resources
Committee Report
H. Rep. No. 118-721
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12
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118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H5893
would allow the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use a fire retardant, chemical, or water for fire suppression, control, or prevention activities.
H.R. 10070
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Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Joyce
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Ohio
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12
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54
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118
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170 Cong. Rec. H5900
would amend the Flood Control Act of 1946 with respect to emergency streambank and shoreline protection.
H.R. 10046
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Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Landsman
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Ohio
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12
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54
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118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H5894
would require the submission of the Vehicle Choice Report by the Secretary of Commerce and increase the clean vehicle tax credit, the previously-owned clean vehicle credit, and the alternative fuel refueling property tax credit.
H.R. 10005
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Committee Name
Committee on Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Hageman
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Wyo.
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12
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118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H5877
would establish a process to expedite the review of appeals of certain decisions by DOI.
H.R. 10023
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Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Crane
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Ariz.
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12
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118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H5888
would establish within EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management the Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains.
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