Jeffrey Kucik, associate professor in the UA School of Government and Public Policy, writes in an op-ed about the Trump administration's new tariffs on imports of solar panels.
Issues of governance, including the examination of institutional, legal, and decision-making contexts, are a key focus of national and international environmental research at the UA. Faculty work on diverse topics, including water rights; transborder environmental management; collaborative approaches; the interplay of law, biology, and conservation practice; international climate policy; political ecology; international development; and environmental governance on indigenous and tribal lands.
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The UA has been ordered to surrender emails by two scientists that a group claims will help prove that theories about human-caused climate change are false and part of a conspiracy.
At least five tribes, including the Hopi and Navajo, are among more than a dozen groups suing President Donald Trump over his decision to reduce the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. Opponents say a president can only designate a monument and it's up to Congress to reduce it. "Congress clarified that in a 1976 law, the Federal Lands Management Act, which does have an express provision saying the Secretary of the Interior cannot modify or revoke any national monuments,” says Kirsten Engel, a professor at the UA's James E. Rogers College of Law.
Matt Lubisich, president of the Associated Students of the UA, alongside the UA's Students for Sustainability, is pushing to create a new, University-wide sustainability committee to initiate collaborations and steer stalled campuswide sustainability efforts.
The new U.S.-Mexico Colorado River agreement sets aside 210,000 acre-feet of river water for environmental restoration in the delta over nine years, starting next year. This 2017 agreement also calls on the two countries to share shortages on the river in equal proportions in times of drought. "At this point, the best way to proceed with restoration is base flows. That’s the best use of the water," said Karl Flessa, a UA geosciences professor who oversaw the scientific monitoring of the 2014 pulse-flow impacts and hopes to be involved in similar work this time.
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What does water security mean in the 21st century and how do we reconfigure water policy for a more sustainable future? Although drought and water scarcity have driven conflict throughout history, there are increasing efforts across the U.S. to bring a more collaborative and systems-based approach to water governance. This talk examines the current water policy landscape and the ways in which a clash of paradigms is playing out between the legacy systems of the past and the new paradigm solutions of the future.
Please join the Environmental Law Society, the Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, and the Natural Resource Use & Management Clinic as we host an afternoon discussion on the dynamics and challenges of environmental restoration. Professor Donald Falk, a faculty expert at the University of Arizona on wildfire and restoration ecology, and Clare Cragan, an attorney for the U.S. Department of the Interior, will lead the discussion. Professor Falk will focus on the science of restoration and ecosystems management in the context of wildfire, while Ms.
Speakers will discuss the TCE issue in South Tucson and the importance of community lawyering. Food will be provided. Sponsored by JAC, AJELP, and ELS.
Costa Rica was implementing its own social and economic development policies long before the United Nations set the Sustainable Development Goals. From renewable energy and universal access to education and health care to a longstanding tradition of democracy, peace and inclusive growth, Costa Rica’s development has not been typical of the time or the region.
Please join us to hear Joel Clement, a science and policy expert and past director of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Policy Office, talk about climate change and risk in the current political environment. How can we help make communities more resilient despite federal efforts to reverse environmental policies? What solutions can we identify and implement to aid Americans who are already in peril?