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James Salzman is the Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law with joint appointments at the UCLA School of Law and at the Bren School of the Environment at UC Santa Barbara.

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It's only a bad faith manipulation if the process is designed only to allow extractive interests to bid on oil…

On Science article argues that conservation should be allowed to pay its own way on public lands

Mark raises an important point, and my response is "yes and..." BLM should not make ecologically important lands available for…

On Science article argues that conservation should be allowed to pay its own way on public lands

This is an important point, particularly for oil & gas. Some states earn considerable revenue from royalty payments and this…

On Science article argues that conservation should be allowed to pay its own way on public lands

You raise a good point, Lawrence. The split incentives between tenants and landlords over lead paint and service lines is…

On It’s time the Safe Drinking Water Act got some respect

Thanks for your comment. You're absolutely right that the ICJ cannot compel its monetary judgment and that might help explain…

On International Court of Justice recognizes and values ecosystem services (sort of)

That's surprising. Unfortunately, I don't know why the URL would not be sufficient.

On The Overlooked Part of Trump’s Executive Order on Climate Change

Hi Rob, Thanks for the correction! It's about time Delaware got some NPS respect. And your new question has me…

On What Do You Know About Interior: Test your knowledge

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