Environmental law as it has evolved in the United States can be described as “environmental federalism.” Federal laws establish the basic framework for protecting and restoring air and water quality, managing wastes, dealing with hazardous materials, and a range of other subjects. Within the framework of these federal laws, states are required to perform certain…
The land we now know as North America was formed, according to the oral tradition of nations of the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee Confederacy, when the Sky-Woman fell through a hole in the sky. At that time, the earth was covered with water. The creatures living in the water looked up and saw her falling and…
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States Department of Defense has been engaged in a process of downsizing the military bases it uses to support defense objectives.1 This process is controlled by the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) and has already resulted in the closure of a large number of bases…
