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Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: An Update

E2 Law Blog

In 2019, we noted on this blog the Maryland Court of Appeals’ decision in Md. 2019), cert. Term 2019 (Md. MDE has adopted this approach to satisfy, in part, the State’s obligations to comply with the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load for nutrients and solids under the federal Clean Water Act. Dep’t of the Envt. 1865, Sept.

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How Does Applied Microeconomic Research Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation?

Environmental and Urban Economics

Kahn, 2019. Kahn, 2019. " Local Public Finance Dynamics and Hurricane Shocks ," NBER Working Papers 28050, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Amine Ouazad & Matthew E. Kilian Heilmann & Matthew E.

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General relativity passes crucial neutron-star test

Physics World

In 2019 NICER directly measured the mass and radius of the isolated neutron star PSR J0030+0451, irrespective of the equation of state. This possibility was out of reach before 2019 and highlights the importance of using multimessenger observations to learn more about physics.”. The research is described in Physical Review Letters.

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Tiny sensor monitors organ oxygenation deep inside the body

Physics World

In 2019, 17.5 organ transplants were carried out globally every hour. The ability to monitor the status of those organs more closely could help doctors spot problems before they become critical and make crucial life-saving interventions.

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Coal shouldn’t be in our neighbourhoods – here’s how one B.C. community fought back

Enviromental Defense

In 2019, we reached the Federal Court of Appeal. Amazingly, the cities of Surrey and New Westminster also joined our legal fight! For the next 5 years we would experience the ups and downs of the legal world, our own version of David vs. Goliath. The Outcome.

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Guest commentary: A ground-breaking judgment in Germany

Law Columbia

See Brian Preston’s brilliant analysis, The End of Enlightened Environmental Law, Journal of Environmental Law 2019, 31, 399-411. 3] ECLI:NL:HR:2019:2007 for the unofficial English translation under 7.5.2. [4] Understandably, the Court leaves the legislature a wide margin of discretion. 4] Friends of the Irish Environment CLG v.

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Why is future sea level rise still so uncertain?

Real Climate

Simplified schematic of atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions (Zalasiewicz et al, 2019). 132-137, 2019. 12108-12116, 2019. There are many interesting observations and non-observations from WAIS that make this a challenging problem. Ommen, M.V. Wessem, and D.A. Latychev, J.X. Mitrovica, J.R. Creveling, N. Gomez, M.J. eabf7787, 2021.

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