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Current Energy Legal Literature

About the “Current Energy Legal Literature” website:

The "Current Energy Legal Literature" website is a resource for keeping informed of current articles concerned with development and regulation of energy resources and related policy, primarily in the United States. The emphasis is on renewable and alternative energy sources and new developments in traditional sources, including articles about directly applicable environmental law. Articles are selected from all English language law reviews and journals received by the Law Library, both domestic and foreign. This service is edited by Amanda Runyon, reference librarian at the Tarlton Law Library.

Law Library staff reviews law journals and law reviews (and a great many other legal periodicals) as they are received in the library. We examine the table of contents of all of these publications and identify any article concerning this topic. We then input the basic bibliographic information about each article into this database, and scan the first page of the article. The availability of the first page of the article should better enable readers to know if they are interested in reading the whole article.

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Articles are listed in reverse chronological order:
February 3, 2010

Author: Brent Stahl, Lisa Chavarria, and Jeff D. Nydegger
Title: Wind Energy Laws and Incentives: A Survey of Selected State Rules
Citation: 49 Washburn Law Journal 99 (2009)

Author: K.K. DuVivier
Title: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Wind? The Severed Wind Power Rights Conundrum
Citation: 49 Washburn Law Journal 69 (2009)

Author: Donald Zillman, Mary E. Walta, and Inigo del Guayo Castiella
Title: More Than Tilting at Windmills
Citation: 49 Washburn Law Journal 1 (2009)

Author: Alberto Cisneros-Lavaller
Title: Geopolitical Factors as a Non-Premium on Oil Prices
Citation: 33 Journal of Energy and Development 129 (2007)

Author: Kaoru Yamaguchi and Akihiro Watabe
Title: Rural Electrification in Developing Countries: Conflicts Between Local Technological Innovation and the National Electrification Policy
Citation: 33 Journal of Energy and Development 105 (2007)

Author: Antoine Halff
Title: The Oil Market After the Crash: Old Fears, New Risks
Citation: 33 Journal of Energy and Development 91 (2007)

Author: Mohammed A. Al-Sahlawi
Title: An Alternative Oil-Pricing Currency and OPEC's Foreign Assets
Citation: 33 Journal of Energy and Development 81 (2007)

Author: Oystein Noreng
Title: Securing Natural Gas Supplies to Europe: Lessons and Prospects
Citation: 33 Journal of Energy and Development 57 (2007)

Author: Ayed S. Al-Qahtani, Edward J. Balestri, and Carol A. Dahl
Title: Estimating the U.S. Dollar Depreciation Effect on Oil Prices
Citation: 33 Journal of Energy and Development 49 (2007)

Author: Melike Bildirici and Tahsin Bakirtas
Title: Econometric Model of Electricity Demand in Turkey as a Measure of Economic Growth and Development
Citation: 33 Journal of Energy and Development 33 (2007)

Author: Yaya Keho
Title: Causal Relationship Between Energy Consumption and GDP: An Empirical Analysis for Five West African Countries
Citation: 33 Journal of Energy and Development 23 (2007)

Author: Atle G. Guttormsen
Title: Causality Between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth
Citation: 33 Journal of Energy and Development 1 (2007)

February 2, 2010

Author: Danae Azaria
Title: Energy Transit Under the Energy Charter Treaty and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Citation: 27 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 559 (2009)

January 22, 2010

Author: Tom Stocker
Title: Overseas Corruption - A Toughening Global Regime: Be Aware. Be Prepared
Citation: 27 International Energy Law Review 288 (2009)

Author: Nick Prowse, et al.
Title: NOCs and IOCs: Resolving Tensions
Citation: 27 International Energy Law Review 285 (2009)

Author: Ewan Sutherland
Title: Regulating the Energy Efficiency of ICT Equipment
Citation: 27 International Energy Law Review 282 (2009)

January 20, 2010

Author: Rachel Feinberg Harrison
Title: COMMENT, Carbon Allowances: A New Way of Seeing an Invisible Asset
Citation: 62 Southern Methodist University Law Review 1915 (2009)

Author: Tyler Hagenbuch
Title: NOTE, Establishing an Aggressive Legal Framework for the Future of Wind Energy in Europe
Citation: 42 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1595 (2009)

January 19, 2010

Author: Darwin L. King and Edward D. King
Title: IRS Timber Audits: What to Expect
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 335 (2009)

Author: Jo Ann McGee and J. Ralph Byington
Title: Update on the Avoidance and Detection of Occupational Fraud and Abuse
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 313 (2009)

Author: Ken Griffin and Patricia Hardin Mounce
Title: A Case Study of Paper Mill Emissions: Controlling Pollution While Adding Additional Resources
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 305 (2009)

Author: A.J. Cataldo II, Lori R. Fuller and Peter Oehlers
Title: Securities and Exchange Commission Amends Regulation SHO: A Forensic Examination of Public Information Releases in the Global Links Case
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 287 (2009)

Author: Ronald Flinn and D. Larry Crumbley
Title: Climate Change: A Primer
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 269 (2009)

Author: Robert Blatz, Jr., et al.
Title: Did the Oil Industry Benefit From the 2005 Hurricane Season? An Analyst's and Market Perspective
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 259 (2009)

Author: Jack R. Fay, Melvin L. Roush and Kathryn Hauser
Title: International Comparison of Personal Income Tax
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 247 (2009)

Author: K.E. Hughes II and Richard E. Matheny
Title: The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Provisions of HR-2454: The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 237 (2009)

Author: Dean DiGregorio and Michael P. Licata
Title: Court Rules that Interests in LLPs, LLCs, and Tenancies in Common are Not Presumed to Be Interests as Limited Partners in a Limited Partnership for Purposes of Passive Activity Rules
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 227 (2009)

Author: Kreag Danvers
Title: The Economic Decline of Pennsylvania's Oil Heritage Region: Implications for Municipal Budgeting, Taxation, and Redevelopment
Citation: 58 Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly 207 (2009)

Author: Brian Muller
Title: ESSAY, Adapting to Post-Oil Futures: Community Action, the Urban Sustainability Retrofit, and the Writings of James Howard Kunstler
Citation: 80 University of Colorado Law Review 1017 (2009)

Author: Kristina Culley
Title: NOTE, Has Texas Nuisance Law Been Blown Away by the Demand for Wind Power?
Citation: 61 Baylor Law Review 943 (2009)

Author: Jim Rossi
Title: The Political Economy of Energy and Its Implications for Climate Change Legislation
Citation: 84 Tulane Law Review 379 (2009)

December 15, 2009

Author: Greg Butrus, et al.
Title: Report of the System Reliability, Planning, and Compliance Committee of the Energy Bar Association
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 831 (2009)

Author: Kenneth A. Barry, et al.
Title: Report of the State Commission Practice and Regulation Committee of the Energy Bar Association
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 765 (2009)

Author: Energy Bar Association
Title: Report of the Oil Pipeline Regulation Committee of the Energy Bar Association
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 729 (2009)

Author: Daniel F. Stenger, et al.
Title: Report of the Nuclear Regulation Committee of the Energy Bar Association
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 715 (2009)

Author: Chris Barr, et al.
Title: Report of the Natural Gas Regulation and Compliance Committee of the Energy Bar Association
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 639 (2009)

Author: Albert Francese, et al.
Title: Report of the Legislation Committee of the Energy Bar Association
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 629 (2009)

Author: Brandon Johnson, et al.
Title: Report of the Competition and Antitrust Committee of the Energy Bar Association
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 597 (2009)

Author: Clarke Bruno, et al.
Title: Report of the Climate Change and Emissions Committee of the Energy Bar Association
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 563 (2009)

Author: Jonathan D. Schneider
Title: So, the World is Getting Warmer: What Now? New Literature on Electric Sector Options and the Cost of Climate Control Legislation
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 553 (2009)

Author: Sony Ben-Moshe, et al.
Title: Financing the Nuclear Renaissance: The Benefits and Potential Pitfalls of Federal and State Government Subsidies and the Future of Nuclear Power in California
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 497 (2009)

Author: Stuart Caplan, et al.
Title: Energy Bar Association Panel Regarding Speculation in Energy Markets
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 467 (2009)

Author: Debbie Swanstrom and Meredith M. Jolivert
Title: DOE Transmission Corridor Designations and FERC Backstop Siting Authority: Has the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Succeeded in Stimulating the Development of New Transmission Facilities?
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 415 (2009)

Author: Matthew Holden, Jr.
Title: Energy Policy and the Obama Administration: Some Choices and Challenges
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 405 (2009)

Author: Neil Peretz
Title: Growing the Energy Efficiency Market Through Third-Party Financing
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 377 (2009)

Author: Ronald E. Minsk, Sam P. Ori and Sabrina Howell
Title: Plugging Cars into the Grid: Why the Government Should Make a Choice
Citation: 30 Energy Law Journal 317 (2009)

Author: Stephen Harland Butler
Title: Headwinds to a Clean Energy Future: Nuisance Suits Against Wind Energy Projects in the United States
Citation: 97 California Law Review 1337 (2009)

December 9, 2009

Author: Christopher Aung
Title: COMMENT, The Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by New York State From a Legal Perspective: Is a Tax or Market-Based System Optimal?
Citation: 29 Pace Law Review 739 (2009)

December 3, 2009

Author: John M. Volkman
Title: Making Change in a New Currency: Incentives and the Carbon Economy
Citation: 29 Public Land & Resources Law Review 1 (2008)

November 18, 2009

Author: Andrew Gilfoil
Title: COMMENT, Baby You Can Drive My Car: Rethinking Greenhouse Gas Emissions Preemption in Light of Massachusetts and Green Mountain Chrysler
Citation: 28 Saint Louis University Public Law Review 559 (2009)

November 9, 2009

Author: Sara C. Bronin
Title: Solar Rights
Citation: 89 Boston University Law Review 1217 (2009)

Author: Louis Van Gorder
Title: Beyond Borders: An Ecosystem Approach to Environmental Regulation
Citation: 14 Roger Williams University Law Review 729 (2009)

Author: Ed Feo and Josh Ludmir
Title: Challenges in the Development and Financing of Offshore Wind Energy
Citation: 14 Roger Williams University Law Review 672 (2009)

Author: Peter J. Schaumberg and Angela F. Colamaria
Title: Siting Renewable Energy Projects on the Outer Continental Shelf: Spin, Baby, Spin!
Citation: 14 Roger Williams University Law Review 624 (2009)

Author: Jack K. Sterne, et al.
Title: The Seven Principles of Ocean Renewable Energy: A Shared Vision and a Call for Action
Citation: 14 Roger Williams University Law Review 600 (2009)

Author: Megan Higgins
Title: Is Marine Renewable Energy a Viable Industry in the United States? Lessons Learned from the 7th Marine Law Symposium
Citation: 14 Roger Williams University Law Review 562 (2009)

October 27, 2009

Author: Mariah Zebrowski
Title: Note: Nuclear Power as Carbon Free Energy - The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Citation: 20 Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy 391 (2009)

October 21, 2009

Author: Stefan Speck
Title: The Design of Carbon and Broad-based Energy Taxes in European Countries
Citation: 10 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 31 (2008)

October 16, 2009

Author: Robert A. Wyman, Leila B. Azari, Delvan Dickson, Patricia A. Eberwine, Marie Ly, and Emily Taylor
Title: Significant Climate Issues Likely to be Raised in the Federal Courts
Citation: 39 Environmental Law Reporter 10925 (2009)

Author: Amy Sinden
Title: Revenue-Neutral Cap and Trade
Citation: 39 Environmental Law Reporter 10944 (2009)

Author: Melinda Harm Benson
Title: Integrating Adaptive Management and Oil and Gas
Citation: 39 Environmental Law Reporter 10962 (2009)

Author: Daniel Pollak
Title: Adaptive Management in Hydropower Regulation
Citation: 39 Environmental Law Reporter 10979 (2009)

Author: Thomas Hutton
Title: Energy Policy Act Section 216: A Power Worth Preserving
Citation: 39 Environmental Law Reporter 11002 (2009)

Author: Hon. Joseph T. Kelliher and Maria Farinella
Title: SYMPOSIUM, The Changing Landscape of Federal Energy Law
Citation: 61 Administrative Law Review 611 (2009)

Author: Christopher Clement-Davies, Jeff Blount, Girard Miller, Anne-Marie Evans, and Philip Woodruff
Title: Renewables Investment
Citation: 6 International Energy Law Review 213 (2009)

Author: Joseph J. Kalo and Lisa C. Schiavinator
Title: Wind Over North Carolina Waters: The State's Preparedness to Address Offshore and Coastal Water-Based Wind Energy Projects
Citation: 87 North Carolina Law Review 819 (2009)

October 5, 2009

Author: Anatole Boute
Title: The Potential Contribution of International Investment Protection Law to Combat Climate Change
Citation: 27 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 333 (2009)

Author: Rachael A Hird
Title: Thomas W Wälde and Fair and Equitable Treatment
Citation: 27 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 377 (2009)

Author: Kaj Hobér
Title: Law and Policy in the Russian Oil and Gas Sector
Citation: 27 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 420 (2009)

Author: Antonio Riva Palacio Lavín
Title: Comments on the Reforms to the Mexican Energy Laws of 2008
Citation: 15 ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law 15 629 (2009)

Author: Shelley Welton
Title: COMMENT, Lessons Learned: Transferring the European Union's Experiences with Energy Efficiency Policy to China
Citation: 17 New York University Environmental Law Journal 1421 (2009)

Author: Arnold W. Reitze, Jr.
Title: Biofuels - Snake Oil for the Twenty-First Century
Citation: 87 Oregon Law Review 1183 (2009)

September 21, 2009

Author: Peter Z. Grossman
Title: U.S. Energy Policy and the Presumption of Market Failure
Citation: 29 Cato Journal 296 (2009)

September 9, 2009

Author: Matthew O'Hollearn
Title: The Iowa Power Fund: Making Iowa the Energy Capital of the World
Citation: 14 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 221 (2009)

Author: Paula Goodman Maccabee
Title: Pipelines, Power Lines, and Organic Farms
Citation: 14 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 19 (2009)

Author: Bruce A. McCarl and Fred O. Boadu
Title: NOTE, Bioenergy and U.S. Renewable Fuels Standards: Law, Economic, Policy/Climate Change and Implementation Concerns
Citation: 14 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 43 (2009)

Author: Braddock A. Massey
Title: NOTE, Pour Some Sugar In Me: How Importing and Supporting Sugarcane Ethanol Production Will Not Only Make Friends, But Save America from an Addiction to Foreign Oil…
Citation: 14 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 199 (2009)

Author: Matthew O'Hollearn
Title: The Iowa Power Fund: Making Iowa the Energy Capital of the World
Citation: 14 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 221 (2009)

Author: Karlie Shea Clemons
Title: COMMENT, Hydroelectric Dams: Transboundary Environmental Effects and International Law
Citation: 36 Florida State University Law Review 487 (2009)

Author: James L. Smith
Title: World Oil: Market or Mayhem?
Citation: Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2009, at 145

Author: Anthony Z. Roisman, Erin Honaker, and Ethan Spaner
Title: Regulating Nuclear Power in the New Millennium (the Role of the Public)
Citation: 26 Pace Environmental Law Review 317 (2009)

Author: Richard Webster and Julia LaMense
Title: Spotlight on Safety at Nuclear Power Plants: The View from Oyster Creek
Citation: 26 Pace Environmental Law Review 365 (2009)

Author: Tamar Jergensen Cerafici
Title: Is New Always Better? The Case for License Renewal in the Next Generation
Citation: 26 Pace Environmental Law Review 391 (2009)

Author: Michael J. Faure and Karine Fiore
Title: An Economic Analysis of the Nuclear Liability Subsidy
Citation: 26 Pace Environmental Law Review 419 (2009)

Author: Becky H. Diffen
Title: Competitive Renewable Energy Zones: How the Texas Wind Industry is Cracking the Chicken and Egg Problem
Citation: 46 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal 47 (2009)

Author: Federico Caprotti
Title: China's Cleantech Landscape: The Renewable Energy Technology Paradox
Citation: Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Spring 2009, at 6

Author: Craig A. Hart and M.L. Rajora
Title: Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Biomass Power in China and India
Citation: Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Spring 2009, at 26

Author: Nitya Nanda and Nidhi Srivastava
Title: Clean Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Rights
Citation: Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Spring 2009, at 42

Author: Ursula Kazarian
Title: Evolving U.S. Clean Tech: Legislative Trends
Citation: Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Spring 2009, at 48

Author: Jim Martin and Ginny Brannon
Title: A Colorado Perspective: The Energy Economy
Citation: 27 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 269 (2009)

Author: Paul E. Farrell
Title: Climate Change Action in Connecticut: Linking Energy, the Environment and the Economy
Citation: 27 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 281 (2009)

Author: Ken Kimmell and Laurie Burt
Title: Massachusetts Takes On Climate Change
Citation: 27 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 295 (2009)

Author: Steve Owens
Title: Climate Change Action in Arizona
Citation: 27 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 317 (2009)

September 3, 2009

Author: Edna Sussman
Title: The Energy Charter Treaty's Investor Protection Provisions: Potential to Foster Solutions to Global Warming and Promote Sustainable Development
Citation: 14 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 391 (2008)

Author: Lucy Reed and Lucy Martinez
Title: The Energy Charter Treaty: An Overview
Citation: 14 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 405 (2008)

Author: Martin Peder Maarbjerg
Title: The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?
Citation: 16 University of Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law 127 (2009)

Author: Amanda Forester
Title: The Big Three and Fuel Efficiency: How President Obama's Administration's Fuel Efficiency Efforts Will Affect the Big Three, the Economy, and the Environment
Citation: 16 University of Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law 181 (2009)

Author: Mathew Pearl
Title: The Aftermath of the December 2008 Incident in East Tennessee Illuminates the Inadequate Regulation of Coal Ash Impoundments
Citation: 16 University of Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law 195 (2009)

August 24, 2009

Author: Benjamin K. Sovacool and Kelly E. Sovacool
Title: Preventing National Electricity-Water Crisis Areas in the United States
Citation: 34 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 333 (2009)

Author: Lesley K. McAllister
Title: The Overallocation Problem in Cap-And-Trade: Moving Toward Stringency
Citation: 34 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 395 (2009)

Author: Elizabeth Burleson
Title: Energy Security, Green Job Creation, and Youth Innovation
Citation: 24 Connecticut Journal of International Law 381 (2009)

August 18, 2009

Author: John Burritt McArthur and Rick Harper
Title: BOOK REVIEW ESSAY, The State of the Natural Resources Literature: Global Warming, the Regulations Ahead, and the Oil and Gas Industry
Citation: 48 Natural Resources Journal 745 (2009)

Author: Daniel M. Gonzales
Title: COMMENT, Shockingly Certain: Why is the Public Utility Commission of Texas Steadfast in its Resolve to Keep Texas's Energy Market Deregulated Amidst Turmoil?
Citation: 10 Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal 497 (2009)

Author: C. Stephen Herlihy
Title: COMMENT, Trading Water for Gas: Application of the Public Interest Review to Coalbed Methane Produced Water Discharge in Wyoming
Citation: 9 Wyoming Law Review 455 (2009)

August 10, 2009

Author: Victor B. Flatt
Title: Paving the Legal Path for Carbon Sequestration from Coal
Citation: 19 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 211 (2009)

Author: David B. Hunter
Title: International Climate Negotiations: Opportunities and Challenges for the Obama Administration
Citation: 19 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 247 (2009)

Author: Noah M. Sachs
Title: Greening Demand: Energy Consumption and U.S. Climate Policy
Citation: 19 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 295 (2009)