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The Clean Air Act and Scenic Landscapes John Copeland Nagle

The Clean Air Act and Scenic Landscapes John Copeland Nagle John N. Matthews Professor, Notre Dame Law School North Dakota Law Review Energy Law Symposium November 3, 2011. Law’s Environment. How does environmental law determine the natural environment in which we live?

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The Clean Air Act and Scenic Landscapes John Copeland Nagle

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  1. The Clean Air Act and Scenic Landscapes John Copeland Nagle John N. Matthews Professor, Notre Dame Law School North Dakota Law Review Energy Law Symposium November 3, 2011

  2. Law’s Environment • How does environmental law determine the natural environment in which we live? • Which areas do we seek to preserve, and which do we seek to develop? • How much pollution do we prohibit, and how much do we tolerate? • Five stories of how the law and the natural environment are engaged in a dynamic process • Adak Island • Colton, California • The badlands of North Dakota • The Susquehanna River • Alamogordo, New Mexico

  3. Theodore Roosevelt National Park

  4. Heaven or Hell?

  5. “It is scenic in every sense of the word . . . . it is a whole lot more picturesque than that Jackson Hole” – William Lemke

  6. “The area to be established by this bill as the Theodore Roosevelt National Park does not possess those outstanding natural features or scenic qualities that would justify its establishment as a national park”

  7. Prevention of significant deterioration

  8. Regional haze

  9. Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology

  10. The importance of visibility at national parks

  11. Who decides?

  12. The law of unintended consequences

  13. Thanks & questions

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