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Reconstituting the Federalism Battle in Energy Transportation

This article explores federalism issues in energy transportation infrastructure, including pipelines and transmission lines, and evaluates reforms to approval processes for energy transport projects that can result in a more efficient process that leads to more rapid integration of new energy resources and technologies.
Journal ArticleRisk Management

Integrating Climate Change Resilience into HUD’s Disaster Recovery Program

This paper argues that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has not adequately integrated climate change resilience considerations into its approval of projects seeking Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. It argues that the statutes under which HUD carries out its CDBG-DR program provide ample…
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Penn Central Take Two

This article examines regulatory property, like pollution credits, and the complicated trade-offs raised between the need for stability in property-based entitlements and policy flexibility in governance, arguing that the creation of regulatory property should not prevent policy changes far into the future.
Christopher Serkin
February 5, 2016