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43 Envtl. L. [i] (2013)

handle is hein.journals/envlnw43 and id is 1 raw text is: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Lewis & Clark Law School VOLUME 43 WINTER 2013 NUMBER 1 ESSAY Putting a Price on Whales to Save Them: What Do Morals Have to Do with It?................................... Hope M Babcock The author explores the moral implication of a proposal to create an international market in whale shares as an alternative to the dysfunctional International Whaling Commission. She finds the proposal amoral because whales, like humans, have an intrinsic right to life. Since this leaves whales vulnerable to whale hunting nations, she suggests that international environmental organizations might help a whale preservation norm emerge in whaling nations by using education and interventionist activities that focus on whaling's cruelty to ultimately encourage the citizens and governments of those nations to change their self-image as whale eating cultures. ARTICLES Frayed Seams in the Patchwork Quilt of American Federalism: An Empirical Analysis of Invasive Plant Species Regulation ........ 35 James S Neal MeCubbins, A Bryan Endres, Lauren Quinn, & Jacob N Barney Increased demand for biomass feedstocks to meet renewable energy mandates will require developing new and higher- yielding plant resources. Ideal biomass traits are: rapid growth and the ability to outcompete local vegetation, prolific seed production, adaptability to soil and climatic conditions, and resistance to pests and diseases. These traits typify invasive flora. Next-generation biofuel feedstocks could be more productive and profitable at the farm level, but may pose the risk of becoming invasive, which would cause economic and ecological harm. Our analysis reveals that most states fail to regulate invasive plant species (which are distinct from

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