Pragmatism, Pragtivism, and Private Environmental Governance
9 George Washington Journal of Energy & Environmental Law (Spring 2018)
7 Pages Posted: 31 May 2017 Last revised: 13 Sep 2018
Date Written: March 3, 2017
Abstract
This essay is an edited version of a talk presented at the 2017 J.B. & Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium on Private Environmental Governance at the George Washington University. It is adapted from a longer article entitled Trust Me, I’m A Pragmatist: A Partially Pragmatic Critique of Pragmatic Activism, in 42 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 425 (2017), and available here: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2925311
Keywords: environmental law, environmentalism, pragmatism, pragtivism, NGOs, Endangered Species Act, wildlife, Environmental Defense Fund, Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
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