Government,
Environmental & Energy,
Administrative/Regulatory
Sep. 1, 2017
Nature abhorrent vacuum
How California is filling the void in federal environmental regulation.
Clark Morrison
Partner
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Phone: (415) 262-5113
Email: cmorrison@coxcastle.com
Clark focuses his practice on permitting and development of large and complex development projects. He is recognized nationally for his concentration in endangered species, wetlands, water law and other natural resource laws.
Aristotle, Rabelais and Galileo each supported the principle of horror vacui: That nature abhors a vacuum. The highly recognized legal authority Wikipedia describes horror vacui as the proposition that nature contains no vacuums because “the denser surrounding material continuum would immediately fill the rarity of an incipient void.” As the federal government under President Donald J. Trump retreats from its pri...
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