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2 Chi.-Kent J. Env't Energy L. 1 (2011-2012)

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IGNORANCE IS RISK: SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY,

                  HYDROPOWER & MERCURY

                               Leslie Welts*


Figure 1: A postcard depicting one of the Fifteen Mile Falls Hydroelectric Complex's massive
dams.   New England  Power Association's Fifteen Mile Falls Plant, CARD COW VINTAGE
POSTCARDS  & COLLECTIBLES, http://www.cardcow.com/162684/new-england-power-
associations-fifteen-mile-falls-plant-monroe-hampshire/ (last visited Feb. 1, 2012).












* LL.M. Candidate, McGill University Faculty of Law and School of Environment; J.D. cum laude, Vermont Law
School, 2011; B.M. cum laude, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2007.
       An earlier version of this Article was named winner of Vermont Law Review's 2011 Dean Jonathon B.
Chase Paper Competition. The author wishes to thank Professor Jason Czarnezki for his help shaping the idea
behind this Article, Briana Collier and Cory Steckler for their valuable input, and Jonathan Davies for his
encouragement and helpful comments on many earlier drafts. In addition, the author wishes to thank the JEEL
editorial staff for all of their hard work and support.


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