| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| Shelley Ross Saxer |
BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE WITH LOCAL TOOLS |
58 Georgia Law Review 1663 (10-Jun-24) |
The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, celebrated the grassroots environmental movement that began in the '60s and early '70s and ushered in the creation of a new legal framework for controlling pollution and addressing environmental concerns in the United States. However, more than fifty years later, some experts fear that the environmental... |
2024 |
| Alexandra M. George |
CAN WE REALLY BE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE? THE INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF CITIZEN SUITS IN REMEDYING ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT |
35 Villanova Environmental Law Journal 153 (2024) |
If you live in Philadelphia County, the air you breathe may put your health at risk. Where a person lives plays a crucial role in shaping their overall health outcomes and life expectancy. An individual's zip code alone can determine up to sixty percent of their health. In the United States, significant racial disparities exist among communities... |
2024 |
| Daniel Cornelius, Steph Tai |
CAN WE SAVE OUR FOODWAYS? THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND FOOD JUSTICE |
133 Yale Law Journal Forum 1053 (17-Apr-24) |
abstract. This Essay examines USDA programs supported by the Inflation Reduction Act and its approach toward addressing climate change and historical funding inequities for Indigenous and Black Farmers. It also argues for how the next Farm Bill can expand upon these efforts to further address inequities and promote climate resilience. Farmers,... |
2024 |
| Barry E. Hill |
CHEVRON'S DEMISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
54 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10933 (November, 2024) |
The Supreme Court of the United States has had at various times a troubling history in American jurisprudence. Among other things, the Court infamously defended the institution of slavery, holding that African Americans, whether freed men or slaves, could not be considered citizens, and could not enjoy the rights and privileges the U.S.... |
2024 |
| Kate Jastram |
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CROSS-BORDER DISPLACEMENT: WHAT THE COURTS, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND CONGRESS CAN DO TO IMPROVE OPTIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES |
56 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 309 (Spring, 2024) |
Introduction. 309 Part I. 312 A. Maximizing the Potential of the Refugee Convention and Protocol. 312 B. Adopting the Cartagena Declaration Definition to Address Climate Displacement. 319 C. Expanding Complementary Protection by Accepting Non-Refoulement Obligations Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 322 Part II. 326 A.... |
2024 |
| Elizabeth Hubertz |
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: INTRODUCTION |
74 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy I (2024) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as the just treatment and meaningful involvement of all people in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws. That is not the system we have. People of color and people living in poverty around the world experience more than their fair share of negative... |
2024 |
| Vera Solovyeva |
CLIMATE CHANGE IN ARCTIC AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS |
29 Ocean and Coastal Law Journal 317 (January, 2024) |
Abstract I. Global Climate Change in the Arctic II. Climate Change Impacts on Indigenous Peoples A. Medical Impacts B. Socio-economic Impacts C. Socio-cultural Impacts III. Importance of Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation IV. Indigenous Peoples Matters of Definition in the Russian Federation Conclusion Climate... |
2024 |
| Barry E. Hill, Emily Bergeron |
CLIMATE JUSTICE LITIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES--A PRIMER |
54 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10307 (April, 2024) |
Over the last three decades, numerous studies have concluded that African American, Hispanic, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and working-class White communities are disproportionately exposed to environmental harms and risks. More recent studies have concluded that although the adverse effects of climate change are being felt... |
2024 |
| Natalie Lara |
CLIMATE MIGRATION AS CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE STUDY OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA |
54 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10736 (September, 2024) |
In recent years, migration has become a topic of debate, especially in developed nations. Migration takes many forms, not only across international borders but also within a country. The decision to move is influenced by a number of factors, including life-cycle considerations such as marriage, completion of schooling, entry into the labor force,... |
2024 |
| James R. May , Marcelo Buzaglo Dantas , Luciana Bauer |
CLIMATE RIGHTS IN BRAZIL AND THE UNITED STATES: A CONVERGENCE IN CONTRASTS |
56 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 439 (Spring, 2024) |
I. Introduction. 439 II. Climate Rights in the United States. 444 A. Juliana v. United States. 446 B. Held v. Montana. 450 III. Climate Rights in Brazil. 452 IV. A Comparison of Climate Rights in Brazil and the U.S.. 463 V. Conclusion. 466 |
2024 |
| Julia Neusner, David Cremins, Ana Cutts Dougherty, Kelsey Freeman, Rosie Lebel, Milena Díaz, Nicole Chávez |
CLIMATE-RELATED DISPLACEMENT AND U.S. REFUGEE PROTECTION |
42 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 177 (2024) |
In an era defined by climate crises and mounting barriers to cross-border movement, this Article examines the intricate relationships between climate change, displacement, and refugee protection in the United States. Through a comprehensive analysis, incorporating insights from interviews with asylum seekers from Mexico and Central America at the... |
2024 |
| Madison M. Schettler |
CLOSING THE RENTER-SIZED GAP IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT: HOW HOUSING POLICY CAN HELP CLIMATE LEGISLATION ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
56 Connecticut Law Review 605 (January, 2024) |
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August 2022 was an important step forward in American climate policy. The Act is essential to the United States' goal of effective climate change mitigation efforts, and other countries have even begun to use it as a model for climate mitigation. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides the... |
2024 |
| Todd D. Amaral |
CONFLICTING GOALS: THE ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF LAW FIRM ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) POLICIES |
29 Roger Williams University Law Review 323 (Winter, 2024) |
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) focused investing and the corresponding corporate adoption of ESG policies and practices is a driving force in modern business. The realization of the importance of ESG has led many law firms to establish multidisciplinary advisory practices to help clients address the policy and corporate governance... |
2024 |
| Abigail McCeney |
CRIMMIGRATION ON PUBLIC LANDS: INTERAGENCY CONFLICTS OVER PRIORITIZING BORDER ENFORCEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
54 Environmental Law 425 (Spring, 2024) |
Federal public lands along the United States southwestern border are a platform for regulatory disputes concerning the proper management of natural resources, infrastructure, human activity, and border security. U.S. border policy in recent decades has been characterized by the criminalization of the immigration system, which has led to increased... |
2024 |
| Professor Steven Ferrey |
CRYPTOCURRENCY--LEGALLY NAVIGATING THE "HIGHWAY TO CLIMATE HELL" |
30 UC Law Environmental Journal 25 (January, 2024) |
YesThe U.S. electric system is regarded as history's greatest engineering achievement and the second most important invention in history. This Article analyzes the provocative legal dark side of crypto currency now compromising the sustainability and resiliency of the U.S. electric system. Crypto currency miners have migrated in mass during the... |
2024 |
| Madeleine J. Lewis |
DEFINING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
38-WTR Natural Resources & Environment 9 (Winter, 2024) |
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) have energized ambitions to transform the United States' energy grid, placing the federal government at the helm of the transition away from carbon-intensive fossil fuel sources toward sources such as nuclear, hydrogen, wind, and solar. The Biden administration's... |
2024 |
| Sam Bookman |
DEMYSTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM |
54 Environmental Law 1 (Winter, 2024) |
In an age of pervasive environmental crisis, a vast majority of the world's constitutions now include environmental provisions. But how does environmental constitutionalism improve environmental governance? Constitutionalization tells us little about how states should manage the environment. Instead, environmental constitutionalism is capable of... |
2024 |
| William Boyd |
DE-RISKING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
48 Harvard Environmental Law Review 153 (2024) |
Over the last forty years, risk assessment has come to provide the foundation for EPA's major regulatory programs on toxic chemicals, pollution, and hazardous waste--a development that seems quite natural, even necessary. The standard view holds that risk assessment is a largely technical, scientific exercise that provides the basic facts needed... |
2024 |
| Joshua M. Alpert |
DISABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: HOW § 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT CAN BE USED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LITIGATION |
59 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 401 (Spring, 2024) |
One of the largest problems facing environmental justice litigation is the lack of a private right of action for disparate impact discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. This absence of a private right of action has effectively rendered federal anti-discrimination law a dead letter in remedying the inequitable distribution of... |
2024 |
| Maria Lins Albuquerque |
DISPUTES IN THE INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENT IN BRAZIL |
30 Dispute Resolution Magazine 11 (January, 2024) |
The main conflicts that occur in the Indigenous environment in Brazil are driven by disputes between economic activities that heavily utilize the land and the preservation of Indigenous territories. There is no resolution of conflicts without an understanding of the various interests involved. The main themes of dispute are related to the complex... |
2024 |
| Hugh S. Van Scoy |
DISRUPTING DESTRUCTIONMENT: SUSTAINING GULLAH GEECHEE LAND OWNERSHIP THROUGH THE FAIR HOUSING ACT |
20 University of Saint Thomas Law Journal 486 (Spring, 2024) |
The Gullah Geechee, descendants of enslaved Africans trafficked to the southeastern coast of the United States to work on rice, indigo, and sea island cotton plantations, have long been recognized for their rich cultural heritage and distinctive Gullah language. Over time, the Gullah Geechee have established thriving communities along the Atlantic... |
2024 |
| Trey Wilkins-Luton |
DO RE MI: WORKERS' INCLUSION IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
54 Environmental Law 461 (Spring, 2024) |
As environmental justice gains momentum in the United States, scholars and advocates alike have considered how environmental justice interacts with different groups and interests across different social dimensions. The recent broadening of the environmental justice movement has, however, generally overlooked labor considerations. Workers deserve... |
2024 |
| Steven Ferrey |
DOWN TO THE WIRE: CONNECTING THE CRITICAL PATH TO CLIMATE |
48 Vermont Law Review 505 (Summer, 2024) |
I. Public Attempts to Disconnect from Clean Energy. 507 II. State & Local Governments, Not the Federal Government, Control What Is Built to Mitigate Climate Change. 511 A. State and Local Opposition to Renewable Power. 511 B. What the Eastern United States Lacks. 515 C. Which Level of Government Controls Transmission and Siting: The Federal Power... |
2024 |
| Holly K. Doyle |
E HO'I KA NANI I MOKU'ULA L: THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT'S PUBLIC TRUST DUTY TO FULLY RESTORE MOKU'ULA AND MOKUHINIA |
46 University of Hawaii Law Review 313 (Spring, 2024) |
I. Introduction. 314 II. Exorcising Sugar's Ghost. 323 A. Legacy Diverters: Sugar Plantations Turned Land and Water Companies. 324 B. Maui Komohana's Decades-Long Struggle for Water Management Area Designation. 331 III. The Commission on Water Resource Management's Public Trust Duty to Restore Moku'ula and Mokuhinia. 335 A. Hawai'i's Legal Duty to... |
2024 |
| Patience A. Crowder , Tom I. Romero, II |
EMBEDDING RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE WORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL NON-PROFITS |
22 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 803 (Spring, 2024) |
A shift is occurring as social justice activists are leveraging the climate emergency to address social justice and climate activists are leveraging Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and other social justice movements to motivate climate action. -Jennie Stevens In response to the national and worldwide protests against racial violence and the health... |
2024 |
| Randall S. Abate , Chhaya Bhardwaj |
ENHANCING PROTECTION OF "CLIMATE REFUGEES" IN DESTINATION HUBS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEGAL MECHANISMS AND GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA |
37 Harvard Human Rights Journal 293 (Summer, 2024) |
The plight of climate refugees is a global crisis that requires global cooperation and regional responses. The United States and India are important regional destination countries for climate refugees. Climate refugees are not recognized as a category of people entitled to protection in either country; however, legal mechanisms in both countries... |
2024 |
| Noah Dreeben, Sophie Gelber, Gregory Hopp, Summer Oh, Alexandra Peterson, Hannah Redding, Robert Sassan |
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES |
61 American Criminal Law Review 571 (Summer, 2024) |
I. Introduction. 573 A. Criminal Versus Civil Penalties. 574 B. Criminal Enforcement. 575 C. Interaction with Other Criminal Violations. 576 II. General Issues. 576 A. Overview of the Elements of an Environmental Criminal Violation. 576 B. Liability. 577 1. Individual Liability. 577 2. Corporate Liability. 578 C. Common Defenses. 579 1.... |
2024 |
| John H. Knox , Nicole Tronolone |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS |
57 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 153 (January, 2024) |
For many years, the environmental justice movement in the United States and the evolution of international human rights law concerning the environment have pursued parallel but separate paths, only occasionally noting that they share common concerns. This Article seeks to build a stronger bridge between them, in three ways. First, it presents the... |
2024 |
| John Leiner |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS HOUSING JUSTICE: HUD, LAND USE, AND THE CASE FOR THE FAIR HOUSING ACT'S APPLICATION TO DISCRIMINATORY SITING CLAIMS |
42 Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality 1 (Summer, 2024) |
This community cannot and should not take more chemical pollution, said Deborah Hawley, director at St. Francis Prayer Center in Genesee Township, Michigan. St. Francis is one of the complainants seeking to block the siting, or placement, of the Ajax hot-mix asphalt plant in the same community the Flint Water Crisis ravaged less than a decade... |
2024 |
| Secretary Deb Haaland |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE |
54 New Mexico Law Review 1 (Winter, 2024) |
Thank you so much for that lovely introduction, Dean Carey, and for your exemplary leadership. I also want to recognize my dear friend and mentor Professor Carol Suzuki, who I met the summer before my first semester, on the first day of the Pre-Law Summer Institute, and we have been friends ever since. She has been instrumental in all I have... |
2024 |
| Secretary Deb Haaland |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE |
64 Natural Resources Journal 117 (Winter, 2024) |
Thank you so much for that lovely introduction, Dean Carey, and for your exemplary leadership. I also want to recognize my dear friend and mentor Professor Carol Suzuki, who I met the summer before my first semester, on the first day of the Pre-Law Summer Institute, and we have been friends ever since. She has been instrumental in all I have... |
2024 |
| Roberta Mann |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, PLASTIC, AND TAX |
50 Human Rights 26 (October, 2024) |
The theme of Earth Day 2024 was Planet vs. Plastics, which is a big hint about the impact of plastic production on the planet and its communities. Plastics can hardly be avoided in our day-to-day lives. Plastic is a term that encompasses dozens of chemical compounds. Its uses range from everyday household items to highly technical instruments used... |
2024 |
| Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold , Resilience Justice Project Researchers |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCE JUSTICE, AND WATERSHED PLANNING |
48 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 553 (Spring, 2024) |
Watershed planning is an increasingly used governance tool for addressing environmental problems at ecosystem scales of watersheds, which are areas of land that drain to a common body of water. In recent years, watershed planning in the United States has been undergoing an equity evolution: watershed planners have begun integrating environmental... |
2024 |
| Monica Visalam Iyer |
ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION IN REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COURTS: A LIFEBOAT FROM THE "SINKING VESSEL" |
91 Tennessee Law Review 363 (Winter, 2024) |
Introduction. 364 I. Background. 371 A. Regional Human Rights Courts. 371 B. The Principle of Non-Refoulement. 373 C. Environmental Non-Refoulement at the International Level. 376 D. Environmental Non-Refoulement Cases in Domestic Courts. 380 E. Key Takeaways from International and Domestic Jurisprudence. 382 II. Legal Framework. 386 A.... |
2024 |
| Mahatab Uddin |
EQUITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNDER CLIMATE REGIME OF BANGLADESH |
25 San Diego International Law Journal 49 (2023-2024) |
YesC1-2Table of Contents Abstract. 50 I. Introduction. 50 II. Equity and Sustainable Development. 51 A. Equity. 51 B. Sustainable Development. 52 III. National Climate Change Regime of Bangladesh. 54 IV. Equity and Sustainable Development Under Climate Regime of Bangladesh. 59 A. Equity and Sustainable Development Under National Executive Instruments.... |
2024 |
| Daniel Ziebarth |
EXISTING CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE PATHWAYS FOR CASE SUCCESS IN CLIMATE LITIGATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS CLAIMS |
55 Saint Mary's Law Journal 511 (2024) |
I. Introduction. 512 II. Challenges. 516 A. Causality Challenge. 517 B. Cross-temporal Challenge. 519 C. Extraterritoriality Challenge. 521 III. Possible Pathways. 524 A. Youth. 524 B. Indigenous. 527 C. Current Wellbeing. 529 D. Future Wellbeing. 533 1. Public Actors and Future Wellbeing. 533 2. Private Actors and Future Wellbeing. 536 IV. Cases... |
2024 |
| John Travis Marshall |
FARMLAND AND FORESTLAND IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE: HURRICANE MICHAEL AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE RURAL RESILIENCE |
58 Georgia Law Review 1721 (10-Jun-24) |
Catastrophic disasters fundamentally destabilize and reshape communities. They often cause loss of life and invariably inflict extensive property damage. Disabled individuals, the elderly, chronically ill persons, and families struggling to make ends meet are almost always left more vulnerable. Affected communities frequently experience population... |
2024 |
| Kevin Burdet |
FEEDING THE GOOD FIRE: PATHS TO FACILITATE NATIVE-LED FIRE MANAGEMENT ON FEDERAL LANDS |
47 Seattle University Law Review 1443 (Spring, 2024) |
According to the traditional beliefs of the Salish, the Creator put animal beings on the earth before humans. But the world was cold and dark because there was no fire on earth. The animal beings knew one day human beings would arrive, and they wanted to make the world a better place for them, so they set off on a great quest to steal fire from the... |
2024 |
| James Thuo Gathii |
FINANCING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH A RACIAL CAPITALISM LENS |
41 Wisconsin International Law Journal 521 (Summer, 2024) |
In this Essay, I argue that the climate crisis has provided the global finance industry an opportunity to make exorbitant profits from majority Black and Brown countries in the Global South. I show how the global finance industry is leveraging its muscle over climate-vulnerable and heavily indebted countries in the Global South through complex... |
2024 |
| Hannah Harris , Macquarie Law School, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Research Fellow, Financial Integrity Hub, Sydney, Australia, e-mail: Hannah.harris@mq.edu.au |
FINANCING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME: FINANCIAL SECTOR COMPLICITY IN GLOBAL DEFORESTATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGULATORY INTERVENTION |
115 IUS Gentium 43 (2024) |
Abstract In recent years, governments around the world have passed laws that criminalise the importation of illegally harvested timber in an effort to combat harmful deforestation and protect vital forest ecosystems. These destination country laws' focus on one important aspect of this substantial challenge, but they ignore the role of financial... |
2024 |
| Matthew G. Burgess |
FIVE CONSIDERATIONS FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CLIMATE POLICY |
18 FIU Law Review 283 (Spring, 2024) |
As the twenty-first century advances, society is entering a new phase regarding climate change. Impacts of climate change are becoming more salient in the present, rather than being only far-off in the future. Progress on flattening--and in many affluent countries, reducing--greenhouse gas emissions is also becoming salient, though the progress... |
2024 |
| Ryan M. Rodenberg |
FLORIDA SPORTS BETTING LANDS AT THE SUPREME COURT--TWICE |
75 Florida Law Review Forum 46 (2024) |
Florida is the epicenter of sports betting litigation. In two separate filings by the same party only days apart--one at the U.S. Supreme Court and the other at the Supreme Court of Florida -- the possibility of legal online sports gambling in the Sunshine State has landed in both Washington, D.C. and Tallahassee. At issue in both cases is the... |
2024 |
| Mary Slosson |
FORCE MAJEURE AND THE LAW OF THE COLORADO RIVER: THE CONFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CONTRACTS, AND THE CONSTITUTION |
95 University of Colorado Law Review 709 (2024) |
Climate change is causing significant, permanent changes to the natural world. In the Colorado River Basin, experts forecast that rising temperatures will cause the spread of a drier, more arid climate across the region. The effects of this desertification are already being felt: less rainfall, the loss of deciduous forests, wildfires that engulf... |
2024 |
| Mia Petrucci |
FORCED TO BEAR THE BURDEN AND NOW THE CHILDREN: THE DOBBS DECISION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES |
14 Washington Journal of Social & Environmental Justice 86 (March, 2024) |
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. In Dobbs, the Court held that there is no constitutional right to abortion in America, overturning almost half a century of legal precedent. The Court relied on textualist arguments to find that the Fourteenth Amendment['s guarantee of liberty] clearly does... |
2024 |
| Danielle Cossey |
FREE PEOPLE OVER FREE MARKETS: ADDRESSING THE SUPPRESSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISSENT THROUGH TRADE AGREEMENTS IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES |
14 Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy 1 (January, 2024) |
I. Introduction II. Foreign Direct Investment and the Suppression of Dissent A. Environmental Defenders in Mexico and the U.S. B. Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Suppressing Dissent i. Violence and Impunity ii. Criminalization and Stigmatization iii. Procedural Barriers III. Governing Environmental Defenders, States, and Foreign Direct... |
2024 |
| James R. May , Quentin Pair , Nadia B. Ahmad |
FROM THE COURTROOM TO THE FRONTLINES: A ROADMAP FOR ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
50 Human Rights 2 (October, 2024) |
For years, the American Bar Association (ABA) has been a stalwart champion in the fight for environmental justice. Recognizing the disproportionate harm suffered by communities of color, low-income populations, and Indigenous communities from environmental hazards, the ABA has consistently used its platform to push for change. Now, with the passage... |
2024 |
| James O'Reilly |
FROM THE ENVIRONMENT |
52 Real Estate Law Journal 177 (Spring, 2024) |
Yes, you have turned the page of Real Estate Law Journal and no, you have not spun out into pages of Psychology Today or Environment Future. This brief article asks: How will 2024 be emotionally affecting those federal employees whom you have come to deal with over years of red tape jungle efforts for permit applicants? What will be 2024's impact... |
2024 |
| Brendan Hennessey, Amanda Schermer MacVey, Laszlo von Lazar |
GETTING TO NET-ZERO: HOW CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES ARE CHANGING BUSINESS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR |
43 Construction Lawyer 46 (Fall, 2024) |
YesNo longer are climate change initiatives only the concern of the environmental specialist. Rather, they present challenges--and opportunities--for estimators, project managers, executives, and attorneys in the infrastructure sector. Simply knowing the landscape of climate change initiatives can be the first stumbling block, as recent legislation... |
2024 |
| Reed D. Benson |
GREEN MONEY FOR WESTERN WATERS: NEW ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS AND FEDERAL WATER POLICY |
54 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10040 (January, 2024) |
Congress in the 2020s has authorized three new environmentally focused grant programs relating to western waters and appropriated $450 million in multi-year funding. The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for creating and implementing these programs, giving it a new tool and resources for addressing stubborn environmental problems--some caused by... |
2024 |
| Peter L. Reich |
GREENING THE GHETTO REVISITED: THREE DECADES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LAW |
51 Northern Kentucky Law Review 117 (2024) |
This essay is dedicated to the memory of Luke W. Cole (1962-2009), lawyer-activist, mentor, and friend. Greening the Ghetto was one of the first law review articles to explore the phenomenon of environmental racism or, in its affirmative phrasing, environmental justice (abbreviated hereinafter as EJ). In that essay I defined environmental racism as... |
2024 |