This article explores the disproportionate impact of climate crises on the disabled community and calls for leaders in the legal profession to build a disability-inclusive environmental justice framework.
The Trump Administration is making good on its promise to expedite environmental permitting—unless you’re building wind or solar.
Patents encourage innovation by securing rights of exclusion in lucrative markets. Yet when it comes to green technology, the patent system may run the risk of instead acting as a barrier to access.
Recent actions by the Trump administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) are disrupting its relationship with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the independent agency housed within it.
The Ninth Circuit recently blocked Hawai‘i’s cruise ship Green Fee, delaying necessary climate resilience funding, while weighing constitutional challenges to the nation’s first climate impact fee.
Trump’s pursuit of Greenland threatens its environment, established protections, and Indigenous knowledge systems, revealing how geopolitics can sideline climate vulnerability and those who safeguard it.
Litigation challenging climate superfund statutes in New York and Vermont will continue to unfold in 2026, potentially providing insights to other states considering similar statutes.
H.R. 4673 is scientifically unsound and keeps focus away from substantive discussions on how to make animal agriculture more environmentally sustainable.
U.S. intervention in Venezuela raises urgent questions about sovereignty, international law, and the environmental costs of reviving heavy, carbon-intensive oil production.
Fireworks remain a popular form of celebration for holidays, festivals, or other occasions. Yet, mounting research on environmental pollution, animal disturbance, and health hazards raises questions about their justifiability, especially as more sustainable alternatives emerge.
