In 2018, 28.5 million people[1] set sail on one of the 314 cruise ships in the world. [2] However, most of these vacation-goers don’t think about what happens to the waste produced by these “floating cities”?[3] Especially after what is known now…
With the consequences of forest fires being felt on both local and global levels, more needs to be done to mitigate these events – domestic government action is essential.
Although net metering has incentivized residential customers to switch from fossil fuel to solar energy, its pricing model confuses customers and shifts costs, making it untenable in the long-term.
The focus on improving state infrastructures reinforces the archaic reluctance to recognize climate change as a human-made phenomenon exacerbated by the global community, including multinational corporations.
A recent Supreme Court decision indicates that at times, courts may be able to look beyond the existing administrative record when reviewing administrative decisions. In Department of Commerce v. New York, the Court looked beyond the record and blocked an agency decision that found to be based on a “contrived,” pretextual rationale.
By James D. Cromley, J. Michael Showalter, & Schiff Hardin, Guest Contributors
How is air pollution affecting children and what measures can we take to protect them?
Imagine the polluters in a CERCLA Superfund suit sitting in a circle playing Duck Duck Goose. That’s right—this game isn’t just for kids. CERCLA, the Superfund statute lets polluters play a similar game of liability tag in contribution actions. But is CERCLA really all fun and games?
Whether a project is one of “special merit” is often a “tug of war” among preservationists, developers, neighbors, and the community-at-large. One way to tug towards special merit status is to incorporate eco-friendly features into the new development.
Is it time to retire single-use plastics? Read more in this analysis posted via the Environmental Law Review Syndicate.
By Abigail Hogan and Alexander Steinbach, Staff Editors, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
The proposed US-Mexico border wall may stop the migration of people, but what happens when it does stop the migration of animals?
