Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Parks!: Making the world better one municipal sewage system at a time August 6, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Alec Harris — Aug. 6, 2013 at 11:19am Municipal sewage cases are hot these days at the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources, Environmental Enforcement Section. Across the country, … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Toxics & Trade: How TTIP Could Affect TSCA Reform September 11, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Meg Holden — Sept. 11, 2013 at 7:20am Members of Congress have recently renewed efforts to reform the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). In April 2013, Senator David Vitter and the late Senator … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Smart Rules for the Smart Grid (HELR Podcast) October 24, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Sachin Desai — Oct. 24, 2013 at 8:18am What makes the Smart Grid “smart”? Of course the technology plays a role. Grid-scale batteries allow renewable energy generators to be more competitive. New smart meters allow … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Corporate Law and Climate Change Disclosures January 6, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Molly Cohen — Jan. 6, 2013 at 8:57am When it comes to corporate law, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is king. Most people connect the SEC with the stock market, the 2008 financial crisis, and Bernie … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Toward Greener FERC Regulation of the Power Industry August 12, 2014 by hlsjrnldev August 12, 2014 at 1:30pm America’s electricity industry is at the heart of some of the nation’s and world’s biggest environmental challenges, including climate change. Yet the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), which has regulatory jurisdiction … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Exploring the EPA’s New Power Plant Regulations with Professor Jody Freeman and Professor Richard Lazarus October 14, 2014 by Harvard Law Development By Samantha Caravello -— October 14 at 12:11 p.m. [Update: a video of Professor Freeman and Professor Lazarus’s talks at the Harvard University Center for the Environment … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online The Divestment Lawsuit Against the Harvard Corporation December 9, 2014 by Harvard Law Development By Ted Hamilton—December 9 at 1:01 p.m. This blog post contains the views of the author alone, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Harvard Environmental Law Review. On November 19, I and … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online What, Me Worry? Comforting Thoughts on the Clean Power Plan, Part I May 27, 2015 by Harvard Law Development This summer, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is expected to promulgate the final version of its Clean Power Plan, a set of regulations aimed at decreasing the carbon dioxide (“CO2”) … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Environmental Law SSRN Reading List: November 2015 November 30, 2015 by We at the Harvard Environmental Law Review are big fans of Yale Journal on Regulation’s Notice & Comment blog, and we have especially enjoyed reading Chris Walker’s monthly Administrative Law SSRN Reading List (October edition here). We haven’t … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online [ELRS] An Ecology of Liberation: The Shifting Landscape of Environmental Law in an Era of Changing Environmental Values November 7, 2016 by By Michael Zielinski, Staff Member, William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Introduction In 1971, the Peruvian … Read more