Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog [ELRS] Science And Deference: The “Best Available Science” Mandate is A Fiction in the Ninth Circuit November 7, 2016 by By Elizabeth Kuhn, Associate Editor, Lewis & Clark, Environmental Law* This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Introduction Many recent decisions by the Ninth Circuit[1] have required … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog Our Money is Safe, but the Planet Is Not: How the Carbon Bubble Will Cause Havoc for the Environment, but Not the Stock Market December 22, 2016 by By Breanna Hayes, Managing Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law I. Introduction Human use of fossil fuels dates back to prehistoric times.[1] … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog FERC Relicensing and Its Continued Role in Improving Fish Passage at Pacific Northwest Dams October 4, 2017 by By Skylar Sumner, a third-year J.D. student at Lewis & Clark Law School. This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. I. Introduction The history of the American west … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog Conduit for Peace in the Middle East: An Analysis of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project March 12, 2018 by By Sarah L. Fine* This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. I. Introduction The mythic Dead Sea—the highly salinated, low-altitude lake of international interest and importance—is … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog “Fugitive” natural gas emissions on the run from the law August 13, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Samantha Caravello — Aug. 13, 2013 at 12:52pm Natural gas is being widely lauded as the “bridge fuel” that will allow the United States to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, kick its … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog The uncertain future of Farm Bill conservation programs September 17, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Margaret Wilson Reis — Sept. 17, 2013 at 10:30am On September 30, 2013, the one-year extension of the 2008 Farm Bill will expire. Congress appears unlikely to pass another. If Congress does not, the country … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog ELR Article Receives Praise in JOTWELL October 30, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Meg Holden — Oct. 30, 2013 at 3:42pm If you’ve been reading the ELR blog, you might also be interested to know that all of our articles from Volume 37.2 are now available in print and on … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog Protecting pensions in the face of climate change and corporate law January 21, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Molly Cohen — Jan. 21 at 10:25am As climate change threatens to reshape our coastlines and rewrite our expected weather patterns, it poses another less obvious but very real threat: climate change … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog It’s Raining Cert Petitions!: Last Term’s Biggest Supreme Court News September 11, 2014 by Harvard Law Development By Richard Lazarus — Sep. 11, 2014 at 9:05 a.m. This article originally appeared in the September/October 2014 issue of The Environmental Forum. The Environmental Law Institute has graciously allowed the Harvard … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Blog Embracing Aggregation: How to Protect the Endangered Species Act at the Supreme Court November 21, 2019 by gglovin By Charlie Birkel The Trump administration has attracted considerable attention in recent months by placing the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) in its deregulatory crosshairs. But a more significant existential threat to … Read more