Harvard Environmental Law Review trade agreements 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 toxics There’s More than Just Climate: People Need Protection Against Air Toxics, Too November 13, 2014 by Harvard Law Development By Seth Johnson — November 13 at 10:39 a.m. Seth Johnson is a Senior Associate Attorney with Earthjustice and a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review toxic site cleanup A “Blunt Withdrawal”? Bars on Citizen Suits for Toxic Site Cleanup August 8, 2013 by wpengine By Margot J. Pollans Throughout the history of federal statutory environmental law, citizen suits have played a key role in enforcement. Through statutory interpretation, however, courts have narrowed the circumstances under which … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review the commons New Day at the Pool: State Preemption, Common Pool Resources, and Non-Place Based Municipal Collaborations August 1, 2012 by wpengine By Jonathan Rosenbloom State preemption laws strictly limit local governments from regulating beyond their borders. Local governments, however, face a broad spectrum of challenges that cannot be confined to … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review tariffs 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 Frank … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review takings claims Should the Federal Circuit Require Takings Plaintiffs to Demonstrate FTCA Exhaustion? October 21, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By David Baake — Oct. 21, 2013 at 11:41am Title 28 contemplates a clear distinction between cases for which the Constitution provides a damages action against the United States and cases for which … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review takings Revolutionary or Routine? Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District April 8, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Molly Cohen and Rachel Proctor May Cite as: Molly Cohen and Rachel Proctor May, Revolutionary or Routine? Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, 38 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 245 (2014). [btn … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review sustainable technologies Expediting Innovation April 10, 2012 by wpengine By Sarah Tran Private incentives to innovate and commercialize many technologies are often inadequate in terms of their social benefits. With America’s economic leadership position at risk of slipping, it becomes increasingly important to consider what measures public entities can take to … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review sustainability Automatically Green November 18, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Caroline Stern — Nov. 18, 2013 at 5:16pm Over the coming months, the ELR blog will be publishing a series of blog posts that preview articles that will appear in the forthcoming Volume 38.1. This blog is the first in that series. … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Supreme Court opinions 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 … Read more