Harvard Environmental Law Review climate change litigation A global solution to climate change: the possible impact of Bond v. United States October 1, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Theresa Borden — Oct. 1, 2013 at 3:33pm New legislation to deal with the global problem of climate change may seem politically unrealistic given the current inhospitable environment … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review climate change 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 clean water act The Geography of Trading Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of Wetland and Stream Compensatory Mitigation Markets April 10, 2012 by wpengine By Philip Womble & Martin Doyle With the exception of greenhouse gas trading programs, environmental markets are prisoners of their own geography — and with good reason. … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review clean water act Settling Accounts from the BP Gulf Oil Spill October 29, 2014 by Harvard Law Development By Elinor Tarlow — October 29 at 6:22 p.m. More than four years ago, BP’s Macondo well exploded, killing 11 men and spewing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review clean energy 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 clean air act Can the ESA Address the Threats of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition? Insights from the Case of the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly August 1, 2011 by wpengine By Zdravka Tzankova, Dena Vallano, & Erika Zavaleta The Bay Checkerspot Butterfly reached its threatened status largely as a result of habitat loss through … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review clean air act “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 … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review clean air act 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 … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review City of Arlington v. FCC Chevron Deference and Interpretive Authority After City of Arlington v. FCC August 12, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Laura Myron Cite as: Laura Myron, Chevron Deference and Interpretive Authority After City of Arlington v. FCC, 38 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 479 (2014) [btn link=”http://harvardelr.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/Myron.pdf” color=”forestGreen” size=”size-l”]View Full … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review choice architecture Automatically Green: Behavioral Economics and Environmental Protection April 8, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Cass R. Sunstein and Lucia A. Reisch Careful attention to choice architecture promises to open up new possibilities for environmental protection — possibilities that may be more effective than the standard tools of economic incentives, mandates, … Read more