Harvard Environmental Law Review prosecutorial discretion Prosecutorial Discretion and Environmental Crime April 8, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By David M. Uhlmann Prosecutorial discretion exists throughout the criminal justice system but plays a particularly significant role for environmental crime. Congress made few distinctions under the environmental laws between acts that could result in criminal, civil, or administrative … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Professor Joel Eisen 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 … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review power industry 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 podcast 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 homeowners … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review pesticides Transition Policy in Environmental Law April 1, 2011 by wpengine By Bruce R. Huber Embedded within the structure of much American environmental regulation is a distinction between the new and the existing. This distinction reflects a recurrent political challenge for environmental policymakers: whether and how to mitigate regulatory burdens when … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review pension funds 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 Pennsylvania Fracking, PA: The legal, the political, and the negotiable September 4, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Ben Apple — Sept. 4, 2013 at 12:02pm There’s a battle over fracking in Pennsylvania—but it’s probably not the one you’ve heard about. For years now, the future of Pennsylvania’s fracking development has hung in … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review parks 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, DOJ … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review oil and gas Fracking, PA: The legal, the political, and the negotiable September 4, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Ben Apple — Sept. 4, 2013 at 12:02pm There’s a battle over fracking in Pennsylvania—but it’s probably not the one you’ve heard about. For years now, the future of Pennsylvania’s fracking development has … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review oceans Ten Ways States Can Combat Ocean Acidification (and Why They Should) May 14, 2013 by wpengine By Ryan P. Kelly and Margaret R. Caldwell The ocean is becoming more acidic worldwide as a result of increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (“CO2”) and other pollutants. This fundamental change is likely … Read more