Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Finding the Match in the Haystack Before it Lights Up the West Again: Congress to Create a Wildfire Commission April 14, 2018 by By Kelly Brantzi* This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. The original post is linked here. Introduction The summer of 2017 set the West … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Going Green: The Federal Reserve’s Legal Authority to Combat Climate Change April 11, 2020 by gglovin By Matthew Razzano Twenty years ago, a deputy governor of the Bank of England (“BOE”) remarked that “a successful central bank should be boring.” Yet in an age of globalization and interconnectedness, successful … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online The Origins of Federal Wildlife Regulation Under the Commerce Clause March 11, 2021 by pdaniels by Kathryn E. Kovacs, Professor, Rutgers Law School, The State University of New Jersey. ©Kathryn E. Kovacs 2021. This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. June 8, 2020, marked the eightieth … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Win or Hidden Hurdle?: A Critical Analysis of County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund (2020) December 29, 2021 by jolinski by: Vanessa Daza Castillo View pdf here Introduction County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund[1] is being vaunted as “the Clean Water Act case of the century”[2] and … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review HELR Online Taking On “Now We’re Cooking with Gas”: How a Health-First Approach to Gas Stove Pollution Could Unlock Building Electrification August 29, 2022 by shunt Aaron Regunberg View pdf here 1. Introduction It is no secret that segments of the climate and environmental justice movements sometimes find themselves in tension. … Read more
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