Environmental Law Review Syndicate

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 on fire, both physically and politically. By early September, the Western states had 65 fires burning at once.[1] As millions of acres burned—along with the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) budget—lawmakers gathered in … [Read more...] about Finding the Match in the Haystack Before it Lights Up the West Again: Congress to Create a Wildfire Commission

By Wade Foster This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. The original post is linked here. I. INTRODUCTION On January 31, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) finalized a rule delaying implementation of the Obama-era Clean Water Rule until February, 2020.[1] The Clean Water Rule had attempted … [Read more...] about Parsing Rapanos

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 drying up.[1] Although the Jordan Rift Valley, where the Dead Sea is located, is known for frequent droughts, the decline of the Dead Sea is primarily due to human … [Read more...] about Conduit for Peace in the Middle East: An Analysis of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project

James D. Flynn* This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate.  Introduction In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector.[1] Several factors¾including the effects of the economic recession, shifts … [Read more...] about Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sector: A Cap-and-Invest Approach

By Brianna E. Tibett[i] This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate.  Introduction The purpose of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is to facilitate the “timely cleanup of hazardous waste sites and to ensure that the [cleanup costs are] borne by those responsible for the contamination.”[ii] The proper … [Read more...] about Reinstating CERCLA as the “Polluter Pays” Statute with the Circuit Court’s Mutually Exclusive Approach