By Hannah Yang This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. The original post is available here. Introduction Ocean plastic pollution is a large-scale problem that stems from multiple points of the plastics life cycle, ranging from design, production, use, disposal, and environmental leakage. Voluntary extended producer responsibility (EPR) is an … [Read more...] about Introducing a Voluntary Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for the New Plastics Economy
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“A Great Deal of Discretion”: Bostock, Plain Text, and the Future of Climate Jurisprudence
by Grace Weatherall INTRODUCTION Bostock v. Clayton County was marked for a place among landmark Supreme Court jurisprudence as soon as it arrived. The decision protected LGBTQ+ employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, and LGBT activists and allies rightly celebrated it as an affirmation of basic human rights and … [Read more...] about “A Great Deal of Discretion”: Bostock, Plain Text, and the Future of Climate Jurisprudence
The United States Needs a Plan to Help Communities Relocate from Areas Impacted by Climate Change
Becca Ellison During the late 1950s, the residents of Charleston, South Carolina experienced roughly five days of flooding per year. Now, they face as many as fifty. The result of climate change-induced sea level rise and stronger and wetter storms, this flooding has forced Charlestonians to leave their homes permanently. And Charleston is not alone—the impacts … [Read more...] about The United States Needs a Plan to Help Communities Relocate from Areas Impacted by Climate Change
Going Green: The Federal Reserve’s Legal Authority to Combat Climate Change
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 central banks must look beyond their historical mandates and consider everything from instant payment systems, to digital currency, to global warming. Central banks … [Read more...] about Going Green: The Federal Reserve’s Legal Authority to Combat Climate Change
Changes to SALT Deductibility Reduce Tax Benefits for Environmental Conservation Donations
By Daniel Pessar “Florida’s Sunshine and Tax Benefits Beckon Billionaires” read the headline of a 2019 Wall Street Journal article that listed several billionaires who recently moved from the New York area to Florida. Among the reasons credited for the moves are changes to the state and local tax (“SALT”) deduction rules that have left high earners in high tax states paying … [Read more...] about Changes to SALT Deductibility Reduce Tax Benefits for Environmental Conservation Donations