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Flying the Coop: The Trump Administration’s (Mis)Interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

February 11, 2021 by hlselr

By Alex Liguori. This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. The original post is available here. Introduction Any good survey of our nation’s bedrock environmental laws will likely cover the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, but hardly any would find time for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”). Passed in 1918 to curb exploding commercial trade in … [Read more...] about Flying the Coop: The Trump Administration’s (Mis)Interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Introducing a Voluntary Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for the New Plastics Economy

January 3, 2021 by hlselr

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

“A Great Deal of Discretion”: Bostock, Plain Text, and the Future of Climate Jurisprudence

October 25, 2020 by hlselr

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

October 1, 2020 by hlselr

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

April 11, 2020 by hlselr

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

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