Climate Change Adaptation: What Will Be The Impact of President Trump’s...
By Kevin Todd* In the year since the 2016 Presidential election, many analysts have expressed concern about its long-term effects on American climate policy.[1] Any…
View ArticleA Monumental Overhaul: President Trump’s Challenge to the Antiquities Act
By David Treadaway* The Antiquities Act of 1906 (AA) assigns authority to the President to “declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures,…
View ArticleRegulatory Uncertainty and Investment in Renewable Energy Infrastructure
By Gabriel VanLoozen* Since its initial promulgation in 2015, the Clean Power Plan (CPP) has faced legal challenges.[1] There is considerable uncertainty about its future.…
View ArticleLiquid Damages: Inequity and Bottled Water in Michigan
By Jasmine Wang* Many of the poorest communities in Michigan pay the highest water prices in the state and among the highest in the country.[1]…
View ArticleWhere We Go from Here: CERCLA and the Bonita Peak Mining District
By Olivia Wheeling* In 2015, the Southwestern United States was represented nationally by a photo of kayakers paddling in water that looked like pumpkin soup.[1]…
View ArticleThe Migration of REACH across Eurasia The Effects of EU Chemical Regulations...
By Michael Xu* The Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restrictions of Chemicals (“REACH”) is described as one of the most controversial and complex pieces…
View ArticleBlue States Bite Back: Democratic State Environmental Lawsuits in the Trump Era
By Henry Zurn* In the later years of the Obama administration, with Republicans in Congress reticent to reach across the aisle to help the President…
View ArticleStarbucks Pastry Calorie Count: Is Ignorance Bliss?
By Amara Lopez* Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“ACA”) garnered a lot of attention for its implication on health care…
View ArticleWater, Cost Depletion, and the Federal Tax Code
By Nicholas Orr* Abrahm Lustgarten’s article for ProPublica, “Gimme A Break! IRS Tax Loophole Can Reward Excessive Water Use in Drought-stricken West,” suggests that the…
View ArticleNo More Tax-Free Employer Provided Meals
By Emily Arnold* In 1977, two prominent tax lawyers argued that Section 119 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) should be repealed or amended, given…
View ArticleHow A 46-year-old Law is Making the Opioid Crisis Harder to Combat
By David Fegley * More than 800 Americans die from opioid overdoses every week.[i] A statute passed nearly a half-century ago, inspired by noble intentions,…
View ArticleNavajo Sovereignty: The Power to Limit Uranium Mining in Bears Ears
By Michael Goodyear* When President Trump announced the considerable shrinking of Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah in November 2017,[i] both Native Americans and…
View ArticleA Case of Sour Lemons: California Growers Challenge Argentinian Lemon Imports
By Nicholas Orr* The Argentine-American lemon wars have returned to federal district court.[i] On May 17, 2017 the US Citrus Science Council, joined by five…
View ArticleThe Other Side of the Copper-Nickel Coin: A Legal Decision Flips the...
By Henry Zurn* In December 2017 the US Department of the Interior’s legal advisor announced a reinterpretation of a December 2016 decision that had stalled…
View ArticleEcoterrorism, The U.S.’s Most Pressing Form of Terrorism?
By Fabiola Galguera* Since the horrific attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, international terrorism has been amongst the top priorities for…
View ArticleDrilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Tax Cuts, Competing...
By Gabrielle Stephens* The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a unique and sensitive wilderness area comprised of 19.64 million acres of land and water…
View ArticleThe EPA’s Role in Mitigating Environmental Impact from Hurricanes
By Brianna Potter* When people think about the Environmental Protection Agency, they first probably think of bureaucrats who make rules and inspectors who write citations.…
View ArticleClimate Change as a Human Rights Challenge for the United States
By Kevin Todd* The remote village of Newtok, AK is sinking. Due to melting permafrost and a rising river, Newtok, a Native Alaskan village of…
View ArticleThe Dawn of a New Era: The Securities and Exchange Commission Sets its Sights...
By Hannah Taylor* Though it has been a decade since the advent of cryptoeconomics, U.S. agencies have yet to formulate a comprehensive regulatory scheme to…
View ArticleThe Impact of Airbnb on Agency-Enforced Rules
By Arthur Souza Rodrigues* INTRODUCTION Traditionally, municipalities (in some cases, the municipalities created specific agencies to enforce zoning and short-term rentals) had only limited difficulties…
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