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Volume 18 Issue 4
Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
MANAGING UNCERTAIN CAUSATION IN TOXIC EXPOSURE CASES: LESSONS FOR THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS FROM U.S. TOXIC TORT LITIGATION
Katalin Sulyok
CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENTS AND ESA LISTING DECISIONS: UNDERLYING INCENTIVES THAT DRIVE STAKEHOLDER BEHAVIOR
Michael Margherita
The Coastal Act, Power Plants, and the Case for “Undevelopment”
Molly Loughney Melius, Sarah Reiter, & Sarah Newkirk
Exiled by Emissions—Climate Change Related Displacement and Migration in International Law: Gaps in Global Governance and the Role of the UN Climate Convention
Rina Kuusipalo
Heat Up Those Leftovers, Not the Planet: How Combatting Food Waste Can Affect Climate Change
Bonnie L. Smith
A Billion Grains of Truth: Distributional Impacts of Household-Level Climate Change Tax Subsidies in the United States
Lynsey Gaudioso
Announcements
Issue 4 is Now Available!
Volume 18, Issue 4 of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is now available! We hope you enjoy reading these articles written by some of the forefront environmental minds in Vermont and across the country on cutting edge topics in environmental law. Enjoy!
Environmental Law Review Syndicate
Check out this new collaborative effort run by the nation’s leading environmental law reviews! Each week an article will be put out in this multi-school online forum highlighting important environmental issues. Check out The SB 32 Scoping Plan Update, Waivers, and ZEVs by Garrett Lenahan of UCLA School of Law and MS4 Regulation and Water Quality Standards by VJEL’s own Matt Carlisle of Vermont Law School.
VJEL Symposium!
This fall the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law symposium takes visitors on a safari through the Endangered Species Act. The Fall 2016 Symposium: The Endangered Species Act: Putting the Bite Back in the Law features keynote speaker Zygmunt Plater, professor at Boston College Law School, and panels discussing the ESA’s intersection with climate change, animal rights, state, and federal governments. Its free and open to the public! Come join us Friday, Oct. 21 from 8:30am to 5:00 pm in Chase Center at Vermont Law School.
EcoPerspectives Blog
EcoPerspectives offers the latest in environmental news in an easy to read format. This week’s article is, The Drumpf Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment? written by Rachel Oest and Mark Latham. The EcoPerspectives Blog is updated every two weeks on Mondays.
Vermont Law Top 10
Environmental Watch List 2017
The seventh annual Top 10 Environmental Watch List is now live. The Top 10 2017 list aims to highlight the top environmental controversies and issues likely to emerge in 2017. Please enlighten yourself on topics including the Dakota Access Pipeline, the ongoing crisis in Flint, MI, Chinese environmental reform, and much more!