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Volume 19 Issue 2
Vermont Journal of Environmental Law2017-2018
Embracing Engagement: The Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Industry and Tribal Nations on Projects Affecting Tribal Rights and Off-Reservation Lands
Jeanette Wolfley2017-2018
Is Water Simply a Flow?: Exploring an Alternative Mindset for Recognizing Water As a Legal Person
Alexandre Lillo2017-2018
Greening Eggs and Ham: Using the National Environmental Policy Act to Assess Animal-Agricultural Pollution from the National School Lunch Program
Julia McCarthy2017-2018
Don’t Drink the Water: Why the Safe Drinking Water Act Failed Flint
Moriah Schmidt2017-2018
Volume 19 Issue 2 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! EcoPerspectives offers the latest in environmental news in an easy to read format. Check out the latest post: When Courts Meet Nature: A Real Case on Rights of Nature by Environmental Lawyer Hugo Echeverria. The EcoPerspectives Blog is updated periodically. 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 Carbon Tax and Low-Income Grant Proposal to Encourage Low-Income Investment in Solar Technologies by Elizabeth Doherty, a J.D. Candidate at Vermont Law School and a Symposium Editor of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Recent Awards Do environmental statutes work? Should nature take the stand in court? The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 2018 Symposium explores a new paradigm in environmental jurisprudence. Drawing on the international trend of legal personhood for natural entities, we will investigate and debate if this approach works in these countries and whether it would work in the United States. We welcome speakers from multiple cultures and perspectives for a lively discussion of nature’s place in our legal system. LAGUNA PN CAYAMBE COCA RIVER – Photo by Hugo Echeverria The eighth annual Top 10 Environmental Watch List is now live. The Top 10 2018 list aims to highlight the top environmental controversies and issues likely to emerge in 2018. Please enlighten yourself on topics including nuclear war, the President’s authority over National Monuments, energy siting authority, and much more!
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