Analyzing Legal Contradictions Between Michigan’s Energy Laws and the Natural Resource Act: Challenges and Policy Tips By Haleigh Smith  Michigan’s energy and environmental laws have experienced significant evolution in recent...

Food Fight: Can State Bans on Cultivated Meat Survive Federal Preemption? By Anthony Corradi             Modern industrial agriculture’s negative impacts on animal welfare, public health, and the environment are some...

Slithering Toward Trouble: A Call for Regulatory Action for Florida’s Snake Plants By Katherine Cantor             Florida faces an ongoing battle against invasive species. Although there are some state, county,...

Right to Farm or Right to Monopolize? How Litigation Shields Accelerate Agricultural Consolidation and Environmental Degradation By Grace Cunningham             For decades, pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Bayer (formerly Monsanto) has...

Are Youth Plaintiffs Winning the Court Battle but Losing the Climate War? Lessons from Montana and Hawai’i Youth Plaintiff Climate Cases By Swithin Shearer             Young people occupy a unique...

Walking the Talk – Can Vermont Law and Graduate School and the village of South Royalton, Vermont become an example of respect for the right to a right to a...

Introduction by Patrick Parenteau Main Article by Adam Orford Pseudo-Science and Bad Law: The Trump Administration’s Proposed Repeal of the Endangerment Finding Patrick Parenteau, Emeritus Professor of Law, Vermont Law...

On the Chopping Block: Trump Administration Moves to Rescind ESA Regulations Protecting Imperiled Species By Delcianna J. Winders The U.S. Supreme Court heralded the Endangered Species Act (ESA or Act)...

State Greenwashing Litigation: California Taking Steps Forward as Federal Enforcement Wanes By Matthew McGovern On September 23, 2024, the Attorney General of California sued ExxonMobil (“Exxon”) and its subsidiaries, alleging...