EcoPerspectives
EcoPerspectives is an environmental law-focused blog discussing current developments in environmental law, proposals to achieve more environmentally-friendly outcomes, and unique perspectives on environmental concerns impacting the global world we all live in.
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The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation __________________________________________ By Katherine Dressel The…
The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation __________________________________________ By Sara Barnowski Climate…
The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. __________________________________________ By Annie Warner "A…
  The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. __________________________________________ By Madhavi Venkatesan,…
Climate change affects animals. This is not a new revelation. The first IPCC Assessment Report, released in 1990, discusses how climate change negatively impacts polar bears. But the conversation on…
Summary: Following the European Union's update of its policy on genetically engineered crops in March, Scotland and Germany became the first member states to use the policy to ban further…
Summary: The Fukushima Daiichi Disaster was a public health, environmental, and economic catastrophe, and Japan will feel its effects in those sectors for years to come. While Japan once had…
Summary: In his May encyclical, Pope Francis called for swift global action on climate change. He linked science, morality and church doctrine to do so. Now, citizens around the globe…
Summary: The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Michigan v. EPA is a shift for this historically Clean Air Act-friendly Court. It is the first "anti-environmental" decision in the CAA…
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