Summary: Women have emerged as the most influential figures in the UN's Convention on climate change. Female diplomats from Saudi Arabia and New Zealand have been elected to co-chair the…

Summary: Conscious consumption is each individual's responsibility. Understanding what we consume and how we facilitate the commoditization of life is a necessity if we are to promote the modification of…

Summary: This post originally appeared in the Oxford Human Rights Blog on April 18, 2016. The systemic collapse of the U.S. coal extraction industry has scarcely been of benefit to…

Summary: Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is not well-regulated in the United States, even though regulations exist at federal and state/local levels. This author recently published an article in which…

Summary: Cyberattacks pose obvious threats to infrastructure and financial institutions, but they also create major environmental threats. Any dam, chemical plant, or nuclear power plant that uses computers is a…

Summary: Prior to the Conference of Parties in Paris, this blog shared weekly stories about the intricacies of the compact that would come from the Conference. The environmental law world…

Summary: After Cecil the Lion was killed during a trophy hunt last summer, Congress proposed the CECIL Act. The CECIL Act has the potential to create a new layer of protection…

Summary: An Ohio jury awards $1.6 million after finding DuPont liable for dumping toxic chemicals into drinking water near its Washington Works Plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The Environmental Protection…