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Tori Molyneaux* View PDF here Introduction In the summer of 2017, the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico—an area with such low dissolved oxygen that it cannot sustain most aquatic life[1]—hit its peak recorded size of 8,776 square miles, the size of New Jersey.[2] Just two years later, unprecedented rainfall flooded the Midwest, causing billions of dollars in damage to … [Read more...] about Combating Nutrient Pollution and Flooding with TMDLs in the Mississippi River Watershed

Alexander Khan[*] View PDF here Introduction Since its passage in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”)[1] has remained the subject of significant controversy. Those in favor of conservation claim, among other things, that its listing procedures are too cumbersome, resulting in major delays between proposal and listing, and that its substantive provisions do not go far … [Read more...] about Western Water Conflicts and the Sleeping Giant of the ESA

by: Vanessa Daza Castillo View pdf here Introduction County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund[1] is being vaunted as “the Clean Water Act case of the century”[2] and “the Court’s most consequential environmental law decision of 2020.”[3] A ruling widely celebrated among environmentalists, County of Maui resolved conflicting approaches to whether section 402 of the Clean … [Read more...] about Win or Hidden Hurdle?: A Critical Analysis of County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund (2020)

by: Sean Lyness* View pdf here Introduction Five states and more than sixteen local governments have filed lawsuits against fossil fuel companies seeking damages related to climate change.[1] A veritable avalanche of litigation, the state and local climate change lawsuits represent both a courageous attempt to use tort law to remedy the harms of climate change as well as a … [Read more...] about Tangled Up in Procedure: The State and Local Climate Cases After Baltimore and Ford

By: King Burnett,[1] John D. Leshy,[2] & Nancy A. McLaughlin[3] Article (PDF): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3925094 Introduction In January 2021, the Biden Administration endorsed the goal of protecting 30 percent of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030 to conserve biodiversity and help curb greenhouse gas emissions.[4] The Administration’s … [Read more...] about Building Better Conservation Easements for America the Beautiful