Alec Goldstein ELR Staffer (Class of 2026) Our environmental regulations are in desperate need of change to prevent global warming, and this task is not getting any easier. According to a recent UN climate report
Read Full ArticleAri Blemur 2L ELR Staffer Two new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting regulations will be implemented in 2025 and 2027 by the European, affecting the sustainability metrics of an estimated 50,000 companies globally. The
Read Full ArticleRoberto Leito ELR Staffer, 3LE (2026) They’re everywhere: in your cookware, clothes, food, and drinking water. PFAS, classified as “per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances,” are a group of 15,000 synthetic chemicals that make up non-stick pans,
Read Full ArticleRachel Arone (she/her), Class of 2025 In August, the EPA rejected Food and Water Watch’s petition to revise the Clean Water Act, which urged the EPA to impose greater restrictions on water pollution from factory
Read Full ArticleAmelia Lembeck (she/her), Class of ’24 In the summer of 2022, the city of Jackson, Mississippi experienced a drinking water crisis. The water shortage was the latest in a long series of issues with Jackson’s
Read Full ArticleBy Roberto Leito, Class of ’26 In May 2019, the New York City Council passed Local Law 97 as part of the landmark New York City Climate Mobilization Act. Arguably the Council’s most progressive environmental
Read Full ArticleReflection on the Recent Administrative Actions Around Cell-Cultivated Meats and The Public Reaction
Alexandria Winters (she/her), Class of ‘25 An estimated 99% of farmed animals in the United States are living in factory farms, and 70% of the world’s meat comes from these sources. Our society has become
Read Full ArticleLily Elkwood, Class of 2025 Shopping is a significant part of American culture, with the average American woman spending 400 hours a year shopping and throwing away 65 pounds of clothing per year. We throw
Read Full ArticleGreta Kaufman (she/her) ELR Staffer ’24 The Nexus Between Climate Change and Migration Climate change has already caused humanitarian crises like natural disasters, water scarcity, sea level rise, desertification, and food insecurity in many countries
Read Full ArticleRachel Goldstein (she/her/hers) Fordham ELR Staffer Class of 2024 Environmental racism is a form of systemic racism that occurs when exposure to health hazards disproportionately impacts communities of color. Examples include living near mines, landfills, major
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