Michael Meloro ELR Staff ‘26 Environmental justice is an incredibly important subject that is rising in political spheres and environmental law spaces alike. Stemming from concerns about hazardous waste, highways, and other maladies, the movement
Read Full ArticleCaitlyn Humann (ELR Staffer, 2026) What if your state’s leaders permitted a Waste Management company to operate a Type I solid waste facility on the property next to your house? The facility may be necessary
Read Full ArticleReyna Lee ELR Staffer, (Class of 2026) “ESG” is a set of metrics that companies use to evaluate their impact on the environment and society by measuring their environmental, social, and governance practices. Since ESG
Read Full ArticleAlec 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
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