Hope Gallagher, ELR Staffer Class of 2027 On September 19, 2025, Morocco became the sixtieth country to ratify the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Read Full ArticleShannon Silverthorne, ELR Staffer, FLS Class of 2027 On October 30, 2025, the U.S. Senate voted 52-45 to pass S.J. Res. 80, a joint resolution overturning a Biden-era policy that restricted the amount of land
Read Full ArticleCrystal Larios, ELR Staffer, Class of 2027 While United States immigration law provides some avenues for those facing hardships in other countries to seek refuge in the United States, those escaping climate disasters have few
Read Full ArticleKaeli Brennan, ELR Staff Member, Class of 2027 With half a million acres of New Jersey’s coastline classified as highly vulnerable to coastal hazards such as erosion, harmful algal blooms, big storms, flooding, tsunamis, and
Read Full ArticleBreanna Brown, Fordham Environmental Law Review Staffer, Class of 2027 Bearing striking similarities to the housing bubble that triggered the Great Recession, climate change has created a new crisis in the American real estate market.
Read Full ArticleMarcus Lerner, ELR Staffer FLS ‘27 On October 23rd, 2025, the Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum announced that the Trump administration would open the entire 1.56 million-acre coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic
Read Full ArticleDylan Buck (He/Him), Class of 2027, Fordham Environmental Law Review Staffer The explosive growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the massive data centers required to support it are driving a historic increase in electricity consumption
Read Full ArticleJesse Kaplan, ELR Staffer FLS ‘27 Many companies and the federal government are implementing back-to-work initiatives, but often overlook their negative impact on the environment. Full-time remote workers reduce carbon emissions by 54%, and even
Read Full ArticleSophie Lamb (she/her), ELR Staffer, ‘27 Nail salons are touted as oases of relaxation and beauty, but for the over 400,000 nail salon technicians working in the United States–the majority of whom are female and
Read Full ArticleLindsey Couch (She/Her), Fordham Law Class of 2027 It is no surprise that artificial intelligence (“AI”) has taken the world by storm. The convenience and accessibility of these programs draw the attention of everyone from
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