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 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
Read Full ArticleJacob Weiser (he/him) Fordham Law, ELR Staffer ’24 A cannabis dispensary will soon open in the center of my predominantly orthodox Jewish community. Religious leaders generally oppose this “grand” opening, fearing that cannabis distribution and
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Nan Zhang (she/they) ELR Staff, J.D. 2023 A Shiba Inu. Pixelated heads. Venezuela. While this sounds like the beginning of a joke about walking into a bar, they are, in fact, all unified by cryptocurrency.
Read Full Articleby William C.C. Kemp-Neal Our outgoing Editor-in-Chief put together a primer on his recently published article. See here for the primer and please visit Volume 32 Issue 3 for his article.
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