Marcus 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
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Read Full ArticleGabrielle Towson ELR Staffer FLS ‘26 On March 13, 2025, the environmental law nonprofit, Earthjustice sued the Trump administration for “unlawfully withholding grant funds appropriated by Congress through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).” The lawsuit,
Read Full ArticleKayla Lewis ELR Staffer FLS ‘27 As of March 14, 2025, ChatGPT has 400 million weekly active users and 122.58 million daily users. Since its public release on November 30, 2022, ChatGPT has become one
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Read Full ArticleMelenie Lerche (she/her)Fordham Law ELR Staffer ’23 Conversations about environmental sustainability typically focus on how we can prevent further degradation to the remaining environment. Strategies commonly include mitigating rainforest demolition, placing restrictions on carbon emissions,
Read Full ArticleSadaab Rahman (he/him/his) ELR Staffer, Fordham Law School 2023 *This piece was authored before Eric Adams entered office.* New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams is outspoken about many issues. When the discussion revolves around crime
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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.
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