Melenie 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.
Read Full ArticleClassified as a non-renewable energy, due to its fuel – uranium or plutonium – which come from the earth, it is paradoxically promoted by many as a source of clean-decarbonated energy. Some countries, such as
Read Full ArticleA case on the Supreme Court’s docket this year that has been attracting the attention of many environmentalists is West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The case concerns the Trump administration’s repeal of the 2015
Read Full ArticleA Hawaiian state court has paved the way for other county and local governments to levee claims against fossil fuel companies. Honolulu and the Board of Water supply are heading to trial against Chevron, Sunoco,
Read Full ArticleOn March 8, 2022, President Biden banned the import of Russian oil in light of its invasion in Ukraine. This action, however, has rippling effects as Americans face rising costs of gas at the pump
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Abstract: There is no single solution that can eliminate the adverse environmental impacts of our current unjust political and economic systems. Our means of addressing the intersection of social injustices, societal systems of exploitation, and
Read Full ArticleAuthored by: Kayla Molina, University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D. 2021, M.A. in Environmental History Edited by: Michael Chambrelli, Fordham ELR Online Editor 2021-22 The “effects that scientists had predicted . . . would
Read Full Articleby Professor Michael N. Widener, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, School of Business and Of Counsel, Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint PC eds note: what follows is the abstract of this paper by Professor Widener published in
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