Kaeli 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.
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Air, Forest, Land Preservation, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources, Public Lands, Residential Construction, State and Local, Water
Michael A. Meloro Jr., ELR Staff ‘26 With increasing pressure on zoning mechanisms in suburbs and urban areas alike, some areas–such as Cambridge, Massachusetts–are doing away with single-family housing altogether. However, the wholesale eradication of
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 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 ArticleTierra Bradford (she/her) Fordham Law ELR Staffer ’21 -’23J.D. 2023 In the days following Hurricane Ida’s landfall, Jefferson Parish assessor Tom Capella compared its aftermath to his experience with Hurricane Katrina, saying (fortunately), “I do
Read Full ArticlePardo, C. (they/them) ELR Staffer, Fordham Law Class of 2023 Hurricane Henri brought untold devastation to countless people in the Northeast United States. In Northern New Jersey, where inland flooding happened even before the climate
Read Full ArticleAlong the Florida Panhandle one can find Apalachicola Bay. The bay is about an hour east of Panama City, and known for its excellent fishing, and acres of national and state forests to explore. The
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