Sophie Lamb (she/her), ELR Staffer, ‘27 On January 1, 2026, Illinois became the first state in the U.S. to codify rewilding into law, a promising progression in environmental restoration and regulation at the state level.
Read Full ArticleMichael A. Meloro Jr., Fordham Law School 2026 Perhaps no issue further divides urban and rural environmentalists more than hunting. On one hand, hunting enthusiasts cite land preservation, habitat conservation, wildlife population management, and even
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 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 ArticleMichael 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 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,
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