Rachel 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
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Amelia 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 ArticleBy Roberto Leito, Class of ’26 In May 2019, the New York City Council passed Local Law 97 as part of the landmark New York City Climate Mobilization Act. Arguably the Council’s most progressive environmental
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Alexandria Winters (she/her), Class of ‘25 An estimated 99% of farmed animals in the United States are living in factory farms, and 70% of the world’s meat comes from these sources. Our society has become
Read Full ArticleLily Elkwood, Class of 2025 Shopping is a significant part of American culture, with the average American woman spending 400 hours a year shopping and throwing away 65 pounds of clothing per year. We throw
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
Read Full ArticleKate Maguire (she/her/hers) ELR Staffer, Class of ’24 The international human rights system provides a robust framework for monitoring, reviewing, and enforcing climate-related obligations. As climate change mitigation becomes increasingly urgent, the human rights-based approach
Read Full ArticleEmily Benevento (she/her) ELR Staffer ’24 On May 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to the previously proposed rules governing environmental, societal, and governance (ESG) disclosures in annual reports and investor
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