This week’s post, Repurposing Ecolabels: Consumer Pressure as a Tool to Abate Human Rights Violations in International Fisheries, was written by Andrew Miller, the Senior Articles Editor for Ecology Law Quarterly. Read the post here.

By Andrew Miller Andrew Miller is a law student at Berkeley and Articles Editor at Ecology Law Quarterly. This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Introduction In March of 2015, the Associated Press (AP) published AP Investigation: Slaves May Have Caught the Fish You Bought.[1] It was the first in a series of articles the AP would publish over the…

This week’s post, Navigating with an Ocean Liner: The Clean Water Rule, Trump’s Executive Order, and the Future of “Waters of the United States,“ was written by Kacy Manahan, a clinical student at Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark Law School and the 2017–2018 Symposium Editor for Environmental Law. She may be reached at kmanahan@lclark.edu. Read the post here.

By Kacy Manahan Kacy Manahan is a 3L at Lewis & Clark School of Law and Symposium Editor of Environmental Law. This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. I. Introduction The scope of the Clean Water Act’s jurisdiction has been controversial throughout the statute’s history. Reconciling the extent of Congress’ Commerce Clause authority with the reality of vast hydrological…

This week’s post, Funding Adaptation: Financing Resiliency Through Sea Level Derivatives, discusses risks created by sea level rise and was written by Sevren Gourley, Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Environmental Law Journal. Read the post here.

By Sevren Gourley Sevren Gourley is a 3L at the University of Virginia School of Law and Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Environmental Law Journal. This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Read the original here and leave a comment. Coastal municipalities are struggling to address the uncertain future risks created by sea level rise. Conventional models of ex…