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    • Fall 2017 Symposium: Tackling Traffic
    • Spring 2017 Symposium: Green Cities
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  • Environmental Law Review Syndicate - Scholarship

    Reinstating CERCLA as the “Polluter Pays” Statute With the Circuit Court’s Mutually Exclusive Approach

    December 4, 2017 - By ELJME

    Brianna E. Tibett, Vermont Law School. This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate.   INTRODUCTION The purpose of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is to facilitate the “timely cleanup of hazardous waste sites and to ensure that the [cleanup costs are] borne by those responsible for the contamination.”[2] The proper application of CERCLA’s two private…

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    ELRS Post Week of 10/2/17

    October 2, 2017 - By ELJME

    This week’s post, FERC Relicensing and its Continued Role in Improving Fish Passage at Pacific Northwest Dams, was written by Skylar Sumner, a third-year student at Lewis & Clark Law School pursuing a J.D. and a certificate in Environmental & Natural Resource Law. Read the post here.

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    FERC Relicensing and its Continued Role in Improving Fish Passage at Pacific Northwest Dams

    October 2, 2017 - By ELJME

    Skylar Sumner, Lewis & Clark Law School. This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate.  I. Introduction The history of the American west is inextricably intertwined with damming rivers.[1] Whether for navigation, irrigation, or hydroelectric power, nearly every American river has been dammed.[2] In fact, stretching back to the day the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, determined…

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    ELRS Post Week of 5/8/17

    May 7, 2017 - By ELJME

    This week’s post, MS4 Regulation and Water Quality Standards, critiques the lax treatment of municipal storm water regulation under the Clean Water Act. It was written by Matt Carlisle, a managing editor of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Read the post here.

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    MS4 Regulation and Water Quality Standards

    May 7, 2017 - By ELJME

    Matt Carlisle, Vermont Law School, JD Candidate 2017 This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Read the original here and leave a comment. 1. Introduction Storm water is a major polluter. As one judge put it, “Storm water runoff is one of the most significant sources of water pollution in the nation, at times ‘comparable to, if…

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    The SB 32 Scoping Plan Update, Waivers, and ZEVs

    May 1, 2017 - By ELJME

    Garrett Lenahan, UCLA School of Law, JD Candidate 2017 This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Read the original here and leave a comment. I. Scoping Plan Background  Two prominent pieces of Californian legislation that seek to address climate change are Assembly Bill 32 (“AB 32”) and Senate Bill 32 (“SB 32”). AB 32 required California to reduce…

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    ELRS Post Week of 5/1/17

    May 1, 2017 - By ELJME

    This week’s post, The SB 32 Scoping Plan Update, Waivers, and ZEVs, discusses California’s proposed plan for climate change and was written by Garrett Lenahan, JD Candidate at UCLA School of Law. Read the post here.

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    ELRS Post: Week of 4/24/17

    April 25, 2017 - By ELJME

    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.

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    Repurposing Ecolabels: Consumer Pressure as a Tool to Abate Human Rights Violations in International Fisheries

    April 25, 2017 - By ELJME

    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…

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    ELRS Post: Week of 4/17/17

    April 17, 2017 - By ELJME

    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.

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