Read within: Our Money Is Safe, But The Planet Is Not: How The Carbon Bubble Will Cause Havoc For The Environment, But Not The Stock Market.  This week’s article was written by Breanna Hayes, Managing Editor of Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.    

By Breanna Hayes, Managing Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. I. Introduction Human use of fossil fuels dates back to prehistoric times.[1]  Before the Industrial Revolution, humans mostly relied on wood, wind, and water as energy sources.[2]  But as the Industrial Revolution progressed, humans developed a dependence on fossil fuels.[3]  In addition, the advancements of the Industrial Revolution allowed for the human population to grow rapidly.[4]  Combined, these facts indicate that, not only were humans developing a greater dependence on fossil fuels, but also there were more humans on earth…

This week’s post, The Importance of GIS in Emergency Management, was written by Monika Holser, UCLA School of Law, Class of 2018.  Read it here.

By Monika Holser, UCLA School of Law, Class of 2018 This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Read the original here and leave a comment. GIS (geographic information system) is a computer system for “capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on the Earth’s surface.”[1]  It allows multiple layers of information to be displayed at once, enabling one to visualize and understand relationships on a map.[2]  Different types of information can be overlaid in the program regardless of their original format or source.[3]  According to ESRI, GIS is described as the “go-to technology” for location-based…

This week’s post was written by NYU ELJ’s very own Julie Amadeo, J.D. 2016! Read her post, Judging a Book by its Cover:  The Tension between Evidentiary Gatekeeping and Compensatory Theories of Tort.  

By Julie Amadeo, J.D. 2016, New York University School of Law  This article has been adapted from a larger work.   This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. I. Introduction Human minds are primed to jump to conclusions. Call them intuitions, or things we just know, our ability to draw conclusions is a survival instinct, developed over many years of evolutionary progress. Now assume a man has been largely healthy his entire life. Maybe this man is a line worker at a factory, or a firefighter, or even just a soccer player. Suddenly, he learns that he…

This week’s post, Constitutions & the Environment: Comparative Approaches to Environmental Protection and the Struggle to Translate Rights into Enforcement, was written by Kyle Burns, J.D. Candidate (2017) at University of Virginia School of Law.   Read the post here.

Kyle Burns* This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Read the original here and leave a comment. Introduction Every nation around the world faces ecological hardships. Almost every nation has responded with a legal regime that attempts to ensure environmental protection. These environmental law schemes come in various forms. Some nations place environmental protection at the highest level, securing it within a national constitution, while others relegate it to the statutory level. Some nations have positive rights, placing a duty on the government to protect the environment, while others create negative rights, preventing discharges of pollution into…

This week’s post, With Energy Law Federalism Under Construction, State Policymaking May Be Delayed, was written by John Bullock, J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School.   Read the post here.

John Bullock* This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Read the original here and leave a comment. Introduction As the public has become more aware of the intense connection between the practices of electric utilities and greenhouse gas emissions, interested groups have shone a brighter spotlight on the regulation of utilities in the United States. Some have called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to take on a more environmentally conscious role when exercising their authority to set wholesale rates.[1] While FERC still hasn’t explicitly taken environmental considerations into wholesale rate setting, it has taken steps…