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…

This week’s post, Endangered Species Act to the Rescue? Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation under the ESA, was written by Olivia Bensinger, Managing Editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review. Read the post here.

By Olivia Bensinger Olivia Bensinger is a 3L at Harvard Law School and managing editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review.   This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate (ELRS).  Read the original at Ecology Law Quarterly’s website. As we move further into the era of climate change, we often find ourselves looking in unlikely places for tools with which to…

This week’s post, Enough Horsing Around, covers the treatment of carriage horses in New York City’s Central Park and was written by Joseph Godio, a Senior Editor of the Georgetown Environmental Law Review. Read the post here.

By Joseph Godio Joseph Godio is a 3L at Georgetown University Law Center and a senior editor of the Georgetown Environmental Law Review.   This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate (ELRS).  Read the original at Ecology Law Quarterly’s website. Introduction New York City is a city thought by many to be one of the most incredible, majestic,…

Climate Change Regulation Through Litigation: New York’s Investigation of ExxonMobil under the Martin Act Chris Erickson Chris is a Junior Editor of the Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He can be reached at cerick@umich.edu.

Chris Erickson   This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Read the original here and leave a comment. In November 2015, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman began an investigation into whether ExxonMobil made public statements about climate change that conflicted with its own internal research.[i] Schneiderman issued a subpoena to ExxonMobil ordering production of documents related…