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…

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…

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…

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…

This week’s post, Pipelines, Protests and General Permits, was written by Samantha L. Varsalona, Class of 2018 Staff Member at Georgetown Environmental Law Review.   Check out the post here.

By Samantha L. Varsalona Georgetown University Law Center, Class of 2018 Staff Member, Georgetown Environmental Law Review This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. Read the original here and leave a comment. Abstract The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has become a contentious topic in recent months. The controversy centers around Dakota Access, LLC[1], a subsidiary of Energy…