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The Supreme Court’s (Non-)Decision in Major Climate Change Case

BP P.L.C. v. Baltimore Ruling a Technical Win for Energy Defendants–But There’s Less There Than Meets the Eye

Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued its first major environmental decision of the Court’s current Term–and in a climate change case, no less: BP P.L.C v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. Superficially, the multinational energy corporations sued by the City of Baltimore prevailed, in a 7-1 majority opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch. But …

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Breaking News: Supreme Court Rules Federal Agricultural Program a Taking

Justices Uphold California Raisin Growers’ Fifth Amendment Challenge

The United States Supreme Court today ended a David-and-Goliath-style, 10-year legal battle between a pair of California raisin growers and the federal government, declaring that the government triggered a compensable taking of the growers’ private property when a federally-controled agricultural board ordered seizure of a portion of their crop. The Court’s decision can be accessed …

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Climate Change Nuisance Case

The 2010-2011 U.S. Supreme Court case promises to be a blockbuster one for environmental law. The Court today announced that it had granted a petition for certiorari filed in AEP v. Connecticut (the lower court decision in the case is here). The case, brought by a number of states against the country’s five larges utilities , …

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Environmental Law’s Antitrust Paradox

In terms of business size, small may not be beautiful where the environment is concerned.

Towards Optimal Climate Policy, Part II

The future of effective climate policy requires balancing equity, efficiency, political feasibility, and technological innovation

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BP P.L.C. v. Baltimore Ruling a Technical Win for Energy Defendants–But There’s Less There Than Meets the Eye

Justices Uphold California Raisin Growers’ Fifth Amendment Challenge

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In terms of business size, small may not be beautiful where the environment is concerned.

The future of effective climate policy requires balancing equity, efficiency, political feasibility, and technological innovation

There’s a simple reason why it’s so hard to take bold climate actions nationally.

Moving the debate beyond equity and efficiency

Here’s what we can (probably) expect.

China and the EU took important steps forward this week.

Could ecocide become the fifth crime to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court?

We actively shape major Earth systems, with increasingly powerful technologies. We should face up to it.

Anti-vaxxers and climate deniers are abandoning America’s founding values.

The places hit hardest by opioids are often skeptical of vaccines. That’s probably not a coincidence.

Anticipating modern environmental views, Jefferson viewed nature as a public trust.

Upcoming hearings on a proposed new MS4 permit will set the stage for the future of water quality throughout LA County

Nothing is as it seems, when the issue is whether a regulation is a “taking” of property.

Could ecocide become the fifth crime to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court?

Here’s what we can (probably) expect.

Moving the debate beyond equity and efficiency

There’s a simple reason why it’s so hard to take bold climate actions nationally.