Environmental Law

ADVANCE Act Strikes Right Balance for Nuclear Energy Regulation

July 11, 2024 On July 9, President Biden signed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2024 into law. Earning a...

John Martin Weed

Intellectual Property Notes

Should Trees Have Publicity Rights? Capturing Value from the Use of Endangered Species in Advertising

Vol. 137 No. 8 June 2024 Throughout legal history, each successive extension of rights to some new entity has been, theretofore, a bit unthinkable. Christopher D. Stone Ads and logos...

Native Hawaiian Law Notes

Kānāwai From Ahi: Revitalizing The Hawai‘i Water Code in the Wake of the Maui Wildfires

Vol. 137 No. 7 May 2024 When the Maui wildfires in August 2023 forced Tereari‘i Chandler-‘Īao to flee Lahaina, she could take only the necessities: food, clothes, and a box...

Climate Change Recent Case

Held v. State

Montana Court Holds that Montana Youth Can Access Equitable Relief for Climate Impacts.

Vol. 137 No. 5 March 2024

Major Questions Doctrine Recent Case

North Carolina Coastal Fisheries Reform Group v. Capt. Gaston LLC

Fourth Circuit Holds Bycatch Regulation Would Be Major Question.

Vol. 137 No. 4 February 2024

Energy Law Notes

Climate Change Notes

Necessity Takings in the Era of Climate Change

Vol. 136 No. 3 January 2023 The American West has been in the midst of a megadrought for the last two decades — the worst it has experienced in at least 1200...

ADVANCE Act Strikes Right Balance for Nuclear Energy Regulation

Should Trees Have Publicity Rights? Capturing Value from the Use of Endangered Species in Advertising

Kānāwai From Ahi: Revitalizing The Hawai‘i Water Code in the Wake of the Maui Wildfires

Held v. State

North Carolina Coastal Fisheries Reform Group v. Capt. Gaston LLC

Renewable Energy Credits as Property

Climate Carceralism: The Future of Climate-Linked Prison Labor

Sackett v. EPA

Mayor of Baltimore v. BP P.L.C.

Necessity Takings in the Era of Climate Change