Coming into the Anthropocene
Vol. 129 No. 6
Law is the boring side of many interesting topics. Entertainment law is not famously amusing, nor is the law of war notably heroic or...
Environmental Law
The Clean Power Plan
EPA Interprets the Clean Air Act to Allow Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Existing Power Plants.
Vol. 129 No. 4
Existence-Value Standing
Vol. 129 No. 3
That someone might have a real, quantifiable interest in an environmental good he will never see seems, at first, like quackery. But questions such...
Michigan v. EPA
Vol. 129 No. 1
A recurring question among administrative agencies, courts, and scholars has been whether, and to what extent, agencies should account for cost when engaging in...
Causation in Environmental Law
Lessons from Toxic Torts
Vol. 128 No. 8
Wallach v. Town of Dryden
New York Court of Appeals Holds that State Oil and Gas Law Does Not Preempt Town Zoning Ordinances Banning Hydrofracking.
Vol. 128 No. 5
Center for Community Action & Environmental Justice v. BNSF Railway Co.
Ninth Circuit Holds that the Emission of Pollutants from Rail Yards Is Not "Disposal" of Solid Waste Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Vol. 128 No. 4
Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA
Vol. 128 No. 1
In the face of congressional gridlock preventing the passage of comprehensive climate change legislation, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has pursued climate change regulation...
EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P.
Vol. 128 No. 1
Air pollution has no respect for state borders. Harmful pollutants generated by factories, power plants, and other sources in upwind states may travel hundreds...
Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center
Vol. 127 No. 1