Safeguarding Endangered Species
Climate change has led to the near extinction of vulnerable species and the destruction of their habitats, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Rising ocean temperatures have altered...
View ArticleThe Court’s Environmental Evolution
In a recent conversation with The Regulatory Review, Richard Lazarus, the Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, reflects on the Supreme Court’s past and present attitude...
View ArticleConserving American Public Lands
The Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) this June, marks a notable shift in the management of federal public...
View ArticleIdeological Logrolling and Energy Permitting Reform
Streamlining energy permitting has been on Congress’ front burner for some time, but progress on the issue has been painfully incremental. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act strengthened...
View ArticleRegulating Agricultural Water Quality
Foodborne illness caused by contaminated agricultural water is a significant problem. Although Congress has mandated that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) specifically address the issue, the...
View ArticleReducing Oceanic Pollution
Each day, over 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes. Pieces less than five millimeters long, known as microplastics, enter the food and water supply...
View ArticleSBTi, Climate Pledges, and Share Prices
Climate change results from the overuse of the atmosphere, a global common pool resource, as a sink for greenhouse gases (GHG). Since the social cost of GHG emissions is not fully reflected in fossil...
View ArticleNavigating Climate Change with Targeted Reforms
On average, federal infrastructure projects in response to climate change take four and a half years to complete. In the face of escalating environmental concerns, stakeholders and scholars are urging...
View ArticleTackling Illegal and Unregulated Fishing
Americans spend over $100 billion annually on seafood. Yet experts predict that destructive fishing practices will decrease the global fish supply, exacerbating the depletion of this common food...
View ArticleIncreasing Protections for Farm Animals
One in three Americans are concerned about animal welfare. Yet only 20 percent know the conditions under which most dairy, eggs, and meat products they consume are produced. In a recent article,...
View ArticleBreaking the Climate Disaster Cycle
As climate change worsens, extreme weather events increase in frequency and magnitude. The United States experiences, on average, a billion-dollar weather or climate disaster every three weeks. Some...
View ArticleThe Case for Taxing Luxury Emissions
In a campaign season marked by populist rhetoric, climate change is presumed not to connect to swing state voters in the way that “kitchen table” issues of affordability and job quality do. But it...
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