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ELI POLICY BRIEF ❧ After a disaster, acquiring flood-ravaged homes and businesses from willing sellers moves people and property out of risky areas and reduces future damage costs. Once acquired, these lots also can be used for a variety of projects, providing recreational and habitat amenities.
Environmental Law Institute
ELI PRESS ❧ Complete elimination of fossil fuels may be necessary before the end of the century, and most likely much earlier. A major challenge is finding legal means to achieve that. If done right, these methods will benefit not only the environment but also society.
Widener University Law School
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORTER ❧ The unmanned aircraft phenomenon is just starting to catch on in the area of environmental monitoring and enforcement. There is immense potential for using drones to maximize an operation’s efficiencies while also reducing its environmental impact.
Stinson Leonard Street LLP
TESTIMONY ❧ If the environment is destroyed during armed conflict, parties will have trouble maintaining a lasting settlement and achieving sustainable development goals. A UN special rapporteur opines on peacebuilding’s important, overlooked ecological component.
UN International Law Commission
Will White House policies stall the country’s clean energy economy?
TSCA reform wherein ccience gets written into a federal statute.
Attorneys General key players as states chime in on federal policy.
Harmonizing state environmental policies and wholesale markets.
Will Justice Gorsuch on Water Act prove different than Scalia would?
Exploring how to help clients navigate the policy environment.
Will the Trump Administration realize the many benefits of Paris?
Revised energy-efficiency labeling system: clearer and more effective.
A reader has a problem with a book we reviewed.
Take a journey on the Kuznets Curve.