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OPENING ARGUMENT Is the new frontier of environmental law inside the mind? Humans face innate mental challenges in evaluating harms that are diffuse, complex, or involve other species—the law must learn to cope.
University of Illinois Law School, University of Illinois Law School
With SIDEBARs from two scholars on the intersection of psychology and law
LEAD ANNIVERSARY The Flint drinking water crisis of 2014-15, which sickened and injured thousands with lead poisoning, was arguably a teachable moment. It highlighted the intersection of what some see as a basic human right and the issue of environmental justice.
Vermont Law and Graduate School
COVER STORY In his second term, Donald Trump has promised to roll back the Biden administration’s global warming and clean energy accomplishments, pull out again from the Paris climate agreement, and undermine a half century of environmental regulations across the board.
The Brief
A VIEW FROM 1995 A reprint of the two-time EPA administrator’s call to moderate the sharp swings in regulation that characterized environmental protection’s first 25 years
Browning Ferris Industries
A VIEW FROM 2025 A former EPA hand looks at where the warnings of EPA’s founding leader were prophetic, and where we’ve made progress in the three decades since.
THE DEBATE To debate the transition to sustainable transportation, ELI convened some of the key players from the multiple sectors involved for the annual policy forum honoring the memory of Judge Nancy Firestone. The marquis event is held each year just before the ELI Award Dinner. Our panel this time discussed the legal and policy obstacles and opportunities presented by the shift to an equitable and carbon-free transportation system—the EV revolution.
Environmental Law Institute, EpicWorks Advisors, Grid Strategies, FedEx, Ford Motor Co., Resources for the Future
Species Progress Stalls as GOP Looks to Reverse Biden Policies
Fluoride in Drinking Water Still Creating Law-Science Antagonism
Should Local Governments Employ Land Regulations to Protect Soil?
Rollback of Methane Regulations Would Pose Novel Legal Questions
Trump’s Rollbacks Will Affect Pending Environmental Cases
Biodiversity: More Paper Reserves And Funding Alone Don’t Succeed
Important Economic Benefits of a Bipartisan Climate Change Policy
Another Upgrade Toward So-Called Nuclear Supremacy
Lynn Scarlett On Environment as a “Threat Multiplier”
ELI Award goes to champion of sustainable transportation
See Colleagues' Job Changes and Honors Received.
Environmental Rights Are Human Rights