02 May 2024
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Juliana v. United States and the Passing of a Show Horse
In politics, there's an old distinction between show horses and work horses. Show horses get attention. Work horses get things done. It's a useful distinction not just for legislators, but also for legal strategies, and it's particularly useful on the...
02 May 2024 12:26am GMT
04 Dec 2023
Environmental Law Prof Blog
The Complicated Equities of Localized Energy
This post is cross-posted at Legal Planet. For many decades, most people in the United States have obtained their electricity from a large investor-owned utility company (IOU). They had no real choice. Much of U.S. energy law was built on...
04 Dec 2023 7:00pm GMT
02 Nov 2023
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Accessioning Joy
We need your help, and it should be fun. But first, some scene setting. It is summer 2023, but it could be last summer, or the next, or the one after that. People are dying in droves from unprecedented heat,...
02 Nov 2023 5:10pm GMT