Rights of Nature in Comparative Perspective
This article surveys laws and judicial decisions that have recognized Nature as a legal person possessing rights.
Spring 2023: Comparative and Global Perspectives
Volume 37, Issue 4
In This Issue
Conserving Wildlife and Biodiversity in the United States and European Union
Despite robust legal frameworks, biodiversity continues to decline in the United States and European Union; this article provides insights into existing and emerging policies to improve wildlife and…
Evaluating Blue Economy Frameworks in the Arctic Ocean: United States and Norway
Norway and the United States’ Blue Economy policies in the Arctic Ocean are a flashpoint for the future of environmental regulation.
Emerging ESG Frameworks: Global Implications and Local Impacts
The EU’s ambitious ESG standards go well beyond proposed climate disclosure requirements in the United States, leaving some multinational corporations in the challenging position of navigating incons…
Expanding the Use of Cumulative Chemical Impact Assessments
As policymakers seek to address the potential effects caused by exposure to multiple chemicals, use of cumulative chemical impact assessments is increasing.
NEPA’s Conquest of the World
NEPA’s spread across the globe has made it one the most successful American legal exports, shaping not only foreign legal systems but also international environmental law.
Greening Human Rights
This article considers how various international conventions, treaties, legislation, litigation, constitutional law, and other legal authorities address the human right to a healthy environment.
Nonstate Actors in International Environmental Law
Private stakeholder engagement is now the norm in international environmental law and will shape whether and how we meet the challenges of the climate crisis.
A Global Perspective or Domestic Chicanery? EPA’s New Aircraft Rule
EPA adopts an international greenhouse gas rule for commercial aircraft emissions, but does it really promote cleaner air?
Departments
Vantage Point
In familiarizing ourselves with the laws, rules, and principles adopted by other nations, there lies the possibility we can expand our cache of regulatory tools and deepen understanding of our own le…
Perspectives: Can You Judge a Book by Its Cover?
We must explain to potential environmental champions that the path to a better long-term future for society may lie in mastering the labyrinth of administrative procedures.
Literary Resources
Reviews of Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, and Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It
The Back Page: Geothermal
Can geothermal energy resources be a bigger part of the solution to the world’s energy- and climate change-related needs?
Insights
New England Laws Meet Rising Seas with Yankee Ingenuity
New England coastal states’ new laws launch innovative governance responses to sea level rise and high tide flooding.
Where No EIS Has Gone Before
The increasing commercialization of outer space has focused debate on whether NEPA applies to agency actions approving those activities. The Supreme Court’s recent articulation of the Major Questions…
Beware Minimum Liability Insurance Requirements
Potential pitfalls in Texas oil and gas contracts after the Fifth Circuit’s 2022 decision in Cimarex Energy Co. v. CP Well Testing, LLC, relating to mutual knock-for-knock indemnity obligations and t…
Stuck in Line: FERC’s Interconnection Reforms
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is proposing sweeping and ambitious reforms to increase the speed and efficiency of the nation’s interconnection queues.
The Imputed Cybersecurity Risk: Obligations for Energy and Natural Resource Attorneys
Attorneys representing high-target clients like natural resource and energy companies must step up efforts to fulfill their obligation to protect and safeguard client data or risk being the cause of…