California tackles plastic pollution at the source
A new California law will eliminate 46 billion pounds of single-use plastic packaging and foodware and kickstart the reuse economy.
Trends May/June 2023
Volume 54, Issue 5
In This Issue
No so fast: The effect of congressional oversight on IRA implementation
Enacting the Inflation Reduction Act was hard enough; now comes the challenge of steering its implementation through the gauntlet of congressional oversight.
New monitoring structures for environmental governance in the UK
A variety of new systems have arisen in the different jurisdictions of the UK to replace the “environmental watchdog” function EU laws once served.
Tribal rights, water rights, states’ rights and the Colorado River: What’s at stake in the SCOTUS case, Arizona v. Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation claims the Secretary of the Interior has a trust duty to manage the Lower Colorado River to protect the Navajo’s unadjudicated claims to water for the part of its reservation in Ari…
Rethinking carbon pricing
Recent support for carbon pricing among political conservatives in Canada augurs well for broader acceptance of a similar policy in the United States.
Section News
Book review: Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (3d ed.)
Authors from the Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources and beyond have written the new edition of a fundamental book on our world’s most existential crisis.
Views from the Chair
The Section chair recounts the beginning of his involvement in the Section and highlights ways for members to get more involved themselves.
People on the Move
Keep up with your fellow Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources members’ recent moves and noteworthy accomplishments.