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The Process Behind Protecting Delisted Species
What happens to recovered species after they leave the Endangered Species List? Do the government and scientists go about their business like everything is perfect, or do they try to protect freshly recovered species? These questions are logical. They bring up...
Climate Preemption and Fossil Fuel
This blog post accompanies the author’s Article of the same title, published in the latest issue of the Pace Environmental Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 2 (2026). In his seminal 2018 Article, Professor Richard Briffault observed the rise of New Preemption, a type of...
Speeding into the Future: A Closer Look at the Environmental Impacts of High-Speed Rail
High-speed rail has been growing in popularity throughout the United States (U.S.), as other nations like Japan, China, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria have been leading the charge across the globe. The California...
Ecological Jurisprudence in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect to Climate Change
On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark advisory opinion concerning states’ legal duties regarding climate change. Responses initially delved into a variety of implications (possibility of climate harm monetary liability of nations...
Pesticide Disclosure Requirements: A Preemption Concern
Pesticide labeling requirements are intrinsically tied to environmental safety and public health. Although federal pesticide disclosure requirements insufficiently address health and safety, they tend to preempt states such as New York from enacting more stringent...
A Week in Nice, France for the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference
From the 9th to the 14th of June 2025, the United Nation (UN) Member States gathered in Nice, France to discuss the political fate of our ocean. These high-level conferences are meant to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 Life Below...
Climate Resilient Development: Managed Retreat, Flooding, and Wildfires
The Climate Resilient Development Framework was created by Professor John Nolon, Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, alongside Research Scholars at the Land Use Law Center. The Framework is a compilation of land use policies from across the United States that...
From Classroom to Congress: Reflections from the 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress
From October 9th to October 15th, 2025, a group of thirteen Pace Haub Environmental Law Program professors, alumni, and students traveled to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi,...
From Classroom to Congress: Halting Chemical Pollution by Textile Industries in the Water Bodies of Southeast and Southern Asia
The following article, written by Séverine Ginot, is part of a series of reflections on the upcoming International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress to be held in Abu Dhabi, October 2025. The series entitled “Classroom to...