by John Nolon | Jun 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Submitted by John R. Nolon, Professor of Law, Pace Law School, Counsel to the Land Use Law Center, and Adjunct Professor of Land Use Law and Policy at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. In February, I posted a blog on Pace Law School’s GreenLaw...
by Daniel Estrin | Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Daniel E. Estrin Adjunct Professor of Law, Pace Law School Supervising Attorney, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic A very important public trust decision was issued yesterday by the New York State Court of Appeals in a case brought by the Pace Environmental...
by John Nolon | May 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
By: Christopher Halfnight, MEM Candidate, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Unconventional oil and gas development is fundamentally changing the U.S. energy landscape, bringing both new challenges and new opportunities. Federal and state laws...
by Karl Coplan | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is a post for Ad-law geeks. The Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic just won its case challenging the EPA Water Transfer Rule on behalf of Trout Unlimited, Waterkeeper Alliance and Hudson Riverkeeper. The Clinic has been representing Trout Unlimited on this...
by Karl Coplan | Mar 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Under the Public Trust doctrine, navigable waters are held in an inalienable trust by State government. Members of the public have a right to transit by boat on waters susceptible to navigation. This is true even where both shorelines are under private ownership,...
by Karl Coplan | Mar 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Newly released e-mails show that when Duke Energy received notice that several citizens groups (including Waterkeeper Alliance and several North Carolina Waterkeeper organizations) were planning to sue it for Clean Water Act violations at its coal ash...