Pace Environmental Law Review

Two days into the initial week of work it’s hard to encapsulate any commentary. On the logistical end, the Brazilians are making strenuous efforts to see that things go smoothly. At the moment there seem to be more helpers and guides than conference participants,...

GreenLaw will be posting reports, observations and reflections from our Pace Law contingent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Rio+20 conference - the 20th anniversary meeting of the 1992 Earth Summit, now called the Conference on Sustainable Development. In addition...

Today's New York Times piece on the slow death of coal in the Southeast United States generally reports good news for the environment.  The fact is, coal is not only dirty, it's uneconomical as well, and with the implementation of existing environmental controls it's...

Two years ago the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded creating an environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico resulting in hundreds of lawsuits.  Many of the suits were consolidated in multi-district litigation in the Eastern District of Louisiana.  Among the  plaintiffs...

David Cassuto From the Shameless Self Promotion Desk ...  The most recent issue of the Journal of Animal Ethics has a piece by me offering some thoughts about U.S. v. Stevens (the crush video/animal fighting, 1st Amendment Case).  It's titled: "United States v....

David Cassuto This Thursday, April 26th, 2012 at 4 pm in the Moot Court Room at Pace Law School in White Plains, Steve Wise will speak on : "The Nonhuman Rights Project's Struggle for Nonhuman Personhood." Reception to follow. If you haven't heard Steve speak, you...

The Sackett decision is out.  Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court voted 9-0 to hold that EPA's order directing the Sacketts to remove fill material from a disputed wetlands area was final, ripe, and immediately reviewable under the Administrative Procedure Act. ...

Comprehensive planning is the antidote for ill-considered and isolated land use decisions, particularly those that adversely affect wetlands and watersheds, cause increased flooding, and promote wasteful sprawl.  This said, detailed and informed comprehensive plans...

This week, a DC Circuit panel held two days of oral argument on the multitude of challenges to EPA's December 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and the "Tailoring Rule."  Very few reports of the argument seem to have made it into the mainstream press, but...