Pace Environmental Law Review

David Cassuto Could this be you? NOTICE OF ASSISTANT DEAN POSITION AT PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK Pace University School of Law is seeking to fill one position, titled, Assistant Dean of Environmental Programs and Professor of Law for...

David Cassuto (x-post from Animal Blawg) Alas, blogging has paid a heavy price for what has been and continues to be a very busy semester.  But it’s been busy in a good way.  To wit, I am recently returned from both Las Vegas and Rio.  I’ll discuss Rio in my next post...

by Karl Coplan The principle environmental regulatory programs in the United States work on a principle of cooperative federalism. Congress passes a regulatory statute such as the Clean Water Act; EPA adopts detailed regulations setting standards and implementing the...

by Richard Ottinger The recent nuclear catastrophe in Japan has focused intense (and well-deserved) scrutiny on the radioactive gorilla in our own backyard, the “safe/secure/vital” (as described by operator Entergy) Indian Point (nuclear) Energy Center in Buchanan,...

by Sam Capasso, Student Guest Blogger currently at 40th Annual Conference on Environmental Law in Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City, UT ABA SEER's three-day 40th Annual Conference on Environmental Law in Salt Lake City concluded this afternoon. David Hayes, Deputy...

by Karl Coplan As we watch with horror the events unfolding at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, it is clear that (as with the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year) we are witnessing not just an engineering failure, but a failure of a system of...

by John Nolon In its late February article, entitled “As They Ponder Reforms, Law Deans Find Schools Remarkably Resistant to Change,” the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that law faculty use the “lecture-based model because it is cost-effective and convenient,”...

by Karl Coplan The New York Times' excellent series on the environmental issues associated with hydrofracking exposes a long-exploited loophole in the regulation of industrial wastes. As the Times article points out in the case of fracking fluids, these wastes are...

by Karl Coplan The New York Times has an interesting article today about how EPA and other federal agencies have quietly increased the dollar value assigned to a human life, to be used for regulatory impact and cost-benefit analysis. According to the Times: The...

by Daniel E. Estrin Supervising Attorney, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc. Adjunct Professor of Law, Pace Law School I have blogged over the past few months about a case the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic and our co-counsel have attempted to...