Environmental Policy & Law

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Bustos interviewed on finding your “voice” to create positive change

Camila speaks about what led her to be one of the co-founders at Yale Law School of the LSCA initiative, now active across the whole US.
September 27, 2023
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Saad joins faculty at Georgetown Law

Aisha Saad is one of five new faculty members joining Georgetown Law this academic year. “I couldn’t be happier about the outstanding legal minds who are new to our faculty this year,” Dean William M. Treanor said. “They are not only...
September 27, 2023
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Jonathan Scheuer on water issues surrounding Lāhainā fire

Jonathan Scheuer has been featured in recent New York Times, Washington Post, and local Hawaiian coverage of water rights fights in the wake of the Lāhainā fire on Maui.
August 23, 2023
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Bustos applies human rights approach to climate-induced displacement

Camila Bustos’ recent article, A Human Rights Approach To Climate Induced Displacement: A Case Study In Central America And Colombia, draws from two case studies to highlight the human rights obligations of nations and the international...
August 23, 2023
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Grumet on getting green hydrogen incentives ‘just right’

A critical decision currently facing the Biden Administration is determining the rules incentivizing the production of clean – or “green” – hydrogen (H2) for use in decarbonizing heavy industry, freight transport, and aviation.
August 23, 2023
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Hsu presents Harnessing Machine Learning for Climate Policy

In her August 31 webinar for Climate Change AI, Angel Hsu explores applications of machine learning in the realm of climate policy, with a specific focus on evaluating the actions of subnational and non-state actors such as cities, regions...
August 23, 2023
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Liz Jacob named 2023 Skadden Fellow at Sugar Law Center

The Skadden Law Firm has awarded Liz Jacob a 2023 Skadden Fellowship, located at the Sugar Law Center for Social and Economic Justice. Launched in 1988 to commemorate our 40th anniversary, the Skadden Foundation has funded more than 960...
August 22, 2023
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Clark argues in legal victory against Bay Area biofuel refinery

Ben Clark argued the winning case against a proposed Marathon-Tesoro refinery in Martinez, CA, as a certified student attorney with the Stanford Environmental Law Clinic.
August 22, 2023
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Bustos and Pizarro co-author climate displacement case study of Puerto Rican women in CT

The article is “the first ethnography of Puerto Rican women who relocated in Connecticut in the aftermath of the hurricane [Maria], discussing the ways in which federal law and policy have failed to meet the needs of Puerto Ricans and other climate-displaced people.”
July 26, 2023
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Scheuer appointed to East Maui Water Board amid fiercely political process

The Maui County Council has confirmed Jonathan Likeke Scheuer to represent the Hawaiian Homes Commission on the board steering the new East Maui Community Water Authority, marking the council’s final action in a heated monthslong process to get it up and running.
July 26, 2023