• Fracked Regulation: How Regulatory Exemptions for Fracking Harm Tribal Waters 

  Blount, Samantha (University of Oregon School of Law, 2023-04-28)

  Several factors contribute to how fracking pollution affects water supplies, including the regulatory exemptions in federal environmental laws, the federal government’s complacency in monitoring and regulating the ...
• The Price of Pesticides: Environmental and Economic Impacts of Using Neonicotinoids in Agriculture 

  Alvernaz, Sierra (University of Oregon School of Law, 2023-04-28)

  Honeybees are among the most prominent and important types of pollinators worldwide, with approximately thirty-five percent of world food crop production depending on honeybees and other pollinators. In the United States, ...
• Making Products out of Thin Air: Accelerating Direct Air Capture Technologies 

  Pinhas, Dolev (University of Oregon School of Law, 2023-04-28)

  Placing a global emphasis on the adoption of carbon capture technology is necessary to achieve net-negative emissions. This Article focuses on scaling up the direct air capture market. Part I will explain the differences ...
• Factory Aquaculture vs. The Right to Food: The First Conflict on American Shores 

  Heipt, Wendy (University of Oregon School of Law, 2023-04-28)

  While the human right to food, or the ability to access adequate amounts of appropriate and available food, is included in international treaties and has been adopted by numerous countries across the globe, until recently ...
• Climate Change, Human Mobility, and Climate Finance: Potential Linkages and Challenges 

  Naser, Mostafa Mahmud; Reza, Hossain Mohammad (University of Oregon School of Law, 2023-04-28)

  The aim of this Article is to explore the probable approaches that can be considered by developing countries to secure finance from the existing funds for climate-related human mobility. With this goal in mind, this Article ...
• The Functional Equivalence Doctrine: A Judicial Exception That Violates NEPA and Undermines the National Environmental Policy 

  Hudson, Scott (University of Oregon School of Law, 2023-04-28)

  The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is the seminal environmental statute, providing the aspirational goal of a national environmental policy and a comprehensive environmental regulatory framework. Over the past ...
• Does the Criminal Enforcement of Federal Environmental Law Deter Environmental Crime? The Case of The U.S. Clean Air Act 

  Ozymy, Joshua; Ozymy, Melissa Jarrell (University of Oregon School of Law, 2023-04-28)

  The U.S. EPA and Department of Justice are tasked with the investigation and prosecution of environmental crimes occurring under the U.S. Clean Air Act (CAA). Criminal sanctions are meant to increase the cost of CAA crimes ...
• “Experimental Populations” Outside Historical Range Proposal: Will It Get the Frog Out of Hot Water? 

  Miller, Carol J.; Meyer, John C.; Persons, Bonnie B. (University of Oregon School of Law, 2023-04-28)

  To address the impact of climate change on habitats of endangered and threatened species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a 2022 rule change to allow “experimental populations” to be introduced into habitat ...
• Fissues in the Windustry: Mitigating Fishing Industry Concerns While Promoting Offshore Wind 

  Hutchison, Lindsey (University of Oregon School of Law, 2022-05-03)

  Offshore wind development is the next great frontier for energy production in the United States. The technical potential for offshore wind is more than 2,000 gigawatts, double the nation’s current electricity use and far ...
• Animal Agricultural Exceptionalism in the 21st Century 

  Regenstreif, Claire (University of Oregon School of Law, 2022-05-03)

  Agriculture has always played a huge role in the American economy and way of life. Many laws today illustrate the singular importance of the agriculture industry and the government’s willingness to create legal carve-outs ...
• Environmental Taxation and Fertilizers: An Alternative to Recover the Quality of Water Resources in Argentina 

  Salassa Boix, Rodolfo R. (University of Oregon School of Law, 2022-05-03)

  Eutrophication is a process of water deterioration caused by the excessive and uncontrolled enrichment of nutrients, which conditions its use and generates ecological, health, economic, and social impacts. Considering the ...
• Environmental Law and Policy to Control Marine Invasive Species: The Potential Role of Environmental Impact Assessment for Enforcing the Law of the Sea in Brazil 

  Borges, Julio C. M. (University of Oregon School of Law, 2022-05-03)

  As transportation of cargo by ships constitutes ninety-five percent of all international trade, several negative externalities on marine pollution from those activities remain only poorly addressed. One of the most critical ...
• Trash or Treasure Trove? An In-Depth Analysis of the Application of Landfill Gas Technology to Meet Air Force Energy Requirements 

  Cane, John Michael (University of Oregon School of Law, 2022-05-03)

  As we approach 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD) and its service branches are facing pressure from the public and Congress to improve renewable energy generation and consumption on DoD facilities. However, as the DoD’s ...
• Climate Change Litigation: Determinations of the Supreme Court of Ireland on the National Mitigation Plan 

  Van Wyk, Sanita (University of Oregon School of Law, 2022-05-03)

  The case of Friends of the Irish Environment CLG v. the Government of Ireland, Ireland and the Attorney General was initially instituted in 2017 in the High Court of Ireland and finally decided by the Supreme Court of ...
• The Paradox of Change in the American West: Global Climate Destruction and the Reallocation of Urban Space and Priorities 

  Sullivan, Edward J.; Tarlock, A. Dan (University of Oregon School of Law, 2022-05-03)

  In 2019, the authors published an article that surveyed the response of six urban areas in the western United States to global climate destruction (GCD). Our approach was primarily positive. We selected four markers—tran ...
• Preventing Emissions from Slipping Through the Cracks: How Collaboration on New Technologies to Detect Violations and Minimize Emissions Can Efficiently Enforce Existing Clean Air Act Regulations 

  Caballero, Kathryn (University of Oregon School of Law, 2022-05-03)

  The link between air pollution and poor public health is well known and has been further documented during the COVID-19 pandemic,but EPA has outdated methods and rules to detect air emissions. Enforcing existing environmental ...
• Let the Sunshine In: A Proposal to Ban Chemical Sunscreen 

  Boatwright, Ashlyn (University of Oregon School of Law, 2021-05-14)

  Millions of people travel to beaches all over the world. Most of these people wear chemical sunscreen, which dominates the sunscreen market. Chemical sunscreen is defined as any type of sunscreen that contains chemicals; ...
• When the Rivers Run Dry: Adapting Prior Appropriation Systems to Protect Marginalized Communities in Times of Drought 

  Housel, Tom (University of Oregon School of Law, 2021-05-14)

  Water is undoubtedly one of our most precious resources, and the western United States is expected to face increasing scarcity as the climate continues to change and more people flock to arid cities like Los Angeles and ...
• Legal Protection for the Cross-Border Climate-Induced Population Movement in South Asia: Exploring a Durable Solution 

  Zaman, Sharaban Tahura (University of Oregon School of Law, 2021-05-14)

  It is undeniable that South Asian cross-border climate-induced population movement is a reality, and State actors cannot deny, avoid, or sidestep this dire crisis. If the habitual home becomes uninhabitable and the right ...
• The Effect of Environmental Damage on Children in Armed Conflicts 

  Olusegun, Olaitan O. (University of Oregon School of Law, 2021-05-14)

  The environment is a great source of sustainability for humans and other aspects of the ecosystem. Unfortunately, the world, especially developing countries, has been hit by armed conflicts, which have great implications ...

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