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Public Trust and Water Rights: A Western States Update

Through a state-by-state review, this Article explores the diverse state responses to the public trust doctrine. This overdue review provides valuable context for practitioners, scholars, and jurists wrestling with the integration of the public trust and water rights. The article sets the stage for the next forty years of water ... (read more)

Shifty Air: Environmental Justice and the Working Class

This Article sets out to expose and examine an overlooked dimension of environmental justice scholarship—the differential treatment of the working class. (read more)

Overselling BIL and IRA

This Article argues that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) were less likely to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions than believed when enacted, and that a misconceived narrative of spending effectiveness undercut the perceived urgency of further legislative action on climate change in the United States. (read more)

Private Law for Land Back

This Article describes the emerging role of private entities in returning land and land access to Indigenous peoples. (read more)

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Volume 51 (2024) - Issue 4 Volume 51.4 Front Matter

Sophie Allan

October 6th 2025

Ecology Law Quarterly Volume 51.4 Front Matter

Volume 51 (2024) - Issue 4 2024 Annual Symposium — Foreword

Sophie Allan

October 6th 2025

Ecology Law Quarterly’s Annual Symposium invites and learns from voices beyond traditional environmental-legal academia: practicing lawyers, activists, policy advocates, and experts from other environmental fields. The 2024 Annual Symposium featured a host of experts and practitioners breaking down the traditional divide between “mainstream” environmentalism and the environmental movement. Our speakers ...

Volume 51 (2024) - Issue 4 2024 Annual Symposium — Introduction

Sophie Allan

October 6th 2025

Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2024 Annual Symposium Introduction by Becky Hunter & Grayson Peters.

Volume 51 (2024) - Issue 4 2024 Annual Symposium — Event 1: Q&A With Armando Quintero

Sophie Allan

October 6th 2025

The first event of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2024 Annual Symposium was a Q&A Conversation with Director of California State Parks Armando Quintero and Professor Holly Doremus on promoting equitable access to green spaces through policy, studying and encouraging reflection on the cultures within California’s state parks, and working with Native ...

Volume 51 (2024) - Issue 4 2024 Annual Symposium — Event 2: Panel Discussion on Equitable Access to Green Space

Sophie Allan

October 6th 2025

The second event of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2024 Annual Symposium was a panel discussion on equitable access to green space. The panel featured Equity Officer for East Bay Regional Park District and Founder of Latino Outdoors Jose G. Gonzalez, Senior Dean of Research & Planning at Contra Costa Community College ...

Volume 51 (2024) - Issue 4 2024 Annual Symposium — Event 3: Individual Presentations from Speakers on Land Back and Indigenous Stewardship

Sophie Allan

October 6th 2025

The third event of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2024 Annual Symposium was a series of individual presentations from speakers on land back and indigenous stewardship.

Volume 51 (2024) - Issue 3 Volume 51.3 Front Matter

Sophie Allan

September 15th 2025

Ecology Law Quarterly Volume 51.3 Front Matter

Volume 51 (2024) - Issue 3 Volume 51.3 Table of Contents

Sophie Allan

September 15th 2025

Ecology Law Quarterly Volume 51.3 Table of Contents

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