Ecology Law Quarterly’s Annual Symposium is a forum for leading voices in environmental and energy law, policy, and advocacy. The 2023 Annual Symposium explored the challenges and opportunities of rural lawyering. The event highlighted the unique environmental and social issues faced by rural communities.

The first panel of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2023 Annual Symposium was entitled “Effects of the Energy Transition on Rural Legal Work.” The moderators were Katalina Hadfield, Christina Libre, Anna Goldberg, and Sabrina Ashjian. Speakers included Mary Cromer, Tanmay Shukla, and Samantha Ruscavage-Barz.

The second panel of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2023 Annual Symposium was entitled “Effects of Climate Change on Rural Legal Work.” The moderators were Sabrina Ashjian and Katalina Hadfield. Speakers included Estella Cisneros, John Meyer, and Kevin Hamilton.

The penultimate session of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2023 Annual Symposium was entitled “Individual Presentations from Speakers on Environmental Law in Rural Communities.” The moderators were Anna Goldberg and Christina Libre. Speakers included Kevin Hamilton, Mary Cromer, and John Meyer.

This is the culminating panel of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2023 Annual Symposium entitled “Working and Organizing within Rural-Facing Public Interest Work.” The moderators were Anna Goldberg and Christina Libre. Speakers included Tanmay Shula, John Meyer, Mary Cromer, Samantha Ruscavage-Barz, and Estella Cisneros.

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Corporate climate commitments are an important part of the global response to climate change, but critics have warned that many of these pledges constitute empty commitments whose credibility is difficult to assess at best. This Article proposes two new financial instruments that address a core climate and corporate governance concern ...

Taking account of the impacts of government action on historically marginalized and overburdened communities is a core policy goal of the Biden-Harris Administration. In this Article, we seek to understand the shortcomings of current agency practice and outline what agencies can do better.