Protecting natural resources in the territories surrounding tribal reservations—not only on the reservations themselves—is critical to preserving tribes’ self-determined ways of life. Some treaties between tribal governments and the United States reserve tribes’ usufructuary rights, which are the rights to use but not own land in areas surrounding their reservations. ...

Ecology Law Quarterly Volume 52.4 Front Matter

Foreword to Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, Toxic Exposures: Within and Without.

Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium Introduction by Ellie Rubinstein and Liam Chun Hong Gunn.

In the first panel of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, panelists discussed how farmworkers and farmworker families are overexposed and harmed by toxic chemical pesticides and how people are making a difference.

In the second event of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, Arnedra Jordan discussed beauty justice, what it means, why it matters, and how it impacts our health.

In the third panel of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, panelists discussed building electrification, which lies at the intersection of public health protection, climate change mitigation, and housing justice.

In the fourth panel of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, panelists discussed noxious facilities in local communities, specifically the Chevron refinery in Richmond and the proposed expansion of the Oakland International Airport, and community efforts to address these issues.