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Waste & Pollution

A Polymer Problem: How Plastic Production and Consumption is Polluting our Oceans

Typically, when a new product comes on the scene, it takes several generations to evaluate its use and environmental impact. However, synthetic plastics really only began to take over around 50 years ago, and we’re already seeing a movement to ban, or at least drastically reduce, the material.

Apr 19, 2019
Abigail Hogan and Alexander Steinbach, Staff Editors, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law

State Clean Energy Polices at Risk: Courts Should Not Preempt Zero Emission Credits for Nuclear Plants

In 2016, the Illinois Legislature and New York Public Service Commission (PSC) enacted nearly identical policies to induce economically struggling nuclear power plants to continue operating. Competing power generation companies filed suits in federal district courts, arguing that the states’ policies are preempted

Apr 27, 2018
Abigail Hogan and Alexander Steinbach, Staff Editors, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sector: A Cap-and-Invest Approach

James D. Flynn* This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate (ELRS). I.      Introduction In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector.[1] This has largely been the result of shifts in energy markets from

Mar 07, 2018
Abigail Hogan and Alexander Steinbach, Staff Editors, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law

An Autopsy of the Clean Power Plan

John Copeland Nagle* [ download PDF ] The Clean Power Plan (CPP) was supposed to be great. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) celebrated its regulation as “a historic and important step,” “fair, flexible and designed to strengthen the fast-growing trend toward cleaner and lower-polluting American energy,” providing “national consistency, accountability and a level playing field,”

Apr 12, 2017
Abigail Hogan and Alexander Steinbach, Staff Editors, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law