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Andrew Mergen
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Supreme Court showdown over Uinta Basin Railway puts environmental law in the crosshairs
December 10, 2024
A Colorado local government’s challenge to a controversial oil-by-rail project in eastern Utah has teed up the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court to take its biggest…
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Federal Court takes aim at White House’s environment authority
November 15, 2024
A federal court in D.C. has issued a ruling that curtails the White House’s ability to set government-wide rules pertaining to how environmental reviews can…
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Alaska resource projects and landscapes are again in the crosshairs of a presidential election
September 30, 2024
Major Alaska resource projects, and the land they could be built on, may be at stake in the presidential election. They include drilling in the…
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Lone Wolf No More
September 30, 2024
Five decades in, the Endangered Species Act remains one of the country’s most muscular environmental laws — and, despite its popularity, a continued target
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Utah Makes High Stakes Gamble in Supreme Court Federal Land Case
August 22, 2024
Utah’s move to legally take over a South Carolina-sized region of mountains, canyons, oil and gas leases, and wildlife habitat from the federal government could…
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The Navajo Nation took the unusual step of using its police force to try to impede uranium shipments across its land last week—a preview of…
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NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben asks Harvard Law professor Andrew Mergen about the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule the “Chevron doctrine.”…
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The Supreme Court has swept aside long standing legal precedent in its ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine, majorly curtailing the power of federal agencies to…
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Harvard Law faculty members share their thoughts on where the Supreme Court justices ultimately landed on prominent cases — and on the longer-term implications of the Court’s decisions.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled on a case regarding a decades-long water allocation dispute among Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. In his dissenting…
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Fish, Toads, and John Eastman: Inside the Conservative Project to Undo Federal Environmental Laws
June 21, 2024
Among the most consequential decisions in the hands of the Supreme Court this term is a pair of lawsuits involving herring fishermen. On the surface, the…
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Environmental lawyers are attempting to form the first known union of litigating attorneys in Justice Department history, a campaign sparked by return-to-office mandates and fears…
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What Harvard Law profs are reading this summer
May 31, 2024
Faculty members share the books they’re looking forward to devouring, from classic Italian literature to birds and dinosaurs, and even a Led Zeppelin biography.
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Harvard Law’s Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, Andrew Mergen, and Carrie Jenks discuss the impact alumnus Dan Emmett’s $15 million gift to establish the Emmett Environmental Law Center will have for students, faculty, staff, and environmental law practitioners nationwide.
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Emissions Rules’ Foes May Be Forced To Yield To Automakers
April 11, 2024
Potential challengers of vehicle emissions rules were shown they’re not necessarily in the drivers’ seat on the issue when the D.C. Circuit upheld California’s authority…
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Grizzly bears are at a critical legal juncture as several populations have rebounded, but courts seem wary of the federal government’s attempts to turn management…
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Supporters of a Biden administration rule allowing retirement advisers to consider environmental, social and governance issues when making decisions for clients rose to defend the…
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As climate change and usage threaten water in the West, Supreme Court’s decision in a notable case carries weight, says Harvard Law environmental expert Andrew Mergen.