Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic

Via The Salt Lake Tribune   Source: Flickr.com By: Taylor Stevens A group of 21 mayors and council members from around Utah have signed…

From Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic—EPA conditionally approved the product in 2016, based in part on Monsanto’s assurances that its formulation was less volatile than previous dicamba formulations. Environmental and farming organizations challenged this decision in court.

From Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic—The brief explains that a significant body of research from both epidemiological and animal studies has demonstrated that children are vulnerable to long-lasting neurological harm from exposure to chlorpyrifos during pregnancy, even at levels far below the current tolerances permitted by EPA. 

From Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic— The report provides recommendations for both climate mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration from agriculture, and climate adaptation strategies to increase the resiliency of farms to the impacts of a changing climate.

From Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic—The paper primarily focuses on sampling carried out by utilities for purposes of Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) compliance.

From Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic—The brief argues that the deliberative process privilege should rarely apply to scientific documents such as biological opinions. Keeping such documents secret undermines government transparency and accountability.

From Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic—Participants discussed the role of citizen science in environmental monitoring and enforcement, case studies of successful projects, legal and practical barriers for citizen scientists, and strategies for promoting citizen science in the coming years.

From the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic—This case involves challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations limiting emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from power plants.

Via Harvard Crimson Former President of Ireland Mary T. W. Robinson speaks about climate justice at Harvard Law School on Thursday. Robinson, who has…

Via HLS News Wendy Jacobs, clinical professor and director of Harvard Law School’s Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, will lead the Living Lab…