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The Environmental Forum

VOLUME 37
NUMBER 4
July-August 2020
Reforming Wildfire Liability

Reforming Wildfire Liability

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORTER What was until recently considered to be only a future problem for California is now costing dozens of lives and billions of dollars in the state and beyond.

By: Myanna Dellinger
University of South Dakota
Why Zero-Sum Games Are Real

Why Zero-Sum Games Are Real

ELI PRESS Pitching environmental regulation as win-win while not taking into account that, at the local scale, a regulation will look like a game with clear winners and losers has led to conflict, litigation, and bruised relationships among industrial society’s stakeholders.

By: J. B. Ruhl
Vanderbilt University
Bending the Arc Toward Justice

Bending the Arc Toward Justice

RESEARCH & POLICY STUDIES Federal law has failed many poor and minority communities, who suffer disproportionately from pollution generated by others. But states are filling the gap by providing new rights in their constitutions and comprehensive environmental justice legislation.

By: Barry E. Hill
Vermont Law School

The Federal Beat

By: David P. Clarke

Could Pandemic Raise Ecosystems' Neglected Health Protection Role?

Science and the Law

By: Craig M. Pease

Catastrophe and Wide Ecological Impacts Are at Core of Our Species.

Around the States

By: Linda K. Breggin

State, Tribal, Local Citizen Science Forwards Environmental Protection.

The Business of Environment

By: Sally R. K. Fisk

ESG and ERM — Two Terms That Mitigate Risk, Enable Opportunities.

In the Courts

By: Amanda Leiter

From County of Maui to Coal Ash: The Reach of the Clean Water Act.

Public Policy

By: Ethan Shenkman

EPA Virus Policies Spur Controversy and Claims They Will Increase Risk.

An Economic Perspective

By: Joseph E. Aldy

Employing a Broader Policy Toolkit to Mitigate Climate Change Risks.

Notice & Comment

By: Stephen R. Dujack

The Editor on a Theory of Environmental Injustice.

In the Literature

By: G. Tracy Mehan III

On Why Rising Tides Sink All Boats.