Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law

GreenFlash: Updates from the Environmental Law Program

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  Environmental LLM alum Jonathan Lovvorn,’01, appointed Harvard Law School’s first Policy Director of Animal Law & Policy Program

  Jonathan Lovvorn has authored several articles at the intersection of animal law and human rights/social movements, served as senior vice president and chief counsel for the Humane Society of the United States, and founded the largest animal protection litigation department in the nation.  

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  Professor Bill Funk weighs in on administrative law claims against DACA rescission
  Professor Bill Funk of Lewis & Clark Law School offers comment on Washington Post opinion article on President Trump’s decision to rescind DACA policy. The Washington Post
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  Professor Mike Blumm explains legal hurdles in shrinking Cascade Siskiyou National Monument
  Professor Mike Blumm of Lewis & Clark Law School explains why it would prove difficult for Trump Administration to proceed with shrinking the size of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Southwestern Oregon. Picture from BLM Oregon. Outside Magazine
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  Earthrise sues US Forest Service to protect California Condor in Arizona
  Earth Island Journal provides deep analysis of the wildlife lead poisoning issue nationally, highlighting Earthrise’s case. The decision made in this case could provide a strong argument for other national forests seeking a ban on lead ammunition. Earth Island Journal
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  Professor Blumm comments on case accusing the US government of failing to protect future generations from climate change
  The court case filed by children and youth ages 9 to 20 accuses the government of the United States with failure to protect the life and liberty of future generations from environmental disasters and civil unrest created and forecasted by climate change. Professor Michael Blumm of Lewis & Clark Law School is one of the climate experts offering his take. More >
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  Professor William Funk, on OPB’s Think Out Loud, discusses challenges facing the City of Portland in the effort to appeal an Oregon Land Use Board decision on new fossil fuel infrastructure

  Professor William Funk of Lewis & Clark Law School offers his take on current fight to appeal the Oregon Land Use Board decision to strike down the 2016 City of Portland ordinance to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure within Portland’s limits.

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  Environmental Law Professor Dan Rohlf Fights for Scientific Integrity
  From climate change to endangered species, renewable energy to water and air protections, 2017 has seen a dramatic and worrisome increase in the assault on science and the role it plays in shaping public policy. In the trenches of that battle is Dan Rohlf. More >
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  Professor Dan Rohlf interviewed on OPB’s Think Out Loud, explaining “God Squad”, efforts to exempt federal dams from ESA protections for Columbia Basin salmonids
  Prof. Rohlf was interviewed on OPB’s Think Out Loud program on August 23, 2017, regarding a proposal calling for the so-called “God Squad” to exempt federal dams from Endangered Species Act protections for Columbia Basin salmonids.

  
  
  
  

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  Lewis & Clark continues to rank high as one of the greenest schools in the nation
  Lewis & Clark ranked #5 as one of the greenest schools nationally according to Sierra Club’s annual “coolest schools” survey. Portland Business Journal
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  Ellen Gilmer (MSL ’14) wins award for beat reporting on Dakota Access Pipeline
  The Society of Environmental Journalists recognized LC alum, Ellen Gilmer (MSL ’14) as a top beat reporter for her stories on the Dakota Access Pipeline’s impact on tribes. More >
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  Professor Dan Rohlf quoted in The Atlantic article “How Science Can Survive Hostile Governments”
  Professor Dan Rohlf of Lewis & Clark Law School comments on attacks to scientific integrity and conservation policies by government administrations and agencies around the world along with co-authors of a new paper in Conservation Biology. More >
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  Prof. Melissa Powers: Reforming ODOE Will Benefit Everyone
  In this opinion piece, Prof. Melissa Powers argues that Oregon’s Department of Energy needs a new administrative structure to regain its status as a clean energy powerhouse. More >
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  Jack Jacobs (LLM’10) and adjunct professor Jon Norling found Gridshare
  Lewis & Clark alum, Jack Jacobs (LLM ’10), and adjunct professor, Jon Norling, co-founded GridShare, a  new crowdfunding portal that allows investors to directly invest in U.S.-based clean energy solutions. More >
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  LL.M.’s with Energy focus: Lewis & Clark’s program highlighted
  Lewis & Clark Law School’s LL.M. program is featured in this article by B. Xu posted on llm-guide.com regarding master of law programs with an energy focus.   More >
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  Food and Environmental Law Symposium Draws Crowd
  The Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law program combined its 16th annual environmental law symposium with the law school’s 3rd annual food law forum which was held on April 7th. The forum, titled “21^st Century Food Law: What’s On Our Plates?”, focused on food related issues and included panels on food labeling, food production and environmental/animal impacts, as well as food and health policies and ethics. More >
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  LC’s Environmental Law Program one of the best in the country
  Lewis & Clark’s Environmental Law program has once again been recognized as one of the best in the country. US News and World Report recently released its annual rankings of top specialty law programs, and Lewis & Clark is ranked #2. In environmental law courses, students learn about energy law and policy, conservation of natural resources, sustainable development, global warming and more. Our passionate faculty, students, alums and staff are the heart of our program. More >