In 2025, China made further progress in environmental protection and in developing legislation and rulemaking. This includes adopting the National Park Law, revising the Environmental Protection…

As the federal government abandons climate action and environmental protection, advocates and scholars pin their hopes on state constitutional amendments to fill the void. The underlying idea is…

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Technology has raised standards of living for people around the world, but technological developments also have unintended and negative impacts on people, places, and the environment. Science, as…

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or “forever chemicals,” present a nearly unprecedented challenge to global health and the environment. That challenge, in turn, raises recurring legal…

This Article explores the significant, detrimental implications of the intellectual property (IP), environmental, and human rights harms created by fast fashion. Fast fashion takes advantage of…

As state governments continue to increase their capacity for creating and enforcing environmental regulation, there has been growing discussion about the role of federalism in advancing…

While data centers are essential to the digital economy, new legal frameworks must be established that focus on precautionary measures to mitigate the harms of data center resource consumption.…

For decades, regulatory economists have warned that rate-of-return regulation creates perverse incentives: utilities profit from capital investment, so they “gold-plate” by overbuilding. But what…

Executive Order No. 14156 directs federal agencies to treat certain energy development projects subject to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as emergencies; Executive Order No. 14181 will likely…