Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co., L.L.C.
The First Circuit affirmed a district court order remanding to state court Rhode Island's climate change lawsuit against several oil companies. The companies argued that the suit was properly removed to federal court because the state's complaint presented a federal question. The district court foun...
Chernaik v. Brown
The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed, 6-1, an appellate court decision vacating a lower court ruling that no trial was needed in a climate change lawsuit concerning Oregon's obligations to protect natural resources under the public trust doctrine. Two young Oregonians argued the state was required to a...
Governing AI: The Importance of Environmentally Sustainable and Equitable Innovation
Artificial intelligence (AI) and complex machine learning algorithms have come to play a profound role in many of our day-to-day activities.
COVID-19 and Environmental Law
The COVID-19 pandemic will have far-reaching and even transformative implications for environmental law.