https://t.co/bG7r3uOryn A few years after our amazing @UMichLaw envtl law clinic students filed an amicus brief supporting young people in the Juliana lawsuit, was happy to be quoted about this youth-led climate victory in Montana. The testimonies of climate harm are devastating.
As the conversation has turned to buyouts I’ve been surprised that this history hasn’t come up more. I wanted to lay out everything Detroit has given and sacrificed on behalf of residents for Stellantis in the name of jobs that might not be here to stay.
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Fascinating article by @NRDC David Doniger on the interaction between the #SCOTUS decision in West Virginia v. EPA and the greenhouse gas regulation provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act: https://t.co/nQOM5ZJSWk
For all NEPA wonks -- here is a redlined version of the National Environmental Environmental Policy Act as amended by the Fiscal Responsibility Act, just signed by President Biden. https://t.co/6wtkdnELN4 Thanks to Ron Lamb for creating this.
SAVE THE DATE: June 8 at 1p ET, important #EnvironmentalJustice panel discussion on the rights of persons with disabilities to access public natural resources. https://t.co/pciKntdA9Q Co-hosted by @ABA_CRSJ & @ABADisability Event is free & open to all!
"He saw me looking with admiration at his Ford F-150. 'Haven’t you ever seen it before, old sport?' Everybody had seen it. It was a bright yellow color, wrapped to appear as though a raptor had clawed the shiny exterior, which mirrored a dozen suns."
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https://t.co/rF429dvtEN Please join today 2p ET for a great Chair Chat! @ABA_CRSJ chair, Juan Thomas, will interview @SierraClub's @hebahkassem on relationship between #environmentaljustice & #economicjustice. What's good for climate & environment is also good for jobs & economy!
In 2019, Berkeley, CA passed an ordinance that banned natural gas pipes "extending from the point of delivery at the gas meter" in new buildings.
Opponents argued that the federal law setting appliance efficiency standards preempts the city's rules. The 9th Circuit agreed.
And not surprisingly, our @UMichLaw 1L students DELIVERED with discussion so thoughtful & passionate that at times it could best be described as high art. What a privilege to learn from these students.
It was fitting to end my @UMichLaw mini seminar on legal personhood for natural resources surrounded by natural resources: at the Nichols Arboretum council ring. https://t.co/xz4eyizBCC
We ended w/a discussion about the possibility for settler-colonial governments to engage in postcolonial apologies by working with indigenous communities to develop a legal personhood framework for those natural resources from which they were separated via violence & coercion.