Justin L. McCarthy (JD '25) published his paper, "Separating Holding from Dicta: Marin Audubon v. FAA," in the August 2025 issue of the Environmental Law Reporter.
"What I think is overwhelmingly clear from the Inflation Reduction Act is that Congress understood that greenhouse gases are pollutants that are being addressed under the Clean Air Act, and should continue to be addressed under the Clean Air Act," Professor Dotson told the DailyNews ClimateBrief.
The Environmental and Natural Resources Law (ENR) Center proudly welcomes 20 law students as ENR Fellows. Throughout the 2025-26 academic year, these students will collaborate to tackle climate-and-justice issues, working across the ENR Center's seven interdisciplinary research projects.
Join us in person or virtually for the 19th Annual Rennard Strickland Lecture—set for Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.—with this year's speaker, Amy Bowers Cordalis (Yurok).
In "Federal Flood Policy and Maladaptation: A Story of Collective Forgetting," her latest article published in the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Assistant Professor Sarah Adams discusses the history and trajectory of federal flood policy and the implications for environmental justice and climate adaptation.
In "Land Law Localism and the Climate Resilience Paradox," her latest article published in the Stanford Law & Policy Review, Assistant Professor Sarah Adams confronts foundational assumptions about land use governance and community resilience in the context of climate change.
Associate Professor Greg Dotson provided insights on the Environmental Protection Agency and the historic breadth of its authority in a recent Climate Connections article, "The Republican campaign to stop the U.S. EPA from protecting the climate."
In the aftermath of deadly flooding in Texas, Assistant Professor Sarah Adams tells ABC News local governments might lesson the costs of future disasters by discouraging new development on low floodplains.
Philip H. Knight Professor of Law Mary C. Wood grew up exploring the Northwest's natural wonders. Leveraging the law to protect these lands and resources has been her life's work.
Will the Trump Administration's promises to revive the nation's automaking industry pay off? Associate Professor Greg Dotson is among several experts quoted in recent New York Times article, "How Republican E.V. Cuts Could Put U.S. Carmakers Behind China."
