"I just worry, as someone who uses the electricity system in Oregon and has some familiarity with energy policy, that we could end up really regretting what's happened with employment at BPA in the coming months," Professor Dotson warns in a recent Oregon Public Broadcasting article, "'Unleash American blackouts': Experts warn Bonneville job cuts bring immediate and long-term risks to Pacific N
On February 21, Professor Adell Amos joins the Honorable Jack L. Landau as a panelist on "The impact of the US Supreme Court Loper Bright decision on state administrative law practice, or, Is the administrative law sky actually falling after Loper Bright?" The CLE discussion is hosted by the Oregon State Bar's Administrative Law Section.
On Tuesday, February 25, the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics will host "Disruption vs. Stability: Impacts on People and Policy Under a New Republican Majority." Among the expert panelists is Associate Professor Greg Dotson, who will discuss impacts in the climate and energy space.
On February 21, Assistant Professor Andrew Winden will serve as a panelist on "Transnational and Comparative Corporate Climate Duties" as part of Columbia Law School's legal colloquium, "The New Climate Fiduciaries." Information about how to register for free is available on the
Organized by the students of Land Air Water, Oregon Law's environmental law society, the annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) at UO is the oldest and largest such conference of its kind. Kick off PIELC 2025 with a cup of coffee and good conversation at the ENR Center's annual Open House!
Professor Greg Dotson is among ten experts who will serve on incoming Oregon attorney general Dan Rayfield's new "Federal Oversight and Accountability Cabinet." The advisory group will help provide a "direct line" to Rayfield's office as citizens experience the impacts of potential federal overreach.
Professor Mary Wood's latest article, "Sky Carbon Cleanup and Biodiversity Restoration: Devising Regional Frameworks," is among the "Top 20" articles selected for the 2025 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, a joint publication of the Environmental Law Institute's Environmental Law Reporter and Vanderbilt University Law School.
After engaging in UC Davis' NSF-funded summer program, International Approaches to Groundwater & Drought Management, Oregon Law 3L and ENR Fellow Andy Archer joined peers from multiple institutions to present "Sustainability in Times of Scarcity: How Catalonian Water Policy Could Inform California's Groundwater Management" at the American Geophysical Union's 2024 Annual Meeting.
Professor of Practice Dr. Alaí Reyes Santos recently presented a keynote address, "Fostering Collaboration in the Public Humanities," and served on a "Racial and Climate Justice" panel discussion at Oklahoma State University.
Check out "The Essential Work of Community Gardens," a report and digital story map created by Case Martin, Dillan "Bubba" Smith, Chloe Tesch, and Lesley Valencia, students from Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos' 2023 Environmental Justice course.
