On Friday, April 11, the UO Green Business Initiative will present the annual Green Business Symposium with this year's theme, "Sustainable Transportation: Driving the Future of Green Business." Attend in person at UO Portland or via Zoom webinar.
The 2025 U.S News & World Report rankings place Oregon Law's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center at #7 in the nation, marking ENR's twentieth year as a top-15 program.
Greg Giunta, JD '24, a former fellow with the ENR Center's Energy Law & Policy Project, was recently published in LSU's Journal of Energy and Resources with his article, "Climate Change as a National Emergency: Exploring Executive Powers."
On Thursday, April 3, the University of Montana's Public Land & Resources Law Review will host the 2025 Frank & Elvira Jestrab Distinguished Lecture on Water, featuring Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law Adell Amos with her talk, "State Water Code Reform: Lessons for Oregon from Across the West." Livestream the lecture by Zoom.
On March 19, Professor Mary C. Wood will join a slate of expert speakers for "Examining State Climate Superfund Bills," a public webinar hosted by the Environmental Law Institute. Registration is required and free.
As part of her ongoing efforts as the Director of the Oregon Water Equity Fund, Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos joined advocates across Oregon's water justice network in giving testimony at a March legislative hearing for a proposed bill (HB 3528) that would ramp up investments in water-related work across the state.
We're on the environmental honor roll (again)! The latest issue of PreLaw Magazine gives the University of Oregon's environmental and natural resources law program an A+ grade for 2025.
For over four decades Land Air Water (LAW), an Oregon Law student organization, has organized, led, and hosted the oldest and largest Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) in the world.
Can you believe the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference is just one week away? Come see us at PIELC 2025 from February 28 to March 1, at the University of Oregon.
"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
