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Professor Adams "Exposing Zoning's Failure to Address Climate Hazards"

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Gift from Roger Worthington helps Oregon Law address urgent climate challenges
Worthington’s gift will help Wood and the ENR Center create a framework for atmospheric recovery plans for Northwest forests, putting nature’s most powerful carbon sponges to use. 
UO experts weigh in on the COP26 UN climate summit
Around the O: UO experts weigh in on the COP26 UN climate summit, Professor Mary Woods provides legal commentary.
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Major law school gift to support climate change solutions
A recent $100,000 gift from a Bend brewery owner will allow the UO School of Law to pursue groundbreaking work through its highly ranked Environmental and Natural Resources Center.
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Oregon Law Professor Mary Wood Receives Oregon State Bar President’s Sustainability Award
Philip H. Knight Professor Mary Wood has received the Oregon State Bar President’s Sustainability Award. Wood is the Faculty Director of Oregon Law’s nationally top ranked Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center.
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San Francisco Leads Legal Effort Pressing Big Oil to Pay for Climate Impacts
Audubon: Professor Mary Woods is quoted.
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Environmental Law Is Getting in the Way of Climate Action
Wired: Philip H. Knight Professor Mary Wood is quoted.
Students had demanded for years that Harvard University divest from fossil fuels. Keith Bedford/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
Harvard’s decision to ditch fossil fuel investments reflects changing financial realities and its climate change stance
The Conversation: Professor Emerita Susan Gary writes for The Conversation about investments in fossil fuels.
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Montana Water Court decides tribal water rights in first-of-its-kind decision
Montana Free Press: Professor of Law Adell Amos provides expert commentary. 
Natural Resources Legal Scholar Discusses Biden’s Public Lands Protections
Law Week Colorado: Dean Marcilynn A. Burke is featured as the Ruth Wright Distinguished Lecturer at University of Colorado Law School.
At the UO Earth Day isn't once a year, it's a way of life
Around the O: In a state known for its inspiring landscapes — its beauty, how its residents both embrace and rely on it for sustenance — University of Oregon faculty, staff and students bring that same passion and fervor toward studying our environment and tackling the biggest challenges facing it. | Professor Adell Amos and ENR Executive Director Heather Brinton are quoted.