ENR News and Events

Associate Professor Greg Dotson shares insights on the politics of climate change in a recent ABC News article, "Do voters care about climate change? How going green divides this election." 
Professor of Practice Howard Arnett, whose career has included more than 40 years of representing Tribal governments, Tribal members, and Indigenous community organizations, presented "History of Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Landmark Fishing Rights Cases” at the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission's annual Columbia River Indian Fishers Expo. 
UO's Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) harnesses the innovation and energy of students and faculty to provide analysis, bold ideas, and fresh perspectives to help local communities toward context-specific economic, environmental, and social justice ambitions. Assistant Professor of Law Sarah Adams, who leads ENR's Sustainable Land Use Project, shares about her experience with SCYP. 
Join our community for this summer's Oregon Law Perspectives faculty webinar series! On August 16, 2024, Professor Howard Arnett will present "Defending Sacred Sites: Apache Stronghold v. United States and the Battle for Oak Flat." 
Check out Professor Greg Dotson's latest article, "Looking for Your Friends at a Cocktail Party: The Dubious Role of Rejected Legislation and the Overlooked Potential of the Appropriations Process," in the Harvard Journal on Legislation's Summer 2024 issue. 
Professor Greg Dotson joins co-panelists for "The Challenge of U.S. Climate Law in the Next Five Years: What to Expect from Congress the President, and the Supreme Court," at Harvard's Climate Action Week. 
Oregon Law Professor Michael Fakhri, who serves as both faculty leader of the ENR Center's Food Resiliency Project and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, is a keynote speaker at the AFHVS and ASFS annual joint conference on food equity. 
Oregon Law's Affinity Organization Coalition (AOC) has published the inaugural edition of Advancing Discourses on Inequity & Society, a student journal. The theme for Volume 1 is "Solidarity in Struggle: Intersectional Paths to Collective Liberation." 
Oregon Law Professor of Practice Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos joins the Waterloop podcast for "Empowering Oregon to Achieve Water Justice," an episode in Waterloop's Color of Water Series. 
Commissioned by the Oregon State Legislature's Joint Water Caucus, ENR's Oceans, Coasts, and Watersheds Project's latest report explores ways to streamline decision making around water.