In late September 2025, a federal court in D.C. dismissed a case filed by farmers and ranchers in Texas against the...| National Agricultural Law Center
The Centre is delighted to announce that our new special double issue of the Review of Constitutional Studies is now fully available to download via both Heinonline and EBSCO (Hein links provided below). The special issue, which is titled "Our More Than Human Constitutions," was guest edited by Professors Jessica Eisen (University of Alberta) and […]| Centre for Constitutional Studies
By: Liam Hesting North Carolina’s Hog Farms and Lagoons If you’ve ever driven to Wilmington or any of North Carolina’s southern coastal towns on Interstate 40, you have crossed through some of the state’s most prolific hog farming counties. Two such counties, Duplin and Sampson, account for over 3.75 million of North Carolina’s 8+ million […] The post What’s That Smell? The Murky Legal Status of Hog Lagoons in North Carolina appeared first on Wake Forest Law Review.| Wake Forest Law Review
The City of Fresno, California (“the City”) together with several Central Valley irrigation districts have asked the Supreme Court to hear a case involving water deliveries, the Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”), and a property rights question that could have broad implications for farmers throughout the American West. Specifically, the City is asking the Supreme Court to consider whether Reclamation’s 2014 decision not to make contracted water deliveries to growers in the Centr...| National Agricultural Law Center
By: Jacob Harris Landscape of PFAS litigation Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS for short, are known as “forever chemicals” because the unique strength of the carbon-fluorine bonds makes these compounds remarkably resistant to degradation, allowing them to persist in the environment.[1] Since the 1940s, the unique qualities of PFAS have been utilized in a […]| Wake Forest Law Review
If passed, the new law will make B.C. the first government in Canada to codify the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Once implemented, it will significantly alter the way major resource projects are approached on Indigenous territories| The Narwhal
In this fabulously written book, Robert Macfarlane journeys to rivers in three very different landscapes -- the cloud-forests of Ecuador, the city of Chennai, India, and the wilderness of northern Quebec -- seeking answers to the question are rivers alive and what would it mean if they were? Continue reading →| Unsolicited Feedback
By Sanjana Kumar — The climate crisis has been described internationally as “the greatest human rights challenge of the 21st century.” Despite this, there has been great difficulty in legally recognizing it as such. This article focuses on existing variability across paradigms used to assess climate suffering, exploring the legal basis for framing bureaucratic failure to address preventable harm as a violation of human rights. While the principle of a human rights framework exists withi...| Princeton Legal Journal
On August 1, 2025, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced it was proposing to reconsider its 2009 endangerment finding about greenhouse gas emissions. “Reconsidering” here means rescind, revoke, roll back. In this post I look at why this action is a dagger to the heart of greenhouse gas regulation. Continue reading →| Unsolicited Feedback
In late July 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it had opened a public comment period on its proposal to register three dicamba-based pesticide products for use directly on dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton seeds. No dicamba pesticide has been available for “over-the-top” use since 2024 after a federal court in Arizona overturned the registered labels for three dicamba pesticides, XtendiMax, Engenia, and Tavium. Although dicamba has been approved for us...| National Agricultural Law Center
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (the “Court”) issued its highly anticipated advisory opinion on Obligations of States in respect of| Global Policy Watch
There was a small glimmer of good news on climate change last week: The International Court of Justice ruled that nation states have legal obligations under climate treaties and customary international law to protect "the climate system and other parts of the environment from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.” … Continue reading →| Unsolicited Feedback
In late May 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Seven Cty. Infrastructure Coal. v. Eagle Cty., No. 23-975 (2025), a lawsuit concerning the scope of review under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). In its decision, the Court determined that when conducting a NEPA review, federal agencies are only required to consider the environmental impacts of projects or actions over which the agency has regulatory authority. Additionally, the Supreme Court found tha...| National Agricultural Law Center
By: Will Boyce Background The human body is made up of water, proteins, fats, and . . . per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances? These chemicals, or PFAS for short, are a group of nearly 15,000 synthetically made chemicals known for their strong resistance to heat and other substances, earning them the title “forever chemicals.”[1] And while […]| Wake Forest Law Review
Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations continue to fight for the health of Nechako River as provincially regulated dam harms fish populations| The Narwhal
