Blogs & Resources
ACOEL members contribute regularly to the ACOEL Blog, writing on topics of current interest in their respective fields. Recently-published blogs are featured below, or you can search the ACOEL blog archive using the search feature.
Current Blogs
Arsenic and . . . Poison Books
May 16, 2024Posted on May 16, 2024 by Susan M. Cooke A recent news article piqued my interest in a potential hazard for librarians handling Victorian era books with Emerald green book covers – arsenic contamination from dyes once used to produce a brilliant green hue, most especially in cloth book...
Most States Rise to the Challenge and Submit Preliminary Climate Plans to EPA – Now for the Hard Part
April 30, 2024Posted on April 30, 2024 by Steven Chester In mid-April of this year, the Climate XChange, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing state climate policy, announced that it, along with RMI and the Evergreen Collaborative, had reviewed “6,795 pages of state climate plans.” These plans had been submitted to...
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SEC Proposes New Climate-Related Risk Disclosure Rule
March 23, 2022Posted on March 23, 2022 by Karen Aldridge Crawford On Monday, March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced issuance of a proposed new climate-related financial risk...
Attend the International Summit on Plastic Pollution
March 14, 2022Posted on March 14, 2022 by Mary Ellen Ternes and Seth Jaffe The ACOEL wishes to invite you to attend virtually the International Summit on Plastic Pollution, From Research...
Can Standing Trees Be Taken?
March 10, 2022Posted on March 10, 2022 by Jeffrey Haynes A recent Sixth Circuit decision holding unconstitutional a municipal tree ordinance that required mitigation or payment as a condition of tree...
Environmental Justice in New Jersey: Another Hurdle for an Applicant to Jump and an Opportunity for Enhanced Public Participation
March 10, 2022Posted on March 10, 2022 by Edward A. Hogan In enacting its innovative Environmental Justice Law, the New Jersey state legislature declared, among other things, that: “all New Jersey...
Sunflower
March 9, 2022Posted on March 9, 2022 by Jim Blackburn The following narrative was written by ACOEL Fellow Jim Blackburn, and is an extension of the “virus vigil” that was begun...
Escaping the Plastic Web: Global Resolution to End Plastic Pollution
March 7, 2022image: UNEP/Shawn Heinrichs Posted on March 7, 2022 by Mary Ellen Ternes While tragic global events make all news seem bad, there was some great news last week. As...
Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Net Zero
March 7, 2022Posted on March 7, 2022 by J.B. Ruhl The Target near our home has a 20-unit Tesla supercharger station in the parking lot. I smiled the other day as...
A Great Idea Celebrates 150 Years
March 4, 2022Posted on March 4, 2022 by Stephen Brown On March 1, Yellowstone National Park — the world’s first — marked 150 years since Ulysses S. Grant inked it into...
Stephen E. Herrmann Environmental Writing Award
March 4, 2022Posted on March 4, 2022 The American College of Environmental Lawyers (“ACOEL”) announces its annual Stephen E. Herrmann Environmental Writing Award (“Herrmann Award”) for the 2021-22 academic year. Stephen...
ACOEL PRESS RELEASES
ACOEL ANNOUNCES NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS & REGENTS
October 17, 2023October 17, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, DC): The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) is proud to announce...
ACOEL Announces Newly-Elected Fellows for 2023
July 27, 2023July 27, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, DC): The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) is proud to welcome...