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
Can the Administration Persuade States Not to Bring Climate Litigation?
February 11, 2026posted on February 11, 2026 by Seth Jaffe Last year, the United States sued the State of Michigan, seeking a preemptive court order preventing Michigan from filing suit against firms in the “fossil fuel industry”. Michigan moved to dismiss, arguing that the case was not ripe and that the...
Congress Tosses a Wrench in the Gears of Public Land Management
January 07, 2026posted on January 7, 2026 by Peter Van Tuyn Congress recently used the Congressional Review Act (CRA) of 1996 to prevent a number of federal land management plans from going into effect. Congressional application of this law to federal land management plans is unprecedented and calls into question the...
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BLM Suspends Sixty-One Oil and Gas Leases to Perform Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Analyses in Montana
April 2, 2010Posted on April 2, 2010 by James Spaanstra Authored by: Robert D. Comer James R. Spaanstra Recently, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) and several Montana environmental groups agreed to suspend...
Dredging of Delaware River Allowed to Begin … Will It be Completed?
March 24, 2010Posted on March 24, 2010 by Robert Whetzel On March 1, 2010, the Army Corps of Engineers began to dredge a section of the Delaware River to deepen the shipping channel...
Whooping Cranes and Texas Water Rights – A Fight’s A Brewing
March 18, 2010Posted on March 18, 2010 by Paul Seals There is a fight brewing over the management of water resources in Texas. In a lawsuit that raises significant water rights implications, The...
Effective Blogging Tips
March 10, 2010Posted on March 10, 2010 by Rachael Bunday Add Commentary: Many of our blog pieces appear to be articles. Although informative, by posting them sans the author’s thoughts, the known is merely being...
Nanotechnology – Health and Risk Management Concerns
March 9, 2010Posted on March 9, 2010 by Michael Rodburg In June last year insurance giant Zurich issued a report of the work of its Emerging Risks Group study begun in 2006. The report...
When a Discharge Isn’t
March 8, 2010Posted on March 8, 2010 by Brian Rosenthal For all environmental lawyers and especially for business advisors and bankruptcy lawyers, a very important case was decided by the 7th Circuit Court of...
Supreme Court Gets Back to Basics in Declining to Hear Three Environmental Cases
March 2, 2010Posted on March 2, 2010 by Eva Fromm O”Brien The United States Supreme Court recently declined to hear three relatively high-profile environmental cases: Croplife America v. Baykeeper (a permitting clash between...
UPDATE ON THE POULTRY LITIGATION IN OKLAHOMA Poultry litter is not a solid waste under RCRA
February 26, 2010Posted on February 26, 2010 by Linda C. Martin The Oklahoma State Attorney General sued several poultry companies for polluting the Illinois River and its watershed in Eastern Oklahoma as a...
Everything is Connected to Everything Else
February 25, 2010Posted on February 25, 2010 by Mary Nichols In his 1971 book, The Closing Circle, ecologist Barry Commoner outlined an informal set of “laws of ecology” governing life on Earth. I...
ACOEL PRESS RELEASES
ACOEL Announces Newly-Elected Fellows for 2025
April 8, 2025April 8, 2025For Immediate Releaseadmin@acoel.org The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) announced April 8 the election of 18...
ACOEL ANNOUNCES NEWLY ELECTED 2024-2025 OFFICERS & REGENTS
November 12, 2024November 13, 2024For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, DC) The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL or College) is proud...