Land Resources Section News Today

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Trees chopped off and most part of the forest has been damaged due to the mining of talc in the Sherzad district of

Biden Should Bet the Farm Abigail E. André Share: President Biden has placed climate change at the center of his administration and recognizes that “we’ve already waited too long to deal with th[e] climate crisis and we can’t wait any longer. . . we desperately need a unified national response.” To tackle this challenge, President Biden appointed climate and environmental justice (EJ) leaders before taking office, reentered the Paris Climate Accord hours after his in...

For whom CERCLA tolls Share: In fall 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a wrongful death action allegedly stemming from exposure to radioactive chemicals. Pinares v. United Technologies Corp. et al., 973 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2021). In so doing, the Eleventh Circuit traced the legal constellation of public liability actions under the federal Price-Anderson Act (PAA) and Florida’s statute of limitations to find that the...

The Supreme Court is set to decide whether groundwater resources spanning multiple states can be apportioned as an interstate resource, setting the stage for interstate disputes.

The U.S. Supreme Court has never decided a dispute between two states solely over groundwater. That may be about to change.

Global Land Risks and Opportunities in Corporate Supply Chains Scott Schang Share: Land-related risks are vastly underappreciated by corporate and environmental attorneys representing clients around the globe. This article seeks to raise the profile of land issues so that attorneys can better advise clients who might unwittingly trip into significant legal, financial, and operational peril by not fully appreciating how land risks lurk in supply chains and operations. These risks were made a...

Law Student Corner: Conservation Groups Settle Endangered Species Act Pangolin Case with Fish and Wildlife Service Lucas S. Stegman I. Summary On August 18, 2020, wildlife conservation groups entered into an agreement (Settlement Agreement) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the U.S. Department of the Interior to settle litigation over the listing of seven pangolin species under the  Endangered Species Act (ESA). As part of the Settlement Agreement, the Service agreed to mak...