Examining environmental issues from legal, scientific, economic, and public policy perspectives.

Summer 2024 Issue

  • EMPOWERED NEIGHBORHOODS: SUPPORTING COMMUNITY MICROGRIDS

    Wesley Gerard and Sukhmani Singh

  • LANDOWNERS CAN RECEIVE TAX BENEFITS FOR DONATING TO THE FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS

    Jonathan Michael

  • ADVANCING TORT LAW FOR CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT COMPENSATION

    Haley Todd Newsome

 Conservation, Racism and Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Symposium

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To commemorate the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the International Day of Forests, join us in Cuk-Ṣon (Tucson Arizona) for this two day symposium on Thursday March 21 to Friday March 22 exploring the intersections of racism, colonialism and conservation and calling for an environmental justice movement based on Indigenous Peoples Human Rights. International speakers include Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples José Francisco Calí Tzay and John Knox, the former Independent Expert on human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Both in person and zoom attendance are available for participants.

Spring 2024 Issue

  • DECARCERATION TO COMBAT PUBLIC EMERGENCIES: USING COVID-19 STRATEGIES IN ANTICIPATION OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHES

    TAYLOR MACY

  • TAKING WARTIME MOBILIZATION SERIOUSLY: HOW TARGETED CEQA EXEMPTIONS CAN PROMOTE UTILITY-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY

    DYLAN BASESCU

  • STATE OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT THE CLIMATE SYSTEM

    BRADEN REESE

  • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ SPIRITUAL RIGHTS TO MEDICINAL PLANTS

    SINNAI AVILA

Fall 2023 Issue

  • The Troubles with Mill Sites: Resolving Legal and Practical Barriers to Mining on Federal Lands

    Evan Klouse

  • Underfunded and Underappreciated: UNFCCC’s Technology Mechanisms and the Need for Stable Funding

    Sam Stephens

  • Just Transition as Wellbeing: A Capability Approach Framing

    Adebayo Majekolagbe

  • THE TEXAS ENERGY GRID: MEASURES TAKEN SINCE WINTER STORM URI AND HOW IT COMPARES TO GERMANY’S POWER INFRASTRUCTURE

    Charlotte Wicke

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We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.