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Blog SJEL Publishing Articles on fast-moving issue—Alaska’s Pebble MineThe Seattle Journal of Environmental Law has published two articles examining a quickly-developing environmental law issue—the proposed Alaska Pebble Mine near Bristol Bay. Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began a scientific assessment of these watersheds. Earlier, tribes …   SJEL Announces 2012–2013 BoardThe Seattle Journal of Environmental Law (SJEL) has selected its editorial board for the 2012–2013 academic year. The current SJEL board will spend the remainder of the academic year training next year’s leaders and strategizing for the coming year. Announced this week, the …  Sustainability Symposium, Call for Papers, and Writing CompetitionSJEL has partnered with the Washington Lawyers for Sustainability and Washington Journal for Environmental Law & Policy to host a sustainability symposium on April 20, 2012, at Seattle University. The event will focus on making sustainability legal, economically viable, and …  SJEL Hosts Vietnamese DelegationThe Seattle Journal of Environmental law hosted members of a U.S. State Department professional exchange program, meeting with a delegation of environmental policy makers from Vietnam to discuss the role of environmental law journals, such as the Seattle Journal of Environmental Law, in future environmental regulation and policy. The Seattle University School of Law, SJEL, shared its role as Washington State’s first environmental law journal, and discussed the unique effect that a law journal with a strong online presence has on the academic community and environmental policymaking.  SJEL Welcomes its New Staff EditorsThe Seattle Journal of Environmental Law is proud to welcome the 2011-2012 class of Staff Editors. After a summer-long application review process, nine promising new members were chosen from Seattle University School of Law’s Class of 2013. SJEL welcomes Matt …  AEP v. Conn. — Impressions from ArgumentsOral arguments in American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut featured several persistent themes, with discussion focusing on the difference between dismissing the case on prudential standing, which would punt the question of climate change policy out of the judicial branch, and dismissing the case on the merits, which would effectively leave the EPA and Congress as the sole source for climate change regulation.  AEP v. Conn. — Decision May Have Major Implications for Future LitigationThe US Supreme Court’s decision in AEP v. Connecticut has incredible implications—implications on the state, national, and international levels. Environmentalist groups and court commentators are keenly aware of how certain justices may vote.  AEP v. Conn. — Background and Procedural HistoryThe landmark case American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut is unique in environmental litigation in that the primary plaintiffs are not environmental groups, or individuals, but government entities. The SJEL Blog is Live!Welcome to the Seattle Journal of Environmental Law Blog. This blog will host brief pieces of scholarship regarding notable events and new perspectives. This blog will serve as a medium through which SJEL student authors, legal academics and practitioners, and … |