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 the Seattle University School of Law can contribute to the ongoing discourse about environmental law.  SJEL encourages you to subscribe to our feed and check here often, because unlike other law journals, this space gives SJEL a vehicle to contribute to the public dialogue quickly and thoroughly.

The launch of this blog features coverage of a groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court case on carbon emissions: AEP v. Connecticut, 131 S.Ct. 813. Not only have SJEL writers taken a critical look at how the case reached the highest court, but the staff has also taken a look at the implications of the upcoming decision. An SJEL staff member attended oral arguments and shares a unique perspective on the case and possibly the Court’s leaning.