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While climate change can be a polarizing topic, many Americans—regardless of political beliefs—recognize through science and lived experience that the threat of a warming planet is real and worsening. The main challenge is how to effectively mitigate the impacts through lasting policy changes and proactive governance.  Vanderbilt… Read More

White paper from Energy, Environment, and Land Use Program examines the concept of corporate physical climate risk Read More

Full-day event covers the state of environment, energy, water, land use, and scholarship in Tennessee and beyond Read More

New paper from Vanderbilt scholars quantifies the significance of individual behavior in recent environmental legislation Read More

"Planet Earth's Future Now Rests in the Hands of Big Business," Time, April 14, 2022 Read More

LaRue’s article, “The Stream of Commerce,” analyzes the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act and suggests that a new interpretation of navigable waters, one that would include all commercial waters, could bring a much-needed change to the existing legal framework. Read More

While climate change can be a polarizing topic, many Americans—regardless of political beliefs—recognize through science and lived experience that the threat of a warming planet is real and worsening. The main challenge is how to effectively mitigate the impacts through lasting policy changes and proactive governance.  Vanderbilt… Read More

Article Taylor completed as a semester-long research project supervised by Clean Water Act expert J.B. Ruhl to be published in the peer-reviewed journal of the Environmental Law Institute. Read More

While climate change can be a polarizing topic, many Americans—regardless of political beliefs—recognize through science and lived experience that the threat of a warming planet is real and worsening. The main challenge is how to effectively mitigate the impacts through lasting policy changes and proactive governance.  Vanderbilt… Read More

McLean's winning paper, "Throwing Shade: The Case against Judicial Interference with Solar Net Metering Policies," will be published in the Environmental Law Reporter. Read More