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- West Hawaii’s Coastline Reopens to Aquarium Fish Collection After Court Ruling
- September 24th, 2024 — by Kaitlyn Shaw — Category: Invasive Species
- In a decisive ruling, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled 4-1 to allow commercial aquarium fish collection to resume along the West Hawaii shoreline. This area, known as the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area, had been at the center of a legal battle over the environmental effects of the aquarium fish trade.
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- Youth and the State of Hawaiʻi Agree: More Climate Action Needed
- August 19th, 2024 — by Mateos Lozano — Category: Environmental Justice
- On June 20, 2024, youth plaintiffs and the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) reached a historic settlement agreement in Navahine F. v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation that requires HDOT to enact various initiatives to significantly decarbonize the transportation sector. A key part of the agreement is that HDOT is obligated to achieve zero emissions in ground, sea, and inter-island air transportation by 2045. The agreement comes as the Hawaiian government recognizes the scientific consensus surrounding the threat of anthropogenic climate change.
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- NSGLC Hiring Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow
- August 8th, 2024 — Category: Staff
- The National Sea Grant Law Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law is seeking applications for its Ocean and Coastal Law Fellowship Program. The objective of the fellowship is to further the Fellow’s education and career development in ocean and coastal law through participation in the Law Center’s programs and activities.
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- Conflict on the Rio Grande: the Battle Over Water Distribution in the American Southwest
- August 6th, 2024 — by Collin Dowson — Category: Groundwater
- For more than a century the Rio Grande—a river which snakes through Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, before continuing south into Mexico—has been the focus of a number of important negotiations. Arguably the most important of these agreements has been the Rio Grande Compact, signed in 1938 by all the states who touch the river.
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- The Overturn of Chevron: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
- July 29th, 2024 — by Collin Dowson — Category: Environmental Law
- On May 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a request for public comments on its draft Environmental Justice Strategic Plan (Plan). As required by Executive Order 14096, the DOJ’s Plan will specify the DOJ’s goals, metrics, and priority actions that it will undertake to address environmental justice (EJ). The DOJ must publicly release the finalized Plan by October 2024. To meet the objectives of Executive Order 14096, the DOJ has outlined four goals and currently requests public feedback.
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- Have Your Say: DOJ Seeks Comments on Draft Proposal
- July 23rd, 2024 — by Mateos Lozano — Category: Environmental Justice
- On May 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a request for public comments on its draft Environmental Justice Strategic Plan (Plan). As required by Executive Order 14096, the DOJ’s Plan will specify the DOJ’s goals, metrics, and priority actions that it will undertake to address environmental justice (EJ). The DOJ must publicly release the finalized Plan by October 2024. To meet the objectives of Executive Order 14096, the DOJ has outlined four goals and currently requests public feedback.
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