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Experienced Attorneys Sought for EPA Pacific Southwest Region 9, San Francisco, CA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Pacific Southwest (Region 9), Office of Regional Counsel is seeking applications from attorneys with significant experience for its San Francisco Office.  They may fill multiple vacancies.  Candidates with more than four (4) years of … Continue reading

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The Clinic and Policy Initiative Release New Report on Responding to Landowner Complaints from Oil and Gas Activity

The Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic and the Environmental Policy Initiative released a new report today, Responding to Landowner Complaints of Water Contamination from Oil and Gas Activity: Best Practices.  The report provides recommendations for state lawmakers and agencies to … Continue reading

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ELP Summer Fellowships

The HLS Environmental Law Program will be providing a limited number of supplemental summer fellowship funding for law students employed this summer in environmental/energy non-profit work. This can be for an NGO or for government, so long as the student … Continue reading

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Harvard Gazette Article Profiles ELP’s Work on Climate Change

On April 25, Harvard Gazette ran a piece interviewing ELP Founder and Director, Prof. Jody Freeman, about the ways in which ELP scholars and students are engaged in confronting climate change. The interview described the diversity of opportunities available at … Continue reading

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Prof. Lazarus Helps Fix Mistake in Supreme Court Opinion

Professor Lazarus Helps Fix Error in Supreme Court Opinion On Tuesday April 29, the Supreme Court issued a divided opinion in Environmental Protection Agency v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P. Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas dissented, and the dissent contained a noticeable … Continue reading

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