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Guest host Christophe Courchesne talks to Sean Donahue, a partner at Donahue, Goldberg, and Herzog, and Bob Percival, director of the Environmental Law Program and the Robert F Stanton Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, in the second of two episodes about U.S. Supreme Court rulings this last term that upended administrative law and threaten to diminish environmental protections.
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Guest host, Christophe Courchesne talks to Sean Donahue, a partner at Donahue, Goldberg, and Herzog, and Bob Percival, director of the Environmental Law Program and the Robert F Stanton Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, about the Supreme Court rulings this year that have diminished environmental protections.
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The Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic addresses animal issues in the fight for environmental protection. Listen to Laura Fox chat with host Laura Ireland about the Clinic, which is part of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School, and the accomplishments of the year.
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Listen to Robert Percival, director of the Environmental Law Program, Robert F. Stanton Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, chat with host Laura Ireland about the possibility of states using tort litigation to make oil companies accountable for their role in climate change misinformation.
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Listen to Jenny Rushlow, dean of the Maverick Lloyd School for the Environment, professor of law, and faculty director of the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law and Graduate School talk about the Montana Court's ruling on Held v. State of Montana, how it relates to other cases such as the landmark climate law case she argued and won before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Kain v. Department of Environmental Protection, and how these cases advance environmental advocacy and justice.
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Listen to Cale Jaffe, professor of law and director of the Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at University of Virginia School of Law, chat about the Supreme Court's ruling on Sackett v. EPA and his idea of climate whisperers.
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In this episode, Pat Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus and Senior Fellow for Climate Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School, chats about his career and how environmental law and policy has evolved, with podcast host, Jeannie Oliver, professor of law and staff attorney at VLGS’s Energy Clinic.
Thank you to the Vermont School for the Environment at Vermont Law and Graduate School, Jenifer Rushlow, Anne Linehan, and Donna Kowalewski at Environmental Law Center.
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Guests
David Deen, President, Connecticut River Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Trout Unlimited Vermont Council, former VT state legislator for 30 yearsKathy Urffer, River Steward, Connecticut River ConservancyJulia MacDonald JD'21, Vermont Law School Peter Malicky MELP'21, Vermont Law SchoolRecommended Resources
To get an update on the latest in surface water legislation in VT, visit the Act 173 Committee webpage.For more background on the issues, read the Environmental Advocacy Clinic's report on Vermont surface waters. -
Patents on living things threaten biodiversity and our resilience against climate change. In this episode, we examine how a VLS professor is helping plant breeders use “defensive publication” to keep innovations open-source and promote biodiversity.
Guests
Jim Myers, Professor, Vegetable Breeding and Genetics, Oregon State UniversityEmily Spiegel, Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, Vermont Law SchoolRecommended Resources
A Breed Apart: The Plant Breeder’s Guide to Defensive Publication“Could a simple database prevent massive ag companies from patenting and guarding seed varieties?” The Counter, May 13, 2021. -
The second episode in the Hothouse Earth Podcast’s “Elevate” miniseries features Brandi Colander JD’06. One of the first students to complete VLS’s dual degree with the Yale School of the Environment, Colander has a career that spans sectors and disciplines. Her work shows that environmental law can expand well beyond the scope of traditional environmentalism, intersecting with social justice and corporate governance. Listen as she shares inspiring career advice for women on support systems, inclusivity, disruption, confidence, and growth.
Guest:
Brandi Colander, Chief Sustainability Officer at WestRock CompanyHosts:
Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney
Veronica Ung-Kono, JD/MERL'21 and IEE Research AssociateRecommended Resources:
Operating with the Full Life Cycle in Mind - A Q&A with WestRock Chief Sustainability Officer Brandi Colander
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Guest
Karin Sheldon, President of Four Echoes Strategies and Adjunct Professor at Colorado Law University of Colorado BoulderHosts
Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney, Energy Clinic
Veronica Ung-Kono JD/MERL 2021Recommended Resources
Bowman, Cynthia Grant, Women in the Legal Profession from the 1920s to the 1970s: What Can We Learn from Their Experience about Law and Social Change? (2009) Cornell Law Faculty Publications. Paper 12.
Green 2.0, exploring diversity in environmental organizations. https://www.diversegreen.org/
See in particular, Taylor, Dorceta E., The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations, July 2014.2019 report card with a summary hereHalton, Mary, Climate change ‘impacts women more than men’, 8 March 2018, BBC News.
McCarthy, Joe, Why Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Women, 5 March, 2020, Global Citizen.
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Over the next few months, Hothouse Earth will be sharing conversations with women about their experiences in shaping environmental and social change through the power of the law and some of the challenges that they've faced along the way.
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Environmental justice activist Fred Tutman is the only Black waterkeeper in the United States, and in this candid discussion with his close friend and fellow waterkeeper Theaux Le Gardeur, the duo reflect on how racism has affected their very different experiences in the environmental movement. Listen as they discuss how environmentalism has historically failed BIPOC communities and consider the potential—and dire need—for the movement to change.
Guests:
Fred Tutman, Patuxent Riverkeeper
Theaux Le Gardeur, Gunpowder RiverkeeperHosts:
Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney, Energy Clinic
Mason Overstreet, Staff Attorney, Environmental Advocacy ClinicResources:
Chesapeake Bay Magazine – November 17, 2017 – Fearless Riverkeeper Fred Tutman fights for the Patuxent River and for the people who live alongside its shoresSpinsheet – December 5, 2014 – Bay People: Fred Tutman, Patuxent RiverkeeperBay Journal – April 11, 2014 – With river in his blood, Fred Tutman stands his ground wholeheartedlyCapital Gazette – Oct. 2, 2013 – Fred Tutman, Patuxent RiverkeeperWaterkeeper Alliance – Native Son Fred Tutman, Patuxent RiverkeeperSmithsonian podcast: Ep. 13: The Riverkeeper
The outro music in this episode is WAKAN TANKA by Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band, courtesy of Carl Filipiak, Art of Life Records and Geometric Records.
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Exploitation, heat exhaustion in a warming climate, and a heightened risk of COVID-19 are among the many challenges farmworkers face—often magnified by undocumented immigration status. Why does the law fail to protect these essential workers, and how can advocates step in where the law falls short? In this episode we speak with a Vermont-based farmworker from Mexico, activists at the organization Migrant Justice, and Vermont Law School Associate Dean Jenny Rushlow to find out.
Guests:
Jose Luis Cordova Herrera, Dairy Farm Worker
Marita Canedo, Organizer, Migrant Justice
Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice
Jennifer K. Rushlow, Associate Dean for Environmental Programs and Director of the Environmental Law Center
Resources:
Support and get involved with Migrant Justice.
Call your legislator to support the Vermont Coronavirus Relief Fund for immigrant families. Donate to Movimiento Cosecha’s Undocumented Worker Fund.
Dontate to Justice for Migrant Women COVID-19 Relief Fund.
Sew #Masks4Farmworkers.
Sign up to milk cows in Vermont if farmworkers get sick.
Download Housing and Employment Rights for Vermont Dairy Workers, published by Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems.
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Guests:
Sophia Kruszrewski, Clinic Director, Center for Agriculture and Food Systems
Hillary Hoffmann, Professor of Law, Environmental Law Center
Barry Hill, Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute and Adjunct Faculty at Vermont Law School
Russel Mendell, MERL’20
Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law and Senior Counsel in the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC)Hosts:
Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney, Energy Clinic
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Guests:
Marianne Engelman Lado, Visiting Professor, Douglas Costle Chair in Environmental Law and Director of the Environmental Justice Clinic at Vermont Law School
Phyllis Gosa, sixth-generation resident of the Ashurst Bar/Smith Community
Ronald Smith, Pastor and resident of the Ashurst Bar/Smith Community
Ashley Harper JD'21, Vermont Law School
Environmental Justice Law Society at Vermont Law School - Arielle King JD/MELP’21, Jameson Davis JD'20/MELP'19, Mariana Muñoz JD'21, Jerry Thomas JD'21Hosts:
Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney, Energy Clinic
Mason Overstreet, Staff Attorney, Environmental Advocacy ClinicRecommended Resources:
EPA Slams Door to Justice on Historic Black Community, Earth JusticeEPA Quietly Closes Complaint at Heart of Civil Rights Suit, GreenwireThe Jemez Principles for Democratic OrganizingUS Commission on Civil Rights, "Environmental Justice" (2016)Marianne Engelman Lado, No More Excuses: Building a New Vision of Civil Rights Enforcement in the Context of Environmental Justice, 22 U. Pa. J.L. & Soc. Change 281 (2019).Costle Lecture at Vermont Law School by Douglas Costle Visiting Professor of Law, Marianne Engelman Lado, No More Excuses: Building a New Vision of Civil Rights Enforcement in the Context of Environmental Justice, November 2019. -
Guests:
Erik Dorfman, Activist and Poet
Russel Mendell, MERL’20
Gus Speth, Co-Founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Vermont Law School Professor 2010-2015Hosts:
Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney
Pat Parenteau, Professor of Law and Senior Counsel in the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC)Recommended Resources:
Children Change Their Parents’ Minds about Climate Change
Is There Any Point to Protesting?
What Is the Climate Strike? An Adult’s Guide to What, Why, and How to Help
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Guests:
Barry Hill, Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute and Adjunct Faculty at Vermont Law School
Carmen Gonzalez, Professor of Law at Seattle University School of LawHosts:
Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff AttorneyFor more Hothouse Earth, follow us on Twitter @HothouseEarth, and subscribe to our newsletter on our website, www.hothouseearthpodcast.com.
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