EDGI’s Environmental Historians Action Collaborative (EHAC) is co-organizing a conference on the climate crisis to take place June 16-17, 2022. With the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, EHAC is currently soliciting proposals from scholars that trace the connections between the climate crisis and its roots in early American history. Through a 1-2 day workshop … Read more
By Fredrik Albritton Jonsson Despite garnering strong support from many groups in civil society, Juliana v. US has not been successful so far. Even though dangerous climate change is increasingly likely according to the IPCC, the American justice system has tended to see the issue as a political rather than a constitutional responsibility. Now, however, … Read more
In January 2020, the Trump administration proposed dramatic regulatory changes that, if instituted, will undermine one of the nation’s most effective environmental laws, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Act, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is a cornerstone of the laws and regulations put into place in the 1970s to protect the environment … Read more