Study after study affirms that low-income, minority communities bear a disproportionate burden of pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has acknowledged that polluting industries and hazardous waste dumps are most often located in predominantly poor minority communities.Although...

On November 4, 2016, DOJ's Environment and Natural Resources Division convened an extraordinary group of legal scholars and practitioners to discuss “The Future of Environmental Law.” Speaking before the presidential election but mindful of the transition possibilities, the symposium...

This Article takes a large step toward creating a positive theory of environmental law by mapping pollution control law's means and ends. Prior work on the general theory of environmental law generally adopts a critical stance informed by law and economics, often with a minimal understanding of...