Perfectly Legal, But Wrong
When “perfectly legal” is a lame excuse for doing the wrong thing
Ethics and the Environment
Promises, Promises: A Pity (and a Pittance?) for East Palestine
By Don Mayer It’s fairly commonplace for CEOs of U.S. companies to move quickly into crisis management mode after a public relations disaster. Alan Shaw, CEO of Norfolk Southern, was in just such a mode after the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine,...
Drill, Baby, Drill!
This month, we interrupt the parade of “perfectly legal but wrong” entries to bring you something questionably legal and clearly wrong. Seismic testing in preparation for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could begin this winter. In December...
The Precautionary Principle and International Efforts to Ban DDT
The precautionary principle is invoked frequently in both U.S. and international environmental law, but when the United States and Canada began to look a persistent organic pollutants in banning DDT it led to a whole new branch of environment science and law.
China’s Export Restrictions of Raw Materials and Rare Earths: A New Balance Between Free Trade and Environmental Protection?
The legal issues that arise in both China – Raw Materials and China’s export restrictions of REE are significant for WTO jurisprudence because they address long-standing tensions between free trade and environmental protection. This Article discusses the Raw Materials Appellate Body’s analysis of the environmental and conservation defenses China raised under GATT 1994 Articles XI, XX(b), and XX(g).