Environmental Law Disrupted By COVID-19

Authors

Katrina Fischer Kuh, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace UniversityFollow
Lissa Griffin, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace UniversityFollow
Rebecca Bratspies, CUNY School of Law
Vanessa Casado Perez, Texas A&M University School of Law
Robin Kundis Craig, USC Gould School of Law
Keith Hirokawa, Albany Law School
Sarah Krakoff, University of Colorado Law School
Jessica Owley, University of Miami School of Law
Melissa Powers, Lewis & Clark Law School
Shannon Roesler, University of Iowa College of Law
Jonathan Rosenbloom, Vermont Law School
J.B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University Law School
Erin Ryan, Florida State University College of Law
David Takacs, UC Hastings College of Law

Document Type

Article

Abstract

For over a year, the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about systemic racial injustice have highlighted the conflicts and opportunities currently faced by environmental law. Scientists uniformly predict that environmental degradation, notably climate change, will cause a rise in diseases, disproportionate suffering among communities already facing discrimination, and significant economic losses. In this Article, members of the Environmental Law Collaborative examine the legal system’s responses to these crises, with the goal of framing opportunities to reimagine environmental law. The Article is excerpted from their book Environmental Law, Disrupted, to be published by ELI Press later this year.

Recommended Citation

Katrina Fischer Kuh, Lissa Griffin et. al., Environmental Law Disrupted, 51 Env't L. Rep. 10509 (2021), https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/1202/.