by Elizabeth Melampy J.D.'21 Elizabeth MElampy '21 Coming to law school, I knew I cared about animals, but I had only a vague idea what “animal law” meant. The fact that HLS had an Animal Law …
Scientists and law professors urge Biden to pull unlawful Endangered Species Act rules
via Harvard Law Todayby HLS News staff Polar bear on a wide surface of ice in the russian arctic close to Franz Josef Land. Credit: iStock/SeppFriedhuber More than two dozen leading scientists …
As fire burns, activists sneak into Point Reyes to bring water to parched elk. Should they?
via Los Angeles Times by Susanne Rust, Anita Chabria POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE — As darkness fell and a thick Pacific fog crept in over the Point Reyes peninsula on Sunday, a …
“The very test under the Endangered Species Act is supposed to be ‘What is the best available science?’”
via Harvard Law Today by Sarah Pickering hould the public get a window into the factors federal agencies considered—or ignored—when devising important environmental, health and safety regulations, …
Right to farm: Indiana families ask U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on case over factory farm
via IndyStar by Sarah Bowman OCP Note: The Petition for Cert. was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court in October 2020 A local environmental group believes that Indiana’s Right to Farm Act violates the …
Animal rights advocates sue federal government over treatment of research primates
by David Abel via The Boston Globe In the wake of regulators formally rejecting a petition to improve the conditions of non-human primates used in federally funded research studies, a group of …