Vermont Law School blog articles featuring stories and projects about climate change, climate change law and policy, extinction and adaptation, global warming impacts, international climate change law and more. From stories on how VLS students and alumni are impacting policy change to the VLS participation in the COP/UN Climate Change Conference.
June 5, 2017
By Pat Parenteau, Senior Counsel and Professor, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic
June 1, 2017, will go down as the day the United States turned its back on the international community and relinquished its leadership on the greatest environmental threat the world has ever faced. President Trump's decision to leave the Paris climate agreement—signed by all of the nations of the world except Syria and Nicaragua—was, in the words of distinguished career diplomat R. Nicholas Burns, a "colossal foreign policy mistake."
But there's a catch.…
May 12, 2017
As a candidate, Donald Trump famously dismissed climate change as a “hoax” invented by the Chinese to gain a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. As President, Trump put Scott Pruitt, who disputes the scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is the primary driver of climate change, in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency.
In his first budget, Trump proposed to eliminate many climate change programs outright, and cut others sharply. The EPA, which focuses on significant climate science, would see its budget cut by 31%, reducing it to levels…
November 6, 2016
As Environmental Protection Specialist for the Federal Aviation Administration, VLS alum Dan Williams has become a climate changer.
September 30, 2016
On this increasingly small and fragile planet, China is the single biggest Environmental Stage. Enter Vermont Law School.
The impact that Climate Change has had on Vermont is undeniable, and VLS is preparing the next generation of policymakers and legislators to protect the environment.