Hothouse Earth Podcast

Welcome to VLGS’s Hothouse Earth Podcast! With environmental crises reaching a critical tipping point, we find ourselves sprinting to keep up with fast-changing environmental law and policy developments like regulatory rollbacks and subsequent lawsuits. Join experts from the nation’s premier environmental law school as they provide concise, accessible conversation on the most pressing issues of our time. If you are an advocate, journalist, educator, student, or concerned citizen seeking to understand environmental law and how it relates to current events, Hothouse Earth is the podcast for you.

You can subscribe to Hothouse Earth on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Join us as we dive into thought-provoking conversations on pressing topics, including environmental law, energy law, food and agriculture law and policy, international law, and human rights.


  • Episode 24

    NEPA and the Recent D.C. Circuit Ruling

  • Episode 23

    How the U.S. Supreme Court 2024 Rulings Affect Environmental Protections – episode 2 of 2

  • Episode 22

    How the U.S. Supreme Court 2024 Rulings Affect Environmental Protections – episode 1 of 2

  • Episode 21

    Heirs Property: Securing Family Real Estate for Intergenerational Resiliency and Wealth

  • Episode 20

    The Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic

  • Episode 19

    Can State Tort Litigation Do to Big Oil What It Did to Big Tobacco?

  • Episode 18

    Environmental Justice and Energy Concerns of Indoor Cannabis Cultivation

  • Episode 17

    Held v. State of Montana

  • Episode 16

    Sackett v. EPA Climate Whisperers

  • Episode 15

    The Evolution of Environmental Law A Conversation with Pat Parenteau

  • Episode 14

    Quantity Unknown The Uncertain Future of Vermont’s Surface Waters

  • Episode 13

    Plant Patents, Biodiversity, and “Public Domain” Seeds

  • Episode 12

    Elevate: Expanding the Reach of Environmental Law with Brandi Colander

  • Episode 11

    Elevate: Public Interest Trailblazer Karin Sheldon

  • Episode 10

    Changing the Tide

  • Episode 9

    Essential Yet Unprotected: Farmworkers In America

  • Episode 8

    Environmental Justice

  • Episode 7

    On the Streets and In the Courts: The Youth Climate Movement

  • Bonus Episode

    Environmental Justice Career Paths

  • Episode 6

    Climate Migration

  • Episode 5

    Energy Plan Part 3

  • Episode 4

    The Border Wall

  • Episode 3

    Energy Plan Part 2

  • Episode 2

    Energy Plan Part 1

  • Episode 1

    The Farm Bill