Student-Run Journal’s Annual List Highlights Pressing Issues
SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont (Jan. 30, 2025) — The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, a publication from Vermont Law and Graduate School, has released its annual Top 10 Environmental Watch List for 2025.
The list includes 10 pieces, each written by a student editor and a faculty co-author from the school, which examine the most pressing environmental law issues impacting the world today.
This year’s standout stories are:
- Home Sales and Water Levels are On The Rise in Flood Zones
- Written by Abigail Bailey and Dr. Guanchi Zhang
- Biogas’ Toxic Relationship with CAFOs: How Reliance on this Fuel Source Engenders Harmful Animal Farming Practices
- Written by Alex Hume and Delcianna Winders
- Stuck in the Weeds: How the Next Farm Bill Impacts the Environment
- Written by Andrew Hockenberry and Emma Scott
- The Urgent Need for Stricter PFAS Regulations to Safeguard Water Quality and Public Health
- Written by Ashton Danneels and Christophe Courchesne
- Is Loper Bright a Red Herring? Why Ohio v. EPA Could Be Dangerous for Environmental Federal Agencies
- Written by Christina Karem and Laurie Beyranevand
- Superfund Me: A High-Level Overview of Climate Change Superfund Bills
- Written by Erin Evans and Dayna Smith
- AI Is Mining More Than Data
- Written by Hadley Chance and Mia Montoya Hammersley
- Unseen and Unprotected: The Ongoing Struggle of Climate Refugees in the United States
- Written by Isaiah Gonzales and Siu Tip Lam
- Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy in the Green Mountain State
- Written by Kathryn Keener and Diana Csank
- Rejecting False Solutions: The Inflation Reduction Act and the Fight for a Just Energy Transition
- Written by Savannah Collins and Mia Montoya Hammersley
The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law offers a forum for discussion of contemporary legal issues and provides articles from academics, practitioners and students alike. Founded nearly 30 years ago, in 1996, it is published quarterly and serves as a resource for environmental advocates in the legal field and far beyond.
Learn more about the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, read past issues and more at vjel.vermontlaw.edu.
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Vermont Law and Graduate School, a private, independent institution, is home to a law school that offers ABA-accredited residential and online hybrid JD programs and a graduate school that offers master’s degrees and certificates in multiple disciplines, including programs offered by the Maverick Lloyd School for the Environment, the Center for Justice Reform and other graduate-level programs emphasizing the intersection of environmental justice, social justice and public policy. Both the law and graduate schools strongly feature experiential clinical and field work learning. For more information, visit vermontlaw.edu, Facebook and Instagram.