TERM THREE

TERM THREE:

See individual course descriptions for class dates and times.

ANIMAL ETHICS AND CONSERVATION

(2 CREDITS) ENV5902.01

July 11–14 and 18–21, 1–4 pm

Heather Rally

This course explores the challenges associated with applying animal welfare ethics to wildlife management and ecosystem conservation. The course provides students with the scientific and philosophical tools required to critically evaluate the myriad ethical and animal welfare challenges faced under a variety of wildlife management scenarios, including for agriculture, recreation, species conservation, and biodiversity protection purposes. Students explore the apparent conflict between environmental and animal welfare ethics frameworks and work to resolve these tensions through the critical evaluation of case studies, revealing the challenges and opportunities that exist when we reconcile these differences for the betterment of both animals and their ecosystems.

ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS

(2 CREDITS) ENV5902.02

July 11–14 and 18–21, 9 am–12 pm

Sean Donahue

In this course we will first examine some fundamentals of appellate practice and procedure (understood to include judicial review of agency action). We will survey topics that often loom large in environmental appeals, including subject matter jurisdiction and appealability; presentation of complex scientific and technical evidence; statutory and regulatory interpretation; and legal framing of environmental claims and values. Finally, we will look at a series of significant environmental cases in detail, and discuss the tactical challenges the litigators faced, from initial filings to briefing and appellate argument, with attention both to the nuts and bolts of procedural and to broader questions of strategy.

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR

(2 CREDITS) ENV5223

July 11–14 and 18–21, 1–4 pm

Victor Flatt

This class examines how environmental laws, policies, and public opinion interact with business and private sector behavior in adopting environmental friendly policies and private sector governance through markets. In particular, the class will examine the concept of private environmental governance, business sustainability drivers and practice, and the growth of market models in corporate governance.

THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF FOOD

(2 CREDITS) INT7435

July 11–14 and 18–21, 9 am–12 pm

David A. Wirth

This course, one of the few if not the only in the world to address this critical subject matter, identifies and analyzes contemporary international legal and policy issues related to food including supply, safety, security, subsidies, and trade. Students will master legal and structural analytical tools for addressing these increasingly important challenges of concern to all global citizens. The material includes the roles of international institutions, including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The course stresses the development of skills to enable students effectively to grapple with new and emerging issues in this ever-changing and expanding field. The course includes a simulated multilateral negotiation in which students serve as instructed representatives of states and non-governmental organizations.

RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

(2 CREDITS) ENV5550

July 11–14 and 18–21, 9 am–12 pm

Andrew Hanson and Brian Potts JD’04

This course will provide an in-depth look at the legal and regulatory issues associated with the development and project financing of renewable energy projects such as wind, hydro, solar, and battery storage. After completing this course, students will have a solid understanding of how to help vet the economics of renewable projects and get them permitted, financed, built, hooked-up to the grid and operational.

TOXIC EXPOSURE AND HEALTH

(1 CREDIT) ENV5315

July 15–17, 10 am–12 pm and 1–3 pm

Patrice Simms

This class will address several substantive issues from the perspective of community health, including the Toxic Substances Control Act, air toxics and the petrochemical industry, pesticides and farmworker safety, lead exposure, and PFAS. We will look at recent EPA actions and related cases, as well as community level impacts and frontline advocacy. The class will examine and discuss the history and architecture of our federal statutory and regulatory programs that have allowed disproportionate impacts to persist for decades.