Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2024

We had large waitlists from both law and college students. There have been over 80 Rights of Nature (RoN) laws passed across the U.S., In all, there have been over 500 RoN laws, cases, policies and declarations around the globe, and the numbers are increasing. One thing is for sure — there is huge student interest in the topic.

Law

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Near the end of his time in office in 2008, President George W. EPA decision in 2007 that greenhouse gasses are “pollutants” subject to regulation under the CAA; and California sought EPA approval of its proposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles that the waiver process became controversial and politicized.

Clean Air Act

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

Proposition 2 is the original California ballot initiative, passed in 2008, imposing specific space requirements for pregnant sows, veal calves and laying hens. While numerous other states had previously passed similar farm animal confinement laws affecting sows and calves, this was the first state to also include laying hens.

Law

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Corporate Consolidation of Seed Breeding Over the past decades, we have seen a hyper consolidation of the seed market with over 50% of seed sales coming from companies that are owned by four large biotechnology corporations. Source: Philip H. To strictly analyze the cost of seed, consider that corn farmers who paid $26.65

Conservation