Hot Topics Lecture Series

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Each summer the Environmental Law Center hosts the Hot Topics in Environmental Law lecture series. On Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon, VLGS faculty and invited experts host lectures on a variety of current issues in environmental law and policy. Vermont Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit is available.

Free and open to the public, all summer 2023 lectures will be streamed virtually at vermontlaw.edu/live. 

Visit our video archive to view lectures from past summers. 

Hot Topics Lecture Series

1 Jun 2023

Hot Topics: Sackett v. EPA: The Supreme Court’s Bombshell Ruling and What It Means for Wetlands, Wildlife, and the Climate Crisis

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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6 Jun 2023

Hot Topics: Compassionate Conservation: Bridging the Divide Between Caring for Ecosystems and Caring for Animals

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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8 Jun 2023

Hot Topics: Strong Roots, New Growth: Unlocking the Potential of Heirs' Property

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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13 Jun 2023

Hot Topics: Surviving the Megadrought

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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20 Jun 2023

Hot Topics: The Chesapeake Bay

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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22 Jun 2023

Hot Topics: Legislating Light Pollution: Examining Light Pollution Laws in the U.S.

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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27 Jun 2023

Hot Topics: Animals as Property, Quasi-Property or Quasi-Person

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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29 Jun 2023

Hot Topics: The case against pet ownership

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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11 Jul 2023

Hot Topics: The New UN Plastics Convention

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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18 Jul 2023

Hot Topics: Can State Tort Litigation Do to Big Oil What it Did to Big Tobacco?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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20 Jul 2023

Hot Topics: FERC: Helping or hindering a clean energy transition?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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25 Jul 2023

Hot Topics: Climate change: The biggest human rights issue of the 21st century

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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27 Jul 2023

Hot Topics: ESG: Who is making the rules?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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1 Aug 2023

Hot Topics: The Unwanted Neighbor: How Indoor Cannabis Cultivators Raise Environmental Justice Concerns

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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3 Aug 2023

Hot Topics: Reporting from the Void: Americans' "Rights" to Nutritious Food, Potable Water, and Clean Air

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Previous Hot Topics Lectures

4 Aug 2022

A Recipe for Sustainability: Global Best Practices to Combat Food Waste and Food Insecurity

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

2 Aug 2022

A Right of Ethical Consideration for All Non-Human Animals: The Capabilities Approach and Beyond

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

28 Jul 2022

The Righteous Divide in American Policymaking

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

26 Jul 2022

What Environmental Lawyers Should Know About the Supreme Court's "Shadow Docket"

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

21 Jul 2022

Economic Actors in Cuba and Environmental Impact: A Pending Subject?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

19 Jul 2022

Climate Belonging

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

14 Jul 2022

The Clean Power Plan Litigation and the Path Ahead for Power Plant GHG Regulation

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

12 Jul 2022

Lithium vs. Buckwheat: When renewable energy goals run up against species protection laws

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

30 Jun 2022

West Virginia v EPA (and the Biden Administration's Climate Ambitions?)

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

28 Jun 2022

About a Beagle: How my hound bred for science led me to the world of animal research, testing, and education

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

23 Jun 2022

From RFS to CCS: Can ethanol become more climate-friendly?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

21 Jun 2022

Happy Cows? Misunderstood, Under-protected, and Destroying the Environment—A Scientific and Legal Perspective 

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

16 Jun 2022

Economics and Climate Change: The Significance of Context and Interpretation

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

vermontlaw.edu/live

14 Jun 2022

Payment for Ecosystem Services in Vermont: A Farmer-Led Approach to Conservation Funding

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

vermontlaw.edu/live

9 Jun 2022

International Environmental Law and the War in Ukraine

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

vermontlaw.edu/live

7 Jun 2022

Bird Flu and the Normalization of Ventilation Shutdown

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

vermontlaw.edu/live

2 Jun 2022

What Changes the Electric Grid Needs to Meet Our Clean Energy Goals

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

vermontlaw.edu/live

5 Aug 2021

The Corporate Capture of Agricultural Climate ‘Solutions’

12:00pm - 1:00pm

3 Aug 2021

Ecological Law Case Studies: Bringing the Theory Down to Earth

12:00pm - 1:00pm

29 Jul 2021

Bird Brains? Our Evolving Understanding of Chickens—and Their Lagging Legal Status

12:00pm - 1:00pm

27 Jul 2021

How Will A Decidedly More Conservative Judiciary Affect the Future Of U.S. Environmental Law?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

22 Jul 2021

Algal Blooms and Animal Ag

12:00pm - 1:00pm

20 Jul 2021

Rivers with Rights

12:00pm - 1:00pm

15 Jul 2021

The Problematic State of Farmed Animal Protection in Canada

12:00pm - 1:00pm

13 Jul 2021

The Biden Administration and the International Environment

12:00pm - 1:00pm

1 Jul 2021

From Ginsburg to Barrett: How 2020 Transformed Environmental Battles at the Supreme Court

12:00pm - 1:00pm

29 Jun 2021

What’s the Actual Deal with the EU Green Deal?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

24 Jun 2021

Baltimore vs Big Oil: Cities Sue to Recover Damages for Climate Disruption

12:00pm - 1:00pm

22 Jun 2021

The CAFO, Version 2.0: Alternate Realities in Administrative Law

12:00pm - 1:00pm

17 Jun 2021

Nuclear War: Still the Gravest Threat to the Environment

12:00pm - 1:00pm

15 Jun 2021

Why the U.S. Needs a National Food Strategy

12:00pm - 1:00pm

10 Jun 2021

Intimidation & Bearing Witness: "Ag-Gag" Laws Criminalizing Animal Interactions

12:00pm - 1:00pm

8 Jun 2021

The Forest for the Trees: Short-circuiting Environmental Review for National Forest Cuts

12:00pm - 1:00pm

3 Jun 2021

The Status of Renewables in VT and the VT Long-Range Transmission Plan

12:00pm - 1:00pm

30 Jul 2020

Hot Topics 2020: The Green Amendment: A Bold New Strategy for Environmental Protection

12:00pm - 1:00pm

28 Jul 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Greening China’s “Belt and Road” Through New Measures to Promote Transnational Environmental Accountability

12:00pm - 1:00pm

23 Jul 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Healthy Food Access Policies and Prioritizing Equity Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis

12:00pm - 1:00pm

21 Jul 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Protecting Pigs in an Era of De-regulation

12:00pm - 1:00pm

16 Jul 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Building Back Smarter: A Post COVID America

12:00pm - 1:00pm

14 Jul 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Debating the Merits of Alternative Transportation Fuels

12:00pm - 1:00pm

7 Jul 2020

Hot Topics 2020: USMCA (NAFTA 2.0) - Implications for Sustainability

12:00pm - 1:00pm

25 Jun 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Ecological Law - A Transformational Approach for Legal Systems

12:00pm - 1:00pm

23 Jun 2020

Hot Topics 2020: COVID and the Context of Systemic Race Discrimination and Environmental Justice

12:00pm - 1:00pm

18 Jun 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Sick in the Slaughterhouse: Protecting Meat Industry Workers During the Pandemic and Beyond

12:00pm - 1:00pm

16 Jun 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Mine: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

12:00pm - 1:00pm

11 Jun 2020

Hot Topics 2020: The Sustainable Development Code: Helping Local Governments Build Resilience and Adapt to Uncertainty

12:00pm - 1:00pm

4 Jun 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Clean Water Act Update - The Maui Decision; WOTUS Wars Part Two; World's Worst Copper Mine; and More

12:00pm - 1:00pm

28 May 2020

Hot Topics 2020: Status of Renewable Energy Generation in Vermont and the Changing Power Grid

12:00pm - 1:00pm


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