Energy Clinic Focuses on Community Solar Projects
The Energy Clinic at Vermont Law School, the first of its kind in the country, takes a community-minded approach by helping locals develop solar projects that yield both environmental and […]
EarthRights International Director Discusses ‘Earth Rights v. Corporate Rights’ Jan. 26 at Vermont Law School
Redford will address the rise of corporate power and legal rights of corporations in the United States and globally; corporate immunities for human rights and environmental abuses; and "what lawyers […]
Texas A&M Student Wins Vermont Journal of Environmental Law Writing Competition with ‘Locomotives v. Local Motives’
McGowan will receive a $1,000 prize and publication in the March 2015 issue of VJEL for his winning paper titled "Locomotives v. Local Motives: The Coming Conflict, Statutory Void, and […]
National Black Pre-Law Conference Awards Vermont Law School and VLS Associate Dean Jefferson for Service, Diversity Outreach
Conference leadership presented Jefferson with the "Commitment to the Cause Service Award" in recognition of her "outstanding commitment and service to helping aspiring Black lawyers better understand what it takes […]
Vermont Law Students Prepare for United Nations COP20 on Climate Change; Assist Myanmar Delegation
The VLS observer delegation is composed of juris doctor (JD) and master’s program students in VLS’s "Special Topics COP20" course taught by Professor Tracy Bach. In addition to observing the […]
Renaissance in Reverse: Competition Pushes Aging U.S. Nuclear Reactors to the Brink of Economic Abandonment
Although Wall Street analysts expressed concerns about the economic viability of the aging nuclear fleet in the U.S., the recent early retirements of four nuclear reactors has sent a shock […]
Mark Cooper, Senior Research for Economic Analysis addresses the Canadian House of Representatives
The high cost and large capital expenditures associated with the construction of nuclear reactors makes the technology vastly more expensive and risky than alternative approaches to meeting the need for […]
Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis Mark Cooper releases report on effect of advanced cost recovery on reactor construction
In recent weeks, much attention has focused on the woes of the nuclear industry in Florida and the increasing number of delays and cost overruns associated with the Vogtle project […]
Mark Cooper, Ph.D., Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis, Institute for Energy and the Environment, releases paper on “Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Economics
Cooper’s paper presents a historical analysis of the 50-year debate over nuclear safety that highlights three persistent problems, the flawed organizational structure of safety regulation, the continuing operational challenges confronting […]
Least-Cost Planning for 21st Century Electricity Supply
THE INCREASINGLY COMPLEX CHALLENGE OF RESOURCE ACQUISITION Energy policy and regulatory decision making in the American electricity sector have always been a challenge because the U. S. is among the […]