On April 12, 2010, the Environmental Law Program welcomed Sherry P. Broder, Esq., to talk about implementing changes to reduce air pollution from the Global Shipping Industry. Read the full post »
On April 6, 2010 second year law student and 2009 Jarman fellow, Stewart Yerton and distinguished ELP alumnus Marti Townsend hosted a panel discussion on Environmental Jusitce in Waiʻanae. The panel included Alice Greenwood, community activist, Walterbea Aldeguer, life-long Wai‘anae Coast resident, and Kamuela Enos, Education Resource Specialist at Maʻo Farms. Read the full post »
On February 23, 2010, the Environmental Law Program hosted a colloquium featuring the Energy Planning and Policy Branch of the Strategic Industries Division at the State of Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT). Read the full post »
ELP has published a paper by alumna Richelle Thomson (Class of 2007) on state conservation tax credits as part of its “He Mau Mo‘olelo Kanawai o ka ‘Aina” (Stories of the Law of the Land) series of excellent student scholarship. To read the paper, click here. Richelle’s paper surveys twelve states’ efforts to encourage private land conservation through income tax credits for donations of property interests. Read the full post »