Current: Vol. 36, Issue 2

Dieselgate: How the Investigation, Prosecution, and Settlement of Volkswagen's Emissions Cheating Scandal Illustrates the Need for Robust Environmental Enforcement 
 By John C. Cruden, Bethany Engel, Nigel Cooney & Josh Van Eaton

​For a Lump of Coal & A Drop of Oil: An Environmentalist's Critique of the Trump Administration's First Year Energy Policies
By Carol J. Miller
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Forthcoming: Vol. 36, Issue 3

Unraveling the Administrative State: Mechanism Choice, Key Actors, and Regulatory Tools
By Robert L. Glicksman & David L. Markell

Asteroid Mining: Ecological Jurisprudence Beyond Earth
By Elizabeth Loder ​

The Influence of Property in the Law of Energy Development: How the United States as a Landowner Can Limit Environmental Degradation on Federal Lands
By Siarra Rogers  ​(Student Note)

Announcements

​Virginia Environmental Law Journal is now accepting articles for its forthcoming spring 2019 empirical environmental law issue. 

  • The exclusive submission window for the empirical law issue will run from June 15 to September 15, 2018. 
  • Submissions will be accepted through velj.submissions@virginia.edu. 
  • After desk review by the VELJ editorial board, a subset of submissions will be selected to move forward to peer review. 
  • Authors will be notified at this phase as to advancement or rejection. Peer review will begin October 1, and conclude mid-November, and every effort will be made to notify authors of a final decision by December 1. 
  • See attached document for more information. 

New Post from the Environmental Law Review Syndicate:

The Virginia Environmental Law Journal is pleased to share Carbon Tax and Low-Income Grant Proposal to Encourage Low-Income Investment in Solar Technologies by Elizabeth Doherty, 3L, Vermont Law School and Symposium Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 

Please Join Us for our Fall Symposium: Whose Mess Is It? Federalism and Environmental Regulation In a New Political Climate

9:30 am to 2:00 pm, Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the University of Virginia School of Law.

See the video below for a view from our Fall 2016 Symposium panel on Volkswagen and the Future of Industry Compliance.