Environmental Law Center

On December 19, in Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held unconstitutional major parts of Pennsylvania’s “Act 13”—a 2012 oil and gas law designed to facilitate the development of natural gas from Marcellus Shale.  In so doing, the Court breathed new life into Article I, Section 27 of  Pennsylvania’s constitution, which […]

Days ago, the state of Victoria in Australia banned the practice of hydraulic fracturing. Today, Mexico permitted a significant project allowing use of non-hydraulic fracturing, an emerging alternative means to liberate embedded shale gas. These developments, and others like them, reflect growing engagement of fracking around the globe. In the U.S., hydraulic fracturing exists in a rarified […]

The Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic had barely opened on the Harrisburg campus when the second phone call to its Environmental Help Line influenced the course of student Jon Johnson’s future.  Johnson, who was one of a handful of students who helped expand the Clinic to the Harrisburg campus, knew nothing about hydraulic fracturing, […]

The Widener Environmental Law Center is proud to announce itss 2010-11 Environmental Law Distinguished Speakers, starting with Edith Brown Weiss on September 23, 2010. For a full list of speakers, and for more information, see:   http://blogs.law.widener.edu/envirolawcenter/home/distinguished-speaker-series/

Professor May Comments on Climate Change Cases With the headline, “Law Professor Says Climate Change Cases Will Be ‘Irresistible’ to U.S. Supreme Court,” the December 16, 2009 issue of BNA’s Daily Environment Reporter and the December 17, 2009 issue of BNA’s Toxic Torts Reporter cited Jim May’s comments on recent climate change cases during a […]