Latest Vermont law school Podcast Episodes

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Can State Tort Litigation Do to Big Oil What It Did to Big Tobacco?

Hothouse Earth - December 19, 2023 17:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Listen to Robert Percival, director of the Environmental Law Program, Robert F. Stanton Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, chat with host Laura Ireland about the possibility of states using tort litigation to make oil companies accountable for their r...

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ENERGY CONCERNS OF INDOOR CANNABIS CULTIVATION

Hothouse Earth - November 30, 2023 15:28 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
With environmental crises reaching a critical tipping point, we find ourselves sprinting to keep up with fast-changing environmental law and policy developments like regulatory rollbacks and subsequent lawsuits. Join experts from the nation's premier environmental law school as they provide conci...

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HELD V. STATE OF MONTANA

Hothouse Earth - October 03, 2023 13:44 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Listen to Jenny Rushlow, dean of the Maverick Lloyd School for the Environment, professor of law, and faculty director of the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law and Graduate School talk about the Montana Court's ruling on Held v. State of Montana, how it relates to other cases such as the l...

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SACKETT V. EPA AND CLIMATE WHISPERERS

Hothouse Earth - July 27, 2023 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Listen to Cale Jaffe, professor of law and director of the Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at University of Virginia School of Law, chat about the Supreme Court's ruling on Sackett v. EPA and his idea of climate whisperers.

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The Evolution of Environmental Law: A Conversation with Pat Parenteau

Hothouse Earth - February 28, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
In this episode, Pat Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus and Senior Fellow for Climate Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School, chats about his career and how environmental law and policy has evolved, with podcast host, Jeannie Oliver, professor of law and staff attorney at VLGS’s Energy Clin...

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Quantity Unknown: The Uncertain Future of Vermont’s Surface Waters

Hothouse Earth - December 21, 2021 17:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Guests David Deen, President, Connecticut River Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Trout Unlimited Vermont Council, former VT state legislator for 30 years Kathy Urffer, River Steward, Connecticut River Conservancy Julia MacDonald JD'21, Vermont Law School  Peter Malicky MELP'21, Vermont Law...

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Plant Patents, Biodiversity, and “Public Domain” Seeds

Hothouse Earth - August 06, 2021 12:35 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Patents on living things threaten biodiversity and our resilience against climate change. In this episode, we examine how a VLS professor is helping plant breeders use “defensive publication” to keep innovations open-source and promote biodiversity. Guests Jim Myers, Professor, Vegetable Breed...

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Elevate: Expanding the Reach of Environmental Law with Brandi Colander

Hothouse Earth - April 16, 2021 16:17 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
The second episode in the Hothouse Earth Podcast’s “Elevate” miniseries features Brandi Colander JD’06. One of the first students to complete VLS’s dual degree with the Yale School of the Environment, Colander has a career that spans sectors and disciplines. Her work shows that environmental law...

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Elevate: Public Interest Trailblazer Karin Sheldon

Hothouse Earth - March 12, 2021 17:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Guest Karin Sheldon, President of Four Echoes Strategies and Adjunct Professor at Colorado Law University of Colorado Boulder Hosts Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney, Energy Clinic Veronica Ung-Kono JD/MERL 2021 Recommended Resources Bowman, Cynthia Grant, Women in the Le...

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Elevate: A Hothouse Earth Miniseries

Hothouse Earth - March 05, 2021 17:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Over the next few months, Hothouse Earth will be sharing  conversations with women about their experiences in shaping environmental and social change through the power of the law and some of the challenges that they've faced along the way. 

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Changing the Tide: Waterkeepers Examine Equity, Diversity, and Racism in the Environmental Movement

Hothouse Earth - December 04, 2020 17:21 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Environmental justice activist Fred Tutman is the only Black waterkeeper in the United States, and in this candid discussion with his close friend and fellow waterkeeper Theaux Le Gardeur, the duo reflect on how racism has affected their very different experiences in the environmental movement. ...

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Essential Yet Unprotected: Farmworkers in America

Hothouse Earth - June 19, 2020 15:58 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Exploitation, heat exhaustion in a warming climate, and a heightened risk of COVID-19 are among the many challenges farmworkers face—often magnified by undocumented immigration status. Why does the law fail to protect these essential workers, and how can advocates step in where the law falls sho...

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A Year of Hothouse Earth

Hothouse Earth - May 08, 2020 21:32 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Guests: Sophia Kruszrewski, Clinic Director, Center for Agriculture and Food Systems Hillary Hoffmann, Professor of Law, Environmental Law Center Barry Hill, Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute and Adjunct Faculty at Vermont Law School Russel Mendell, MERL’20 Patrick Parenteau, P...

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Environmental Justice

Hothouse Earth - February 04, 2020 16:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Guests: Marianne Engelman Lado, Visiting Professor, Douglas Costle Chair in Environmental Law and Director of the Environmental Justice Clinic at Vermont Law School Phyllis Gosa, sixth-generation resident of the Ashurst Bar/Smith Community Ronald Smith, Pastor and resident of the Ashurst Bar/Smi...

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On the Streets and In the Courts: The Youth Climate Movement

Hothouse Earth - October 25, 2019 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Guests: Erik Dorfman, Activist and Poet Russel Mendell, MERL’20 Gus Speth, Co-Founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Vermont Law School Professor 2010-2015   Hosts: Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorn...

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Bonus Episode: Environmental Justice Career Paths

Hothouse Earth - October 11, 2019 16:33 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Guests: Barry Hill, Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute and Adjunct Faculty at Vermont Law School Carmen Gonzalez, Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law Hosts: Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney For more Hothouse Earth, follow us on Twitter @H...

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Climate Migration: Not If, But When

Hothouse Earth - August 30, 2019 15:18 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Guests: Barry Hill, Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute and Adjunct Faculty at Vermont Law School Carmen Gonzalez, Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law Hosts: Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney Mason Overstreet, LLM Toxics Fellow with the...

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Trump's "America First Energy Plan" Part 3

Hothouse Earth - July 25, 2019 20:10 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
In the third and final episode on Trump's "America First Energy Plan" hosts Jeannie Oliver and Mason Overstreet examine the wide variety of regulations that protect our water, air, land and public health. In an effort to put industry first, is the Trump administration ultimately putting environ...

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The Border Wall, the Environment, and the President’s Powers: Sierra Club v. President Trump

Hothouse Earth - June 28, 2019 16:02 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
For more Hothouse Earth, follow us on Twitter @HothouseEarth, and subscribe to our newsletter on our website, www.hothouseearthpodcast.com. Guest: Professor John Echeverria, Environmental Law Center Hosts: Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney Mason Overstreet, LLM Toxics F...

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Trump's "America First Energy Plan" Part 2

Hothouse Earth - June 14, 2019 19:47 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
For more Hothouse Earth, follow us on Twitter @HothouseEarth, and subscribe to our newsletter on our website, www.hothouseearthpodcast.com. Guests: Kyle Tisdel JD'05, Western Environmental Law Center Shiloh Hernandez JD'08, Western Environmental Law Center Hosts: Jeannie Oliver, Assistant P...

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Trump's "America First Energy Plan" Part 1

Hothouse Earth - April 23, 2019 16:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
For more Hothouse Earth, follow us on Twitter @HothouseEarth, and subscribe to our newsletter on our website, www.hothouseearthpodcast.com. Guests: Hillary Hoffmann, Professor of Law, Environmental Law Center Hosts: Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney Mason Overstreet, LL...

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The Farm Bill

Hothouse Earth - March 11, 2019 15:59 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
For more Hothouse Earth, follow us on Twitter @HothouseEarth, and subscribe to our newsletter on our website, www.hothouseearthpodcast.com. Guests: Laurie Beyranevand, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Sophia Kruszrewski, Clinic Director, Center for Agriculture and Food...

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Hothouse Earth Podcast Trailer

Hothouse Earth - February 18, 2019 21:12 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
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