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Environmental Law and Policy Clinic

Report co-authored by Dr. Nancy Lauer finds North Carolina spent $53 million in 2023 on cleaning up litter, much of it plastics
March 6, 2025
Ryke Longest says while companies have the right to clearcut around billboards, it poses environmental and safety risks
March 5, 2025
Preventing Waste: Clinic emphasizes policies that stop plastic waste before it starts
February 28, 2025
Environmental Inequities: Duke Law’s work on the disproportionate burden of waste
February 27, 2025
How Duke Law is tackling the big problem of little plastics
February 26, 2025
Environmental Law and Policy Clinic files amicus brief on behalf of National Parks Conservation Association to protect Wilderness Battlefield
February 25, 2025
Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Newsletter, Winter 2025 [pdf]
February 13, 2025
Michelle Nowlin presents on legal, policy issues around plastic production and waste
October 23, 2024
Longest voices ethics, transparency concerns over commission that approves state PFAS regulations
September 5, 2024
Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Summer Intern Spotlight: Briana Sumpter
September 5, 2024
Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Summer 2024 Intern Spotlight: Robert Zavarella ’26
September 3, 2024
Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Summer 2024 Intern Spotlight: Jazmine Pritchett MEM ’25
September 3, 2024
Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Alumni Spotlight: Megan Huynh JD/MA ’09
September 3, 2024
Environmental Law & Policy Clinic summer newsletter recaps news, activities, and achievements of the clinic
August 15, 2024
Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Newsletter, Summer 2024 [pdf]
July 31, 2024
Nowlin comments on the Biden administration's new plan to curb the federal government's buying and use of single-use plastics
July 29, 2024
Article co-authored by Lauer cited in White House report recommending federal action on plastic pollution
July 29, 2024
Trash trap dashboard produced by Lauer collects data on what plastics are entering waterways – and their sources
July 24, 2024
Alumni Spotlight: Michele Okoh '09
July 19, 2024
ELPC Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Zajaczkowski
July 19, 2024
Nowlin says some efforts to prevent homes from falling into the sea do little, come at great cost
July 1, 2024
Longest, Lauer, and Nowlin awarded Duke Endowment grants for research projects on climate and environmental justice
June 17, 2024
Nowlin tells N&O environmental advocates were "blindsided" by sneak provision barring local regulation of retail packaging
June 17, 2024
Environmental Law & Policy Clinic celebrates semester's work on a range of projects
May 6, 2024
Environmental Law and Policy Clinic advocates reducing single-use plastics in government purchasing
March 9, 2024

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