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Bloomberg Law

Focus on ‘Greenwashing’ Claims in New Year of Climate Litigation (link is external)1

LEAP Faculty Director Doug Kysar is quoted in an article about the climate change litigation landscape in 2022.
Focus on ‘Greenwashing’ Claims in New Year of Climate Litigation (link is external)
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The New Journal

Dead on Impact (link is external)2

Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program Viveca Morris speaks with The New Journal about actions that can be taken to monitor and prevent bird-window collisions, which kill hundreds of millions of birds per year nationwide.

Dead on Impact (link is external)
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Politico

The Cow-Shaped Hole in Biden’s Methane Plan — A Commentary by Viveca Morris (link is external)3

Viveca Morris is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and the Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School. 

The Cow-Shaped Hole in Biden’s Methane Plan — A Commentary by Viveca Morris (link is external)
AJ Hudson and Saylor Soinski

Students Named Fellows by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy

A.J. Hudson LAW ’23 and Saylor Soinski ’23 were among the six Emerging Scholars Fellows announced by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy.
Students Named Fellows by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy
Aryenish Birdie portrait

Aryenish Birdie Discusses Anti-Racism in Animal Advocacy

The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) hosted Aryenish Birdie, Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization Encompass, for a discussion on inclusion and diversity in the animal rights movement.
Aryenish Birdie Discusses Anti-Racism in Animal Advocacy
Robin Happel

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Robin Happel

LEAP Student Fellow Robin Happel talks about an article she co-authored on soundscape ecology.
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Robin Happel
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The Revelator

Could Property Law Help Achieve ‘Rights of Nature’ for Wild Animals? (link is external)4

Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Faculty Co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program Professor Douglas Kysar summarizes the legal argument for granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction. 

Could Property Law Help Achieve ‘Rights of Nature’ for Wild Animals? (link is external)
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Grist

European Activists Want to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads. Why Can’t We Do That Here? (link is external)5

Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Faculty Co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program Douglas Kysar explains why it is easier for U.S. authorities to regulate fossil fuel ads by placing stipulations on them rather than prohibiting them.

European Activists Want to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads. Why Can’t We Do That Here? (link is external)
Daina Bray

Award-Winning Animal Advocate Daina Bray Joins Law, Ethics & Animals Program

Daina Bray, a leading animal protection attorney, joined Yale Law School’s Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) as a Senior Litigation Fellow and Project Manager for a new initiative within LEAP’s Climate, Animal, Food, and Environment Law & Policy Lab (CAFE Lab).
Award-Winning Animal Advocate Daina Bray Joins Law, Ethics & Animals Program
A kangaroo

LEAP Event Explores Animal Photojournalism

The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School hosted Jo-Anne McArthur, founder and president of We Animals Media, for a discussion of how photography inspires and shapes animal advocacy.
LEAP Event Explores Animal Photojournalism

Links

  1. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/focus-on-greenwashing-claims-in-new-year-of-climate-litigation
  2. https://thenewjournalatyale.com/2021/11/dead-on-impact/
  3. https://www.politico.com/news/agenda/2021/11/16/methane-emissions-cows-agriculture-climate-change-522550
  4. https://therevelator.org/wildlife-property-law/
  5. https://grist.org/accountability/european-activists-want-to-ban-fossil-fuel-ads-why-cant-we-do-that-here/