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NPR

Oil Companies Face a Wrongful Death Suit Tied to Climate Change

Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar compared a wrongful death suit in Washington state against oil companies to other climate-related cases.

Oil Companies Face a Wrongful Death Suit Tied to Climate Change
Douglas Kysar speaking

EMBA Class of 2025 Selects Annual Teaching Award Winners

LEAP Faculty Director Doug Kysar won the MBA for Executives Teaching Award for the sustainability focus area for the eighth time.
EMBA Class of 2025 Selects Annual Teaching Award Winners
Lauren Killingsworth

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Lauren Killingsworth Maps History and Tensions of Biological Control

Lauren Killingsworth discusses her archival research into the use of living organisms to eradicate vector-borne diseases.
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Lauren Killingsworth Maps History and Tensions of Biological Control
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LEAP Announces Six Student Grant Program Recipients for 2025

Six students from across Yale are undertaking projects that build understanding of, draw attention to, and/or develop new strategies to address the urgent threats facing nonhuman animals.
LEAP Announces Six Student Grant Program Recipients for 2025
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SWI

Agriculture Shifts From Climate-Change Culprit to Victim in New Lawsuit

LEAP Legal Director Daina Bray comments on the vulnerabilities of farmers to climate change and the need for policy to support them.

Agriculture Shifts From Climate-Change Culprit to Victim in New Lawsuit
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Q&A: Former LEAP Student Fellow Brooke Dekolf ’21 Combats Humanewashing

Brooke Dekolf ’21, who recently wrote an article about humanewashing in farming, discusses legal strategies for combatting the practice.
Q&A: Former LEAP Student Fellow Brooke Dekolf ’21 Combats Humanewashing
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Civil Eats

Embattled Meat Giant JBS Cleared for NYSE Listing, Was Trump’s Largest Inauguration Donor

LEAP Litigation Fellow Laura Fox comments on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to approve JBS for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Embattled Meat Giant JBS Cleared for NYSE Listing, Was Trump’s Largest Inauguration Donor
aerial view of the New Haven Green

2025 Wyss Scholars Tackle Conservation Through Justice, Policy, and Finance

From policy reform to law to environmental justice, the 2025 cohort of Wyss Scholars are pursuing novel ways to protect landscapes across the U.S.
2025 Wyss Scholars Tackle Conservation Through Justice, Policy, and Finance
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European Journal of Risk Regulation

The Protection of Selectively Bred and Gene Edited Farm Animals under EU Law

A recent paper co-authored by LEAP Student Fellow and 2024 LEAP Student Grant recipient Ilaria Cimadori analyzes the European Union's regulatory framework for selective breeding and gene-editing in farmed animals.

The Protection of Selectively Bred and Gene Edited Farm Animals under EU Law
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Yale Alumni Magazine

Building Better, for Birds

The Yale Bird-Friendly Building Initiative — a collaboration between LEAP, the Yale Peabody Museum, and campus partners — was featured in the Yale Alumni Magazine.

Building Better, for Birds