Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal

Some of our board members are headed to the Yosemite Environmental Law Conference this weekend! We are so excited to meet practitioners and experts in the field.

Bay Area could face spill disaster like Santa Barbara

Oil spill stretching over 9 miles of coast near Santa Barbara GOLETA, Santa Barbara County — An oil spill that fouled beaches and threatened wildlife along a scenic stretch of the California coast spread across 9 miles of shoreline Wednesday as cleanup efforts began and federal regulators investigated the leak. Workers in protective suits raked and shoveled st…

Environmental Groups Sue To Stop Oil Companies From Injecting Industrial Waste Into California’s... The oil industry has been injecting wastewater into clean, protected aquifers in drought-stricken California.

Jerry Brown issues more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets Jerry Brown orders greenhouse gas reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Target is in line with one adopted by European Union last year. Brown calls measure a “very high bar.”

Conservationists upset as much of Point Reyes elk herd dies Nearly half of the tule elk in a fenced preserve on the Point Reyes National Seashore died over the past two years, and a conservation advocate says he believes it’s because their water sources dried up and they couldn’t get outside their fenced enclosure to find more. The assertion by Jeff Miller o…

The ExxonMobil Explosion That Nobody Is Talking About A chemical ash rained down on residents of Torrance, California, after an ExxonMobile refinery explosion in February. Why were residents told so little about the potential toxic effects?

We had a great year on the Environmental Law Journal, and are so proud of our staff! Our writers and editors have worked incredibly hard to get some very powerful environmental pieces out into the world. Be on the lookout for our new ELJ double-edition (coming soon!), and please consider supporting the journal and your peers by purchasing a (very reasonably priced) copy!

The Environmental Law Journal is looking for Associate Editors!

As an Editor on the Environmental Law Journal you will earn 3 academic credits for the year. You will also learn advanced skills and increased attention to editing, citation and research. Develop skills that stand out to employers and are key to success in the workplace!

The application requires the following: (1) a writing sample (1Ls, the Legal Writing & Research paper you just finished is a great writing sample), (2) a resume, and (3) a statement of interest (max. one page, single-spaced).

All application materials are due by April 24th, 2015 at 11:59pm. Please send application materials to [email protected].

Big north-to-south California water sale dries up Southern California’s massive Metropolitan Water District spearheaded a deal to buy billions of gallons of water from Sacramento Valley farmers. But the farmers now find themselves short of supply. The sale is fizzling, raising questions about the future of water deals.