Environmental Law
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What’s in a Name: Protecting North Carolina’s Wetlands After Sackett
On September 11, 2025, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, which oversees the adoption of rules for protecting and preserving… Read More
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What’s That Smell? The Murky Legal Status of Hog Lagoons in North Carolina
North Carolina’s Hog Farms and Lagoons If you’ve ever driven to Wilmington or any of North Carolina’s southern coastal towns… Read More
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Older than “Forever Chemicals”: The Attorney General’s Common Law Authority
By: Jacob Harris Landscape of PFAS litigation Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS for short, are known as “forever chemicals”… Read More
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Making Removal Stick
By: Will Boyce Background The human body is made up of water, proteins, fats, and . . . per- and… Read More
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Don’t Frack with Our Water: The Colorado Water Crisis
Tim Maguire Water is imported, exported, bought and sold, and transported intrastate, interstate, and internationally.[1] It has powered the transportation… Read More
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Lessons from Juliana on Climate Change Litigation
By Andie Anderson In December of 2019, Time Magazine made a teenage girl the Person of the Year.[1] As a… Read More
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Weekly Roundup – 10/1-10/5
By: Nick McCauslin & Tristan Meagher Sierra Club v. United States Army Corps of Engineers In this civil case, the… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Vacates Motion to Dismiss in RCRA Case
By Anthony Biraglia In the civil case of Goldfarb v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, the Fourth Circuit vacated… Read More
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Murky Claims Surrounding Marsh Rendered Moot Under the United States Constitution
By Taylor Anderson On June 17, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion regarding the civil case S.C. Coastal… Read More
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The Fourth Circuit Adds a Knowledge Element to Arranger Liability Under CERCLA
By David Darr Today, in the civil case of Consolidated Coal Co. v. Georgia Power Co., a published opinion, the… Read More
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State Preemption of Local Land Use Ordinances and North Carolina’s “Fracking” Legislation
4 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 54 Michael B. Kent, Jr.* Introduction The expanded use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic… Read More
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Float On – Chattooga River Management Plan Affirmed
By: Andrew Kilpinen Today in American Whitewater v. Thomas Tidwell, the 4th Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court… Read More