The George Washington Journal of Energy & Environmental Law

The GW Environmental Law Program (“ELP”) celebrated its 40th Anniversary on November 6, 2010.  The event included a panel on the Gulf Oil Spill and the Law, a luncheon with remarks from Arnold Reitze— the ELP’s founder— and tours of the law school and university. The ELP was formally established in 1970 with a $250,000 grant from the Ford Foundation, making it one of the earliest law schools to establish such a program and perhaps the first to offer an…

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Though generating energy from renewable sources receives a great deal of attention from news media and policymakers, reforming energy consumption is the quickest and simplest way to reduce the environmental, social, health, and national security impacts of dirty fuels.  Consumer behavior drives energy use, and contemplating how we actually consume energy is just as important as figuring out the best way to generate energy.  A critical consumer area—one that has been in the news quite a bit during the economic…

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“The national interest requires the continuation and expansion of a strong offshore drilling program, but one with a better balancing of risk and with greater safety protections for human life, the environment and the economy.” -The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling On April 20, 2010, two days before Earth Day, an oil drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, commencing what is now commonly referred to as our nation’s worst environmental disaster. …

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