Reducing Carbon Emissions While Addressing Environmental Concerns in Wisconsin Matthew Magill On December 12, 2015, 195 nations capped the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) with the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement, an international treaty designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.[1] The treaty seeks to limit global temperature increases below 2°C above pre-industrial… Continue reading M. Magill – Winter 2025
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C. Segarra – Winter 2025
Don’t Fear the Federal Shake-Up, States Can Still Enforce Regulations Curtis Segarra As new federal administrators take the reins over the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), switching up leadership over top oil-producing states like Texas and New Mexico, it’s not clear how federal policing over emissions may change in the near future.[1] For example, Scott Mason… Continue reading C. Segarra – Winter 2025
R. Segal -Winter 2025
Effective and Uncredited: Women and Environmental Actions Riley Segal Public knowledge about changes in environmental legislation is often limited to new policies and the topics they address. Though actors such as the Environmental Protection Agency and movements like environmental justice have become recognizable terms in the legal sphere and everyday life, many of the people… Continue reading R. Segal -Winter 2025
Coyle – Winter 2025
New York’s Congestion Pricing Program Through An Environmental Lens Isabel Coyle According to an inventory prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, transportation accounted for 28 percent of direct greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S in 2022.[1] On January 5, 2025, New York City implemented the “Central Business District Tolling Program,” commonly known as congestion pricing,… Continue reading Coyle – Winter 2025