KJEANRL Blog

KJEANRL Blog

 
The Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law Blog features posts on timely legal issues written by members of the Journal's staff.

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Blog Posts from 2023

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A Rise in Climate Litigation: A Warning to the Fashion Industry, Abigail Barford

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They Keep Food on Our Tables and It's Time the Federal Government Returned the Favor: A Call for the Expansion of Overtime Compensation Rights to Agricultural Workers, Breanna Carper

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Ignoring the Alternative: Why Kentucky Heartwood is Unlikely to Stop Logging in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Cameron Coyle

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Call to the Post: End the Halt on HISA, Christian T. Deeter

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The Exciting Technology of Carbon Capture is Capturing Too Many Taxpayer Dollar, Erik Farleigh

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Rescue or Theft: How a Test Case Involving Piglets May Change the Legal Strategy of Animal Welfare, Julia Giordano

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A Controversial Legal Round-Up, Shawn Harkins

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Keeping Up with Fast Fashion: A Call for U.S. Action Before it’s too Late, Abbigale Harrison

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Loosening the Grip of Homeowners’ Associations Over Solar Panel Installations: The Need for More and Better Legislation, Isabel Harrison

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Protecting Pigs: Why Proposition Twelve Should Be Upheld, Matthew Hayes

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Building a More Sustainable Future: How Traditional Architecture can Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Buildings, John Hayman

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Uranium, Leen Heresh

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Legal Sports Betting in Kentucky, Caroline Hood

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Sizing Up Bears Ears National Monument: A New Take on the Antiquities Act, Mary Jocelyn

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Sustainable Practices of the Bourbon Industry in Times of Climate Change, Yuha Jung

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"What's Mine is Yours": How the Supreme Court’s Decision in McGirt v. OK Has Altered the State's Coal Mining Landscape, Jordan Kamp

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Own Worst Enemy: Federal Permitting Impedes Plans for Clean Energy, Dylan Keefe

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Avoiding Palm Oil at the Supermarket: Why Your Toothpaste Might be Causing Deforestation, Sydney Larue

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Let Our Farmers Compete - Why the FTC's Proposed Rule on Non-Compete Clauses Would Benefit Small Kentucky Farmers, Kara Legg

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Which Way Will the Wind Blow?: The Future of Wind Farms and Their Environmental Impacts, Jenny Lohr

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The Inflation Reduction Act: Building Momentum for Nuclear Energy, Abby Noser

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Agriculture's Best Kept Secrets: The Potential Harm of the FTC's Proposed Non-Compete Ban, Shelton Owen

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Blowing Smoke: The Problem with Conditional Cannabis in the Commonwealth, Matthew Pakkala

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Haste Makes Waste: Courts Volley Over BLM Waste Rule Flip-Flopping, Justin Potter

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Control the Pests: Why FIFRA Falls Short of Protecting Public Health and the Environment, Julia Ray

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An Effort to Improve the Integrity of the “USDA Organic” Label: The USDA’s New Strengthening Organic Enforcement Rule, Nathaniel Richey

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Why the Agricultural Labor Shortage Is More Serious Than You Realized, Emily Riggs

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Surface Mine Reclamation: A Better Alternative, Braydan Roark

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Changing the Landscape: The Blossoming ESG Industry, Garrison Rosser

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"In Any Court": Discovery Stays under the Securities Act of 1933, Blake Sims

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Take You for a Ride on my Big Green Tractor to the Authorized Service Center: Why Right to Repair Farm Equipment Legislation is Still Needed, Ryan Stuart

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Women Veterans, Know Your Risks, Know Your Benefits: How Breathing the Air on Deployment Increases Risk of Aggressive Breast Cancer and How the VA is Failing to Warn You*, Bethany Thompson

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Conservation or Exploitation?: Restricting Conservation Easement Syndicates, Joseph White

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Public Trust and Private Distrust: A Story of Fishing and Fighting, Joseph White

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A New Era of Permitting: Why Revising Section 10 of the ESA is Necessary for Conservation Efforts, Kaitlyn Willis

Blog Posts from 2022

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High Expectations for Delta-8 Companies and Their Futures, Cori Agnoni

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Why Coal Company Negligence may Have Contributed to Extreme Flooding in Eastern Kentucky, Aaron Ambrose

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Step the FERC Up: Build the National Energy Grid, Omer Arain

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Let's Get "Chemical": The EPA's Expansion of Hazardous Substances to Mitigate Forever Chemical Contamination, Lindsay Bates

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Say Nay to Drugs, Edwin Beusch

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What Lurks Behind TikTok Skin Care Trends: Destruction & Desperation in Myanmar’s Jade Mines, Brooklyn Brown

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Why a Tax Credit Is Necessary if Kentucky Aspires to Become a Leader in the Electric Vehicle Sector, Jimmy Brown

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Displacement of Farmlands and Forests: The Downside to Ground-Based Solar Infrastructures, Caroline Butler

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Left with Major Questions: Administrative Law Lessons from West Virginia v. EPA, Evan Callahan

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A Win for New Mexico Recreation Users, but at What Cost to Private Landowners?, Deiona Camargo

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Don't Put Lipstick on a Guinea Pig: The U.S. has the Chance to Reduce Animal Testing Globally through the Humane Cosmetics Act, Autumn Clark

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The Rising and Setting of the Sun: Why Recycling Legislation is Necessary for Solar Energy to be Truly Sustainable, Samantha Davenport

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Stop Sweeping Homeless Encampments, Erik Farleigh

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Tradition or Safety? If the Riding Boot Doesn’t Fit, Don’t Wear It, Julianna Grant

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Cryptocurrency: The Good, the Bad, and the Light at the End of the Tunnel, Leen Heresh

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ERCOT and How Texas’ Deregulation of Their Electrical Market Exacerbated the Winter Storm Blackouts, Lilly Keitges

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Lost in Translation: Why America Needs to Remember the Purpose of the Antiquities Act, Georgiana Ledford

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The Pros and Cons of Soil Tilling, Gabby Mason

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Forever Chemicals Mean Forever Problems: How the PFAS Action Act of 2021 Can Help, Breanna McKnight

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A Warning Letter to the FDA: Why We Need Cannabis Regulation, Kenneth McQueen Jr.

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The Fight over Tribal Authority under the Clean Water Act, Zachary Mills

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The Federal Land Leasing Program and the Possibility of Pausing for Climate Change, Abby Noser

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We're not in Kansas Anymore:The New 'Tornado Alley' and Kentucky's Ongoing Fight Against Climate Change, Trevor Payton

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Bankruptcy and the Billion Dollar Baby Powder, Nicola Peters

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How can the Government Ensure a Safe and Healthy Environment Throughout the Lasting Effects of COVID?, Emily Riggs

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Funding Kentucky's Forests: Proposing a Timber Yield Tax, Braydan Roark

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What the Frack: Why Fracking Chemicals Should Be Disclosed, Gracie Sandlin

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Real Hooves, Fake Names, and NFT Snouts: Enforcement of Horse Trademarks, Zack Stacy

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WOTUS and the Future of Wetland Protection, Seth Stroud

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Low Hide Prices Are Impacting the Meat Industry: Increasing the Economic Value of the Hide and Leather Market, Ryan Stuart

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The Dormant Commerce Clause and the Legalization of Cannabis, Hannah Thompson

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Kentucky's Clean Coal Tax Incentive: Is Ambiguity the Canary in the Coal Mine?, Bennett Z. Tuleja

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What Happened to the War on Drugs? An Overview of How the Black Community Has Been Left Out of the Growing Weed Industry Despite Being the Primary Target of the War on Drugs., Kennedy Weathers

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The Plastic Problem: Feasible Steps America can Take to Reduce its Contribution to Plastic Waste, Lauren Willard

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Nature Has the Power to Reverse Climate Change - If We Help it, Landon Woods

Blog Posts from 2021

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Betamethasone and Otomax and Dimethyl Sulfoxide, Oh My: The Need to Elevate Kentucky's Horse Racing Regulations to Meet International Standards, Robert Scott Abney

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The Name Game: Required Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods Hinders Effective Science Communication, Alison Adkins

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Martin County's Fight for Clean, Affordable Drinking Water, Aaron Ambrose

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Seed Laws: How They Are Squashing the Growth of Farmers' Rights, Savannah Baker

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PG&E Wildfire Responses: Should the Company Invest in Undergrounding to Prevent Future Liability?, Rachel Bierman

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Historic Horse Racing: An Inspirational Success Story of Pounding the Table, Andrew Biggs

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Ecocide: A New International Crime & a Push for Change, Samantha Blakeman

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You Either Die a Hero, Or You Live Long Enough to See Yourself Become the Villain, Hunter Branham

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Caution: High Voltage – Federal Versus State Authority Concerning the Siting of High Voltage Transmission Lines, Grace Brock

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The Future of Fighting Illegal Fishing: Are Phone Apps the Future?, Nick Cacopardo

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End the Battle Over Pebble Mine, Evan Callahan

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If It’s Broke, Fix It: The Purview of the Clean Air Act is No Longer Effective as Applied to the States, Henry Cashen

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Racing to the Future: How Horse-Racing Could Spark Progress in Appalachia, Ben Childers

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The Equine Survey Helps Maintain its Unbridled Spirit, Harrison J.B. Chittenden

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Will Americans Ever Be Able to Divorce Themselves From the ‘Forever Chemical’ PFAS?, Nicole Cossel

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Paying the Price for Brighter Nights: Light Pollution, Samantha Davenport

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Restrictive Zoning Practices: Limits on Economic Prosperity and Growth, Iyadeh Davies

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Illinois Senate Bill 2408: A Greener Future Lies Ahead but Roadblocks may Arise, Ashley Dragan

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Rethinking the Flowery Kingdom: Why the U.S.-China Trade War Should End, Chris Eller

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Environmental Impact of Trump Border Wall: Where Do We Go From Here, Nick Ellis

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Unpacking the Problem: How Immigration Reform Can Help Limit the Exploitation of Immigrant Workers in the Meat-Packing Industry, Cierra Garcia

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Rethinking Irrigation: New Techniques Offer Solutions to the Overuse of Freshwater Reserves in Production Agriculture, Julianna Grant

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We Must Boycott the 147th Kentucky Derby for Breonna Taylor, Dwight Haggard III

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The Long and Winding Road: Bringing Farmworker Rights Into the 21st Century, Shawn Harkins

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What do Kentucky Bourbon and Sinkholes Have in Common?, Abigail Hartge

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What History Tells Us About Food Safety: Is it Satisfactory to the Twenty-First Century?, Abigail Hartge

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Growth and Equality: Why Kentucky Should Enact a Land Value Tax, Matthew Hayes

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Smoked Out: How Overregulation Threatens Emerging (Legal) Marijuana Markets, John Edwin Hayman III

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A Self-Inflicted Perfect Storm: Britain’s Energy Policies and Brexit Have Made it More Susceptible to Shortages Than its Neighbors, Tamir Helmy

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Poverty, Wealth, and a Green Future: The UN Approach to Sustained Development, Cael T. Henshaw