KJEANRL Blog
Blog Posts from 2023
A Rise in Climate Litigation: A Warning to the Fashion Industry, Abigail Barford
Ignoring the Alternative: Why Kentucky Heartwood is Unlikely to Stop Logging in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Cameron Coyle
Call to the Post: End the Halt on HISA, Christian T. Deeter
The Exciting Technology of Carbon Capture is Capturing Too Many Taxpayer Dollar, Erik Farleigh
Rescue or Theft: How a Test Case Involving Piglets May Change the Legal Strategy of Animal Welfare, Julia Giordano
A Controversial Legal Round-Up, Shawn Harkins
Keeping Up with Fast Fashion: A Call for U.S. Action Before it’s too Late, Abbigale Harrison
Loosening the Grip of Homeowners’ Associations Over Solar Panel Installations: The Need for More and Better Legislation, Isabel Harrison
Protecting Pigs: Why Proposition Twelve Should Be Upheld, Matthew Hayes
Building a More Sustainable Future: How Traditional Architecture can Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Buildings, John Hayman
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Uranium, Leen Heresh
Legal Sports Betting in Kentucky, Caroline Hood
Sizing Up Bears Ears National Monument: A New Take on the Antiquities Act, Mary Jocelyn
Sustainable Practices of the Bourbon Industry in Times of Climate Change, Yuha Jung
Own Worst Enemy: Federal Permitting Impedes Plans for Clean Energy, Dylan Keefe
Avoiding Palm Oil at the Supermarket: Why Your Toothpaste Might be Causing Deforestation, Sydney Larue
Which Way Will the Wind Blow?: The Future of Wind Farms and Their Environmental Impacts, Jenny Lohr
The Inflation Reduction Act: Building Momentum for Nuclear Energy, Abby Noser
Agriculture's Best Kept Secrets: The Potential Harm of the FTC's Proposed Non-Compete Ban, Shelton Owen
Blowing Smoke: The Problem with Conditional Cannabis in the Commonwealth, Matthew Pakkala
Haste Makes Waste: Courts Volley Over BLM Waste Rule Flip-Flopping, Justin Potter
Control the Pests: Why FIFRA Falls Short of Protecting Public Health and the Environment, Julia Ray
An Effort to Improve the Integrity of the “USDA Organic” Label: The USDA’s New Strengthening Organic Enforcement Rule, Nathaniel Richey
Why the Agricultural Labor Shortage Is More Serious Than You Realized, Emily Riggs
Surface Mine Reclamation: A Better Alternative, Braydan Roark
Changing the Landscape: The Blossoming ESG Industry, Garrison Rosser
"In Any Court": Discovery Stays under the Securities Act of 1933, Blake Sims
Conservation or Exploitation?: Restricting Conservation Easement Syndicates, Joseph White
Public Trust and Private Distrust: A Story of Fishing and Fighting, Joseph White
A New Era of Permitting: Why Revising Section 10 of the ESA is Necessary for Conservation Efforts, Kaitlyn Willis
Blog Posts from 2022
High Expectations for Delta-8 Companies and Their Futures, Cori Agnoni
Why Coal Company Negligence may Have Contributed to Extreme Flooding in Eastern Kentucky, Aaron Ambrose
Step the FERC Up: Build the National Energy Grid, Omer Arain
Let's Get "Chemical": The EPA's Expansion of Hazardous Substances to Mitigate Forever Chemical Contamination, Lindsay Bates
Say Nay to Drugs, Edwin Beusch
What Lurks Behind TikTok Skin Care Trends: Destruction & Desperation in Myanmar’s Jade Mines, Brooklyn Brown
Why a Tax Credit Is Necessary if Kentucky Aspires to Become a Leader in the Electric Vehicle Sector, Jimmy Brown
Displacement of Farmlands and Forests: The Downside to Ground-Based Solar Infrastructures, Caroline Butler
Left with Major Questions: Administrative Law Lessons from West Virginia v. EPA, Evan Callahan
A Win for New Mexico Recreation Users, but at What Cost to Private Landowners?, Deiona Camargo
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
The Rising and Setting of the Sun: Why Recycling Legislation is Necessary for Solar Energy to be Truly Sustainable, Samantha Davenport
Stop Sweeping Homeless Encampments, Erik Farleigh
Tradition or Safety? If the Riding Boot Doesn’t Fit, Don’t Wear It, Julianna Grant
Cryptocurrency: The Good, the Bad, and the Light at the End of the Tunnel, Leen Heresh
ERCOT and How Texas’ Deregulation of Their Electrical Market Exacerbated the Winter Storm Blackouts, Lilly Keitges
Lost in Translation: Why America Needs to Remember the Purpose of the Antiquities Act, Georgiana Ledford
The Pros and Cons of Soil Tilling, Gabby Mason
Forever Chemicals Mean Forever Problems: How the PFAS Action Act of 2021 Can Help, Breanna McKnight
A Warning Letter to the FDA: Why We Need Cannabis Regulation, Kenneth McQueen Jr.
The Fight over Tribal Authority under the Clean Water Act, Zachary Mills
The Federal Land Leasing Program and the Possibility of Pausing for Climate Change, Abby Noser
We're not in Kansas Anymore:The New 'Tornado Alley' and Kentucky's Ongoing Fight Against Climate Change, Trevor Payton
Bankruptcy and the Billion Dollar Baby Powder, Nicola Peters
How can the Government Ensure a Safe and Healthy Environment Throughout the Lasting Effects of COVID?, Emily Riggs
Funding Kentucky's Forests: Proposing a Timber Yield Tax, Braydan Roark
What the Frack: Why Fracking Chemicals Should Be Disclosed, Gracie Sandlin
Real Hooves, Fake Names, and NFT Snouts: Enforcement of Horse Trademarks, Zack Stacy
WOTUS and the Future of Wetland Protection, Seth Stroud
Low Hide Prices Are Impacting the Meat Industry: Increasing the Economic Value of the Hide and Leather Market, Ryan Stuart
The Dormant Commerce Clause and the Legalization of Cannabis, Hannah Thompson
Kentucky's Clean Coal Tax Incentive: Is Ambiguity the Canary in the Coal Mine?, Bennett Z. Tuleja
The Plastic Problem: Feasible Steps America can Take to Reduce its Contribution to Plastic Waste, Lauren Willard
Nature Has the Power to Reverse Climate Change - If We Help it, Landon Woods
Blog Posts from 2021
Betamethasone and Otomax and Dimethyl Sulfoxide, Oh My: The Need to Elevate Kentucky's Horse Racing Regulations to Meet International Standards, Robert Scott Abney
The Name Game: Required Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods Hinders Effective Science Communication, Alison Adkins
Martin County's Fight for Clean, Affordable Drinking Water, Aaron Ambrose
Seed Laws: How They Are Squashing the Growth of Farmers' Rights, Savannah Baker
PG&E Wildfire Responses: Should the Company Invest in Undergrounding to Prevent Future Liability?, Rachel Bierman
Historic Horse Racing: An Inspirational Success Story of Pounding the Table, Andrew Biggs
Ecocide: A New International Crime & a Push for Change, Samantha Blakeman
You Either Die a Hero, Or You Live Long Enough to See Yourself Become the Villain, Hunter Branham
Caution: High Voltage – Federal Versus State Authority Concerning the Siting of High Voltage Transmission Lines, Grace Brock
The Future of Fighting Illegal Fishing: Are Phone Apps the Future?, Nick Cacopardo
End the Battle Over Pebble Mine, Evan Callahan
If It’s Broke, Fix It: The Purview of the Clean Air Act is No Longer Effective as Applied to the States, Henry Cashen
Racing to the Future: How Horse-Racing Could Spark Progress in Appalachia, Ben Childers
The Equine Survey Helps Maintain its Unbridled Spirit, Harrison J.B. Chittenden
Will Americans Ever Be Able to Divorce Themselves From the ‘Forever Chemical’ PFAS?, Nicole Cossel
Paying the Price for Brighter Nights: Light Pollution, Samantha Davenport
Restrictive Zoning Practices: Limits on Economic Prosperity and Growth, Iyadeh Davies
Illinois Senate Bill 2408: A Greener Future Lies Ahead but Roadblocks may Arise, Ashley Dragan
Rethinking the Flowery Kingdom: Why the U.S.-China Trade War Should End, Chris Eller
Environmental Impact of Trump Border Wall: Where Do We Go From Here, Nick Ellis
Unpacking the Problem: How Immigration Reform Can Help Limit the Exploitation of Immigrant Workers in the Meat-Packing Industry, Cierra Garcia
Rethinking Irrigation: New Techniques Offer Solutions to the Overuse of Freshwater Reserves in Production Agriculture, Julianna Grant
We Must Boycott the 147th Kentucky Derby for Breonna Taylor, Dwight Haggard III
The Long and Winding Road: Bringing Farmworker Rights Into the 21st Century, Shawn Harkins
What do Kentucky Bourbon and Sinkholes Have in Common?, Abigail Hartge
What History Tells Us About Food Safety: Is it Satisfactory to the Twenty-First Century?, Abigail Hartge
Growth and Equality: Why Kentucky Should Enact a Land Value Tax, Matthew Hayes
Smoked Out: How Overregulation Threatens Emerging (Legal) Marijuana Markets, John Edwin Hayman III
Poverty, Wealth, and a Green Future: The UN Approach to Sustained Development, Cael T. Henshaw
