The Current State of Affairs

For a fleeting moment, the end was in clear sight…
On the afternoon of July 12, Dr. Ross Jones, the last of CRWC’s expert witnesses, took the stand in the Newfane courtroom to offer his testimony relating to Entergy Vermont Yankee’s request for an additional one degree fahrenheit increase to its existing summer discharge limits.  Dr. [...]

The Most Contested Issue

The Vermont Legislature has endowed Vermont’s Environmental Court with an unusual power. By law, the court must invoke a de novo standard of review when it hears an appeal of a state administrative agency decision. In other words, when an environmental court judge presides over an agency appeal, she need not and must [...]

Better Late Than Never

It might seem counterintuitive to begin posting updates on a trial once the thing is practically over. But such is the reality of working in a small, public interest law firm that challenges Goliath-esque opponents in court. Resources and workers are limited. Time rushes by. Workdays get longer, sleep gets shorter. [...]

Case Overview

Vermont Law School’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC) is representing the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC), Trout Unlimited (Deerfield/Millers 349 Chapter), and the Citzens Awareness Network (Massachusetts Chapter) in an appeal of a discharge permit granted by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) in March, 2006 to Entergy [...]