Prosser wins by wins by 7,316, but the margin is below the 0.5% limit which will allow Kloppenburg to request a statewide recount. See here.
April 16, 2011
April 15, 2011
Everyday Environmentalism Review on treehugger.com
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April 13, 2011
Internship opportunity for student interested in Food/Ag issues
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Internship Opportunity
American Micro Dairies (AMD), a new non-profit organization that promotes the success of Micro Dairy farmers nationwide is offering a summer internship for 2011. The organization is currently working on a project that will be conducting interviews and researching current regulations that obtain to Micro Dairy farmers in the state of Vermont. The outcome of this project will be preparing a set of model regulations that can be further taken into effect by the state. These model regulations will be written in a manner that satisfies both the state and the farmers requirements. The end goal of this project is to allow Micro Dairy farmers to produce local farm fresh milk for direct sale in a safe and wholesome environment. This internship will involve researching Vermont’s regulations that obtain to farmers producing and selling dairy products on the farm, providing written documents, and field work. AMD is looking for a professional individual that is ambitious and willing to approach the various tasks given. Please send resume and writing sample to Program Director Ryen Leach at:
American Micro Dairies
P.O. Box 924
South Royalton, VT 05068
or via email amdairies@gmail .com
April 13, 2011
Vermont Law Dean’s Commentary on VT Health Care Plan
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Vermont Law School Dean Jeff Shields provided commentary on VPR about the effects of a potential state-wide, single-payer health care insurance plan in Vermont. Listen here. I think his commentary will be concerning for anyone who ideologically supports universal single-payer healthcare. This is because I’d describe his thesis this way: Under VT law, combined with the new federal healthcare law, most Vermonters (unlike many states) already have access to healthcare, so, in VT, the key issue is cost, and this legislation may not save money.
April 12, 2011
China & Environmental Courts
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On behalf of the Vermont Law School’s US-China Partnership on Environmental Law, my colleague Jingjing Liu attended the International Symposium on Environmental Courts and Tribunals at Pace Law School on April 1, 2011, and participated on a Panel on the Environmental Courts in China.
She presented on the Chinese legal system and the development of specialized environmental court and shared the work that Vermont Law School is doing with the courts in China. The other four panelists were my former colleague Tseming Yang, Professor Bob Percival, Senior Attorney Tim Epp from the Environmental Appeal Board of the USEPA, and Vivian Wang from NRDC. Each of them shared their observations on whether China’s courts can play a similar role in advancing environmental law as the courts have done here in the U.S.
To watch the video of the panel, click here. The panel on China and Environmental Courts begins at 02:05:00.
April 12, 2011
Voir Dire posts measures of state peacefulness. The New England states fair very well, with Vermont ranked #3. What is visually striking to me is the north-south divide.
April 12, 2011
TV Video of Professor Czarnezki discussing “Everyday Environmentalism”
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Vermont Law School Professor Jason Czarnezki has a new book called “Everyday Environmentalism”. To see the video click here.
April 12, 2011
University of Chicago Alumni Who Accepted Tenure-Track Professorships for Next Year
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As a Chicago alum, I was happy to see Brian Leiter’s blog post, “Congratulations to the Chicago Alumni Who Accepted Tenure-Track Positions for Next Year.” A hearty congratulations from me as well!
April 12, 2011
In providing interesting substantive additions to the debate about whether China’s Clean Energy Successes Represent a New “Sputnik Moment” for America, Professor Joel Eisen just sent me two interesting articles on the Green Energy Race with China:
China’s Renewable Energy Law: A Platform for Green Leadership? (paper available online)
The New Energy Geopolitics?: China, Renewable Energy, and the “Greenteach Race” (full version of paper not available online)
April 12, 2011
Czarnezki on TV Tonight: WCAX-3 “The Thirty”
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Tonight I’ll be on the local Vermont television show “The Thirty” at 5:30pm on WCAX Channel 3 discussing my new book.
JASON J. CZARNEZKI 