By Professor Jeff Thaler
Originally posted on the blog of American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL)
“I don’t get no respect” was comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s well-known catchphrase, and also the reason his 1981 album won a Grammy. [Read more]
By Professor Jeff Thaler
With apologies to Sigourney Weaver and Mel Gibson, when their movie[1] came out in 1982 did anyone envision how an invisible virus like COVID-19 could shut the world down almost 40 years later? Nor, 30 years later, did more than a few people know what “Zoom” meant other than from Roadrunner cartoons. Read More.
By Professor Jeff Thaler
When it rains in Maine, it pours: and that is especially true for me this fall. On top of the normal fall busyness of teaching courses in Administrative Law and Energy Law, and continuing my legal representation of the floating offshore wind program at the University of Maine, I also have participated in a number of virtual presentations and projects. Read More.
By Professor of Practice Jeff Thaler
On September 23, I kicked off the 2020-2021 Maine Law Faculty Lunch Talk Series with a presentation entitled “When the Next Surge Comes: What Can Governors Do to Prevent More COVID-19 Deaths and Cases This Fall and Winter?.” Read More.
By Visiting Associate Professor Jeff Thaler
In Maine, one inhabited island tried to keep people from coming over from the mainland because of contagion concern; on a nearby island, several residents cut down trees to blockade a house occupied by people feared to be infected by COVID-19. Read More.
By Visiting Associate Professor Jeff Thaler
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund, is a federal law that has since 1980 resulted in many hundreds of lawsuits and billions of dollars spent cleaning up particularly hazardous waste disposal sites around the country. Read More.