Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic

Job alert! Save the Sound is hiring a Legal Fellow. According to Save the Sound, "This position is ideal for a recent law school graduate or judicial clerk looking to work as an attorney for an environmental advocacy organization protecting and improving the region’s environment." Full details: https://www.savethesound.org//2020.10.08_Legal-Fellow-Job-

Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic is now accepting applications from Pace Law students who are interested in enrolling with us for the Spring 2021 semester! Applications are due by Monday, November 9th. Applications and further information are available here: https://law.pace.edu/pace-environmental-litigat/application

Job alert! Earthjustice is hiring a staff attorney for their Toxic Exposure & Health Program, to be based in either NYC or DC. They are looking for candidates with at least 7 years of litigation experience (ideally 10+), and a comfort with scientific and technical material. Job posting: https://earthjustice.org//staff-attorney-toxic-exposure-an Examples of the kind of work Earthjustice is doing: https://earthjustice.org/healthy-communities/toxic-chemicals

Our longtime principal client, Riverkeeper, is hosting its annual Fishermen’s Ball virtually this year, on September 15. The Honoree is Rob Bilott - the attorney best known for taking on DuPont over C8, as told in the movie Dark Waters. Mark Ruffalo will present the award. The Ball also features an amazing auction, including week-long trips to Iceland, Costa Rica, Argentina, Ireland and more. See links below and consider buying tickets or bidding on any of the dozens of auction items! Trips of a Lifetime Auction: https://one.bidpal.net/fishermensball/browse/featured Other Auction and Raffle Items: https://one.bidpal.net/fishermensball/browse/all Info and Tickets: https://one.bidpal.net/fishermensball/welcome

An exciting Staff Attorney position has opened up at PennFuture! The position will involve working on a variety of environmental issues. **Note that the application deadline is this Friday. Full description: https://www.pennfuture.org//StaffAttorney_JobDescript_%28W

On Tuesday, the Clinic filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York on behalf of Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance, and in conjunction with the Center for Biological Diversity, challenging EPA's decision to allow polluters to suspend compliance with certain of their permit requirements due to COVID (the "nonenforcement policy"). The plaintiffs argue that EPA's implementation of the nonenforcement policy violates the Endangered Species Act because EPA failed to co...nsult with NMFS regarding the impact the policy may have on endangered species, as required by the ESA. While the plaintiffs are certainly sympathetic regarding the impacts of COVID, the ESA provides for procedures to allow for consultation, even in an emergency situation, and EPA simply ignored its legal mandate. Click here to open the complaint: https://law.pace.edu//PE/EPA%20Enforcement%20Complaint.pdf See more

On Monday, the Clinic filed a Petition on behalf of Riverkeeper challenging New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's illegal rollback of protections for primary contact recreation in the waters around New York City. The rollback, which DEC misleadingly labelled a "clarification," seeks to eliminate protections added just 5 years ago because EPA was compelling DEC to adopt more stringent standards. Rather than comply, DEC seeks to weaken standards, and Riverkeeper has challenged this arbitrary decision. Click here to open the Petition: https://law.pace.edu//d/files/PELC/Verified%20Petition.pdf

All, there is a great PAID litigation internship available at PennFuture - a clean energy non-profit in PA. You'd be working with one of my favorite former Riverkeeper people, Abby Jones. Check it out: https://www.pennfuture.org//2020-summer-legal-intern-posti

Sometimes you win by just continuing to fight at every step. After winning in the first round of litigation against the Constitution Pipeline, the tides appeared to be turning with a reversal by FERC. But, in the end, after we (and others) sought to annul that decision in the Second Circuit, the company has given up the fight. The pipeline will not be built. Congratulations to our client, Stop the Pipeline. Looks like it has been stopped! https://www.thedailystar.com//article_9c923154-239f-5201-8

The Clinic just scored a tremendous victory in favor of a very small not-for-profit called Friends of Wickers Creek Archeological Site (FOWCAS). The group has been fighting for two decades to preserve a Native American historical site in Dobbs Ferry, NY. After FOWCAS and the Village secured a walking conservation easement protecting the property in 2001, the home owners association which now owns the site, locked a gate on a bridge, which prevented access to a portion of the ...conservation easement along the Hudson River. PELC sued the HOA on behalf of FOWCAS arguing that our settlement agreement required that the HOA allow access to the site. PELC defeated the initial motion to dismiss and now has won on summary judgment (link to decision attached). The vicory (pending appeal, I'm sure) secures access to the site for all residents of Dobbs Ferry. Congratulations to all the interns who made this happen! https://drive.google.com//13ccVxDcjtHfhg1-KgGM3NgzWc/view

I'm not sure this will do any good, but here goes: We occasionally share job openings with all the people who like this page. Invariably, a few people submit resumes and cover letters directly to this Facebook page. That process will not work - you need to actually apply to the people who post the jobs. If you have submitted a resume to this page in response to any of our postings, you should resubmit directly to the entity with the opening. That is all, Your management (aka Todd).

Beautiful misty day to be out on the river with our client Riverkeeper. Ran into the Billion Oyster Project by chance.