Below is a selection of recent news highlights featuring members of 汤头条原创’s faculty and staff.

Francine Miller, Senior Staff Attorney

July 11, 2025
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Francine Miller LLM’17, senior staff attorney with the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, was quoted about the complexities of transferring property after a homeowner’s death.

Pat Parenteau, professor of law emeritus and senior fellow for climate policy, environmental law center


August 4, 2025
The New Yorker
An excerpt of a recent article published with and written by Patrick Parenteau, professor of law emeritus and senior fellow for climate policy, was included in The New Yorker‘s analysis of the Trump administration’s proposed revocation of the “endangerment finding” of Massachusetts v. EPA.

Brett Stokes, director of the Center for Justice Reform Clinic at VLGS.

August 7, 2025
WHSU Public Radio
Vermont’s international airport has come under fire about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) use of the facility to transfer detainees out of the state. Brett Stokes, director of the Center for Justice Reform Clinic, comments on the differences in his immigration defense work under the current administration.

Christophe Courchesne, director of the Environmental Advocacy Clinic


August 11, 2025
Sierra
American public lands and forests are at threat with the passing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Christophe Courchesne, director of the Environmental Law Center and Environmental Advocacy Clinic, is quoted about this policy reversal.

Delcianna Winders, Director of Animal Law and Policy Institute and Associate Professor

August 13, 2025
Investigate Midwest
As swine and poultry plants across the country increase their rates of animal processing and inspection in the name of modernization, Delcianna Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute, cautions against the rush and cites the consequences of jeopardizing humane handling.

Laurie Beyranevand JD'03, director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and Pescosolido Professor of Food and Agricultural Law and Policy

August 21, 2025
Popular Science
Laurie Beyranevand 闯顿鈥�03, director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and Pescosolido Professor of Food and Agricultural Law and Policy, comments on the practice of irradiating food for decontamination purposes after a recent FDA advisory regarding a frozen Walmart shrimp that contained higher than usual traces of Cs-137, a radioisotope of cesium.

Mark James, interim director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment at VLGS.

August 23, 2025
ZDNet
Mark James, interim director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment, is quoted about the energy demands of AI data centers, estimating that at their full capacity, these centers will consume 1,000 megawatts鈥� “the same size as the peak demand of the state of Vermont鈥�600,000 plus people鈥攆or months.”

Christophe Courchesne, director of the Environmental Advocacy Clinic


Town Meeting TV
Christophe Courchesne, director of the Environmental Law Center and Environmental Advocacy Clinic, sat down with Melinda Moulton to discuss his work at VLGS鈥攁nd why training the next generation of advocates is more urgent than ever.