3-28-12: Political Backlash Against Environmental Law Clinics

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The University of Maryland Environmental Law Clinic has been threatened with budget cuts and other legislative actions because it joined with activists in suing an Eastern Shore poultry farm and Perdue for allegedly allowing a pile of waste (shown above) to pollute a Chesapeake Bay tributary. Although the outcome of the Hudson Farm lawsuit is uncertain, one thing that is clear is that environmental law clinics across the country often have been subjected to political attacks from legislators and governors when they challenge powerful economic interests, a legal scholar has concluded.