{"id":134,"date":"2026-09-08T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:42:21","slug":"about-temple-laws-eecj-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/about-temple-laws-eecj-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"About EECJ at Temple Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Climate disruption. Toxic chemicals. Ecosystem degradation. Lawyers working in Environmental, Energy, and Climate Justice (EE&amp;CJ) advocate for legal responses to these and related challenges that take into account their increased impact on poor and marginalized communities. On this Temple Law blog, students explore how local, federal, and international law all have roles to play in in this work\u2014from local battles over cleaning up legacy contamination, creating green space, and fostering resilience in overburdened communities; to understanding how our vast network of federal law and policy is both promoting and hindering the clean energy transition; to studying the global impact of international trade deals and global supply chains on public health, resilience, and biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about Temple Law&#8217;s EECJ department <a href=\"https:\/\/law.temple.edu\/academics\/areas-of-study\/environmental-law-2\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate disruption. Toxic chemicals. Ecosystem degradation. Lawyers working in Environmental, Energy, and Climate Justice (EE&amp;CJ) advocate for legal responses to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38004,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[22],"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/eecjblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}