Roundup: March 4, 2022

Recent Publications

News & Commentary

  • Reuters reports on a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that contradicts research commissioned by the USDA showing ethanol and other biofuels to be relatively green. The new report finds corn-based ethanol is likely a bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline.

  • As outlined by Indian Country Today here, the Biden administration released a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Guidebook for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments.

  • Steve Peoples published an AP piece on the challenges the Democratic party faces in attracting rural American voters.

  • Basel Musharbash’s To Stem the Tide of Rural Decline, Stop the Bank Merger Wave report for Basel PLCC, a transactional law firm in Texas, provides an important look at the impact of bank mergers and consolidation on rural America.

  • A recent article by Brett Walton for the non-profit Circle of Blue investigates the high incidence of pediatric cancer in Nebraska.

Events & Recordings

  • The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has an exciting new series, Voices of the Plains, designed to amplify the voices of communities on the Great Plains whose perspectives have historically been marginalized, underrepresented, or misunderstood.

  • The Federation Conversation podcast recently featured a discussion with Professor Thomas Shapiro (Law and Social Policy, Brandeis University) on the Pigford Research Project.

  • Grassland 2.0 is hosting a monthly Digital Dialogue webinar series. More information and a recording of the first talk by Austin Fredrick entitled “Wall Street’s Farm Bill” is available here.

  • Repast, the food law & policy podcast from the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law, recently has an episode featuring Professor Susan Schneider discussing the past, present, and future of agricultural law.

  • Part of a Center on Global Energy Policy series on climate change, a recording of Heinz Klug’s presentation “Between Principles and Power: Water Law Principles and the Governance of Water in Post-Apartheid South Africa” is available here.

  • Dr. Jenny Goldstein (Global Development, Cornell) and Dr. Levi Van Sant (Integrative Studies, George Mason) are hosting “Land Technologies: Interrogating Tools of Governance,” an in-person workshop August 8-12 in Ithaca. More information and applications are available here.

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