First Week Reading Assignments

First Readings for Fall 2024

This may not be an exclusive listing of all faculty members’ first assignment and class meeting notices. If you do not see a class that you are in listed below, it may be necessary to check with the faculty member.

Dates for Fall 2024

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted Thursday, August 1, 2024.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
    • Assignments will be removed on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

Climate Change Seminar (LAWS 734 §001)

Instructor Name(s)

Mullikin

Textbook Information

Robert Henson, The Thinking Person’s Guide to Climate Change (2nd Ed.)

General Assignment Information

Please see Blackboard Daily Class Syllabus

The Thinking Person’s Guide to Climate Change, 2nd ed. – Henson Part 1
The US Supreme Court strikes down Chevron curtailing power of Federal Agencies.

LOPER BRIGHT ENTERPRISES ET AL. v. RAIMONDO, SECRETARY OF

COMMERCE, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT (June 28, 2024) Supreme Court of the

United States

David Wallace-Wells, The Uninhabitable Earth (PDF if paywalled)

Paul Kingsworth, Life vs. The Machine

Mary Annaïse Heglar, Home is Always Worth It

Noah Smith, Optimism of the Will

Washington Post: Meet the conservatives who want to fight climate change — their way OR PDF version if paywalled

Megan Mayhew Bergman, The Guardian, What you know about the American south and climate change is wrong

AP: Majority in US concerned about climate: AP-NORC/EPIC poll

What will climate feel like in 60 years?

Syllabus

Download Syllabus

Download Additional Materials

2024-Climate-Change-Readings-Schedule.pdf