Mary Wood is an academic expert in environmental law and originated Atmospheric Trust Litigation. She studies law related to natural resources, public trust, federal Indian law, public lands, wildlife, and hazardous waste. At the University of Oregon, Mary is the Philip H. Knight Professor of Law...
Mary Wood is an academic expert in environmental law and originated Atmospheric Trust Litigation. She studies law related to natural resources, public trust, federal Indian law, public lands, wildlife, and hazardous waste. At the University of Oregon, Mary is the Philip H. Knight Professor of Law, founding director and faculty director of the School of Law's nationally acclaimed Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center and is faculty leader of the program's Conservation Trust Project, Sustainable Land Use Project, Native Environmental Sovereignty Project, and Food Resilience Project. Her research related to Atmospheric Trust Litigation, which holds governments accountable for reducing carbon pollution within their jurisdictions, is being used in cases and petitions brought on behalf of children and youth throughout the United States and around the world.