Harvard Environmental Law Review environmental regulations An Interview with ELR Authors Coglianese & Nash June 16, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Rachel Proctor May — June 16, 2014 at 10:25am In ELR Volume 38.1, published earlier this year, Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash examined the track record of Performance Track, EPA’s flagship voluntary program for companies … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review environmental regulation The Obama Administration’s National Auto Policy: Lessons from the “Car Deal” August 1, 2011 by wpengine By Jody Freeman This Article is the first comprehensive analysis of the Obama Administration’s national auto policy, which set the first federal greenhouse gas standards and strictest fuel efficiency standards for new cars … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review environmental regulation Ten Ways States Can Combat Ocean Acidification (and Why They Should) May 14, 2013 by wpengine By Ryan P. Kelly and Margaret R. Caldwell The ocean is becoming more acidic worldwide as a result of increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (“CO2”) and other pollutants. This fundamental change is … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review environmental regulation Pebble Mine and EPA’s Veto Authority Under the Clean Water Act October 7, 2014 by Harvard Law Development By Cecilia Segal -— October 7 at 9:50 a.m. Since 2011, the Pebble Limited Partnership (“PLP”) has been attempting to build a large-scale copper and gold mine in the Bristol Bay … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review environmental regulation The Logic of Sue and Settle May 6, 2015 by Harvard Law Development By Daniel Carpenter-Gold—May 6 at 5:46 p.m. Courtney McVean and Justin Pidot’s article, Environmental Settlements and Administrative Law, appearing in Volume 39.1 of the Harvard Environmental Law Review, addresses the practice of federal agencies settling with … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review environmental project financing Carbon Offsets are a Bridge Too Far in the Tradable Property Rights Revolution August 1, 2012 by wpengine By Tyler McNish Tradable property rights-based carbon offsets are widely used as a policy tool for combating the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. However, academics, non-governmental organizations, and … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review environmental politics Changing Climate, Unchanging Act, Improvising Agency, Enabling Court: The Story of Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA May 14, 2013 by wpengine By Laura King Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA follows from and amplifies the Supreme Court’s decision in Massachusetts v. EPA. Both cases announce the Environmental Protection … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review environmental policy American Natures: The Shape of Conflict in Environmental Law April 10, 2012 by wpengine By Jedediah Purdy There is a firestorm of political and cultural conflict around environmental issues, including, but running well beyond, climate change. Legal scholarship is in a bad position to make sense of this conflict … Read more