Harvard Environmental Law Review Article Legal Neighborhoods May 14, 2013 by wpengine By Stephen R. Miller Political and legal tools have emerged since the 1970s, and especially in the last two decades, that provide political and legal power to neighborhoods. However, these tools are often used in an ad hoc fashion, and there has been … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Article The Search for Sustainable Legitimacy: Environmental Law and Bureaucracy in China August 8, 2013 by wpengine By Alex L. Wang During China’s 11th five-year plan (2006–10), bureaucrats began to take substantial actions on environmental protection, making major investments in pollution control infrastructure and forcing the shutdown of thousands of outdated … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Article Performance Track’s Postmortem: Lessons from the Rise and Fall of EPA’s “Flagship” Voluntary Program April 8, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash For nearly a decade, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) considered its National Environmental Performance Track to be its “flagship” voluntary program — even … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Article Climate Regulation Under the Clean Air Act in the Wake of Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA: Introduction April 14, 2015 by hlsjrnldev By Cecilia Segal In Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, the Supreme Court largely upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Article Anti-Regulatory Skewing and Political Choice in UARG April 14, 2015 by hlsjrnldev By William W. Buzbee Cite as: William W. Buzbee, Anti-Regulatory Skewing and Political Choice in UARG, 39 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 63 (2015). View Full Article (PDF) … [Read more…] about Anti-Regulatory Skewing and Political Choice in UARG … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Article Environmental Settlements and Administrative Law April 14, 2015 by hlsjrnldev By Courtney R. McVean and Justin R. Pidot The Obama Administration has come under increasing fire for its decisions to settle lawsuits brought by environmental organizations. Industry groups and Republican politicians claim that such settlements, negotiated behind “closed doors,” unfairly … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Article Eyes on a Climate Prize: Rewarding Energy Innovation to Achieve Climate Stabilization April 1, 2011 by wpengine By Jonathan H. Adler Stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases at double their pre-industrial levels (or lower) will require emission reductions far in excess of what can be achieved at a politically acceptable … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Article 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 and … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Article Fearful Asymmetry: How the Absence of Public Participation in Section 7 of the ESA Can Make the “Best Available Science” Unavailable for Judicial Review July 12, 2015 by Harvard Law Development By Travis O. Brandon Recent empirical studies have shown that public participation is an essential part of the listing … Read more