Global Climate Change and U.s. Law

by Gerrard, Michael B.; Freeman, Jody

• ISBN13: 9781627227414
• ISBN10: 1627227415
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-08-07
• Publisher: American Bar Association

Summary

A vast body of U.S. law relevant to climate change has developed since publication of the first edition of Global Climate Change and U.S. Law in 2007, even while Congress has failed to pass a new comprehensive statute to address the climate challenge. This domestic legal regime, covered comprehensively in this updated volume, consists of federal greenhouse gas regulations issued under the Clean Air Act and federal energy efficiency statutes, new disclosure requirements imposed under the securities laws, as well as a variety of state and local initiatives and common law decisions by the courts. Recognizing that climate change is largely an energy problem, this edition adds a completely new section on energy regulation. Additional chapters now cover cap-and-trade regimes, climate-related water issues, agriculture and forestry, and the use of non-climate international agreements to reduce emissions and address climate impacts. The final new section focuses on issues previously seen as marginal but now of growing importance: climate adaptation, carbon capture and sequestration and geoengineering.

Part I: Overview and Context
Part II U.S. Federal Regulation and Litigation
Part III: Regional, State, and Local Actions
Part IV: Energy Regulation
Part V: The Next Legal Frontiers

Author Biography

Michael B. Gerrard is Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School, where he teaches courses on environmental and energy law and directs the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. He is also associate chair of the faculty of Columbia’s Earth Institute.

Jody Freeman is the Archibald Cox Professor at Harvard Law School and the founding director of the Law School’s Environmental Law and Policy Program. She served as Counselor for Energy and Climate Change in the Obama White House in 2009–2010 and was the architect of the president’s historic agreement with the auto industry to double fuel efficiency standards.

Table of Contents

SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS AND AUTHORS
PART I: OVERVIEW AND CONTEXT
Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview – Michael B. Gerrard
Chapter 2. The International Climate Regime – Kyle Danish
PART II: U.S. FEDERAL REGULATION AND LITIGATION
Chapter 3. Evolution of U.S. Climate Policy – John C. Dernbach and Robert Altenburg
Chapter 4. Clean Air Regulation – Jonathan Martel, Christopher Jaros, Zachary Fayne, and Shailesh Sahay
Chapter 5. Environmental Impact Review – Paul Weiland, Robert Horton, and Erik Beck
Chapter 6. Endangered Species Act – Dave Owen
Chapter 7. Corporate Disclosure Considerations Related to Climate Change – Matthew Morreale
Chapter 8. Civil Remedies – Emily Hammond and David L. Markell
PART III: REGIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL ACTIONS
Chapter 9. Regional Initiatives to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Eleanor Stein
Chapter 10. State Initiatives – David R. Hodas
Chapter 11. Cap-and-Trade – Lesley K. McAllister
Chapter 12. Local Initiatives – J. Kevin Healy and L. Margaret Barry
PART IV: ENERGY REGULATION
Chapter 13. Electricity Background and Trends – Jim Rossi and Thomas Hutton
Chapter 14. Electric Power Generation Fuels – David B. Spence and Emily Hammond
Chapter 15. Transportation and Land Use – John R. Nolon
PART V: THE NEXT LEGAL FRONTIERS
Chapter 16. Transportation Fuels – Brent Yacobucci
Chapter 17. Carbon Capture and Sequestration – Wendy B. Jacobs
Chapter 18. Water and Climate Change – Robert W. Adler and John C. Ruple
Chapter 19. Agriculture and Forestry – Blake Hudson
Chapter 20. Climate Adaptation Law – J.B. Ruhl
Chapter 21. Geoengineering – Albert C. Lin
Chapter 22. Addressing Climate Change through Nonclimate International Instruments – David Hunter and Chris Wold
Chapter 23. U.S. Climate Change Law and Policy: Possible Paths Forward – Jody Freeman and Kate Konschnik
Table of Cases
Index