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Category: Environmental Law
Enviro Law Diary - December 01, 2008
An interesting report from the University of Maryland's Joint Global Change Research Institute documents the current effects of climate change in the U.S. This report is of interest because (1) it identifies effects that are specific enough that they might be
Enviro Law Diary - December 01, 2008
The California Air Resources Board has released its draft scoping plan.
Enviro Law Diary - December 01, 2008
The legal literature on climate change tends to focus on particular issues, and only rarely reads the big picture facts that drive the issue. A recent article in The New Yorker by
Enviro Law Diary - December 01, 2008
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has released draft cap-and-trade legislation. On the key issue of whether allowances will be allocated by the government or auctioned, the draft legislation incorporates a range of possi
Enviro Law Diary - December 01, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&sid=aa8POBVmixHgCalifornia's blueprint to address global warming won't include details of an emissions-trading program as regulators try to build consens
Enviro Law Diary - December 01, 2008
The LA Times reports today on a study by two UC Berkeley researchers that puts the annual costs to California from climate change at $300 million to $3.9 billion. About $2.5 trillion of real estate assets in C
Enviro Law Diary - December 01, 2008
The American Bar Association is conducting a very brief survey of lawyer attitudes towards the recession. I will be interested in the results if for no other reason than to see how long lawyers as a group think a leg
Enviro Law Diary - December 01, 2008
According to the Environmental Markets Newsletter, the Chicago Climate Exchange has begun trading in futures that will require, for contracts expiring in 2013 and later, the delivery of greenhouse gas emission allowances that would be usa
GreenCounsel.com - February 26, 2008
For the past four years, the Interra Project has developed an
GreenCounsel.com - February 24, 2008
Gertrude Stein famously said about her home town, Oakland, California, that there isnt any there there. Surely she would have a different opinion if she were ther
GreenCounsel.com - February 23, 2008
In a post last year, I advocated that companies put sustainability and triple bottom line language into their articles of incorporation and bylaws to make these commitments legally enforceable and more meani
GreenCounsel.com - February 23, 2008
One of reasons why I'm optimistic:
GreenCounsel.com - February 23, 2008
If computers are going to help solve the sustainability crises, t
GreenCounsel.com - February 23, 2008
For years, while people around the country (indeed, the world) have called for strong federal action on climate change, states including California and NJ have taken the lead and implemented a wide variety of laws and programs.
Ironically, as Congress finally begins debating what to
GreenCounsel.com - February 23, 2008
Fred Krupp from Environmental Defense was interviewed on NPR on the TXU deal. As part of the deal, TXU's prospective purchasers agreed to reduce the number new coal plant applications from eleven to three, and to red
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