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Environmental Law

Columbia Law School

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2009

NEPA

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Greenhouse Gases: Emerging Standards For Impact Review, Michael B. Gerrard Jan 2009

Greenhouse Gases: Emerging Standards For Impact Review, Michael B. Gerrard

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Numerous federal and state judicial decisions have established that environmental impact statements (EISs) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and its state equivalents should examine the impact of proposed projects on emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), the principal anthropogenic cause of climate change. Administrative agencies and court settlements are now establishing the guidelines for the conduct of these examinations.