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Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under The Endangered Species Act, Eric Biber
Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under The Endangered Species Act, Eric Biber
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law
Despite the devastating impact climate change will have on biodiversity, most legal scholars and policymakers are skeptical that the flagship statute for protecting biodiversity in the United States, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), should be deployed to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. This skepticism has been driven by the concern that using the ESA to regulate greenhouse gases could lead to administrative issues, legal chaos, and political backlash that might endanger the Act overall.
In this article, I draw on three different elements to argue that the ESA could plausibly be used to regulate greenhouse gases. Specifically, I draw on recent …