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Authority Of Pacific Island States To Regulate Greenhouse Gases From The International Shipping Sector, Meredith Wilensky
Authority Of Pacific Island States To Regulate Greenhouse Gases From The International Shipping Sector, Meredith Wilensky
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
This white paper assesses Pacific island states’ legal authority under international law to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the international shipping sector and considers what regulatory options are permissible within this legal framework.
Us Federal Climate Change Law In Obama’S Second Term, Michael B. Gerrard, Shelley Welton
Us Federal Climate Change Law In Obama’S Second Term, Michael B. Gerrard, Shelley Welton
Faculty Scholarship
This commentary details the United States’ progress in advancing climate change law since President Barrack Obama’s re-election in 2012, in spite of congressional dysfunction and opposition. It describes how the Obama administration is building upon earlier regulatory efforts by using existing statutory authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from both new and existing power plants. It also explains the important role the judiciary has played in facilitating more robust executive actions, while at the same time courts have rejected citizen efforts to force judicial remedies for the problem of climate change. Finally, it suggests some reasons why climate change has …
Federalism Obstacles To Advancing Renewable Energy, Michael B. Gerrard
Federalism Obstacles To Advancing Renewable Energy, Michael B. Gerrard
Faculty Scholarship
Many states have been taking steps to increase the use of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. However, because electricity is a commodity in interstate commerce and electrons once on the grid do not respect state borders, these state efforts have begun to collide with the dormant Commerce Clause (the principle that the Constitution’s grant of authority to Congress to regulate commerce among the states also limits the ability of the states to discriminate against other states) and related constitutional doctrines.