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U.S. Climate Change Litigation In The Age Of Trump: Year One, Dena P. Adler
U.S. Climate Change Litigation In The Age Of Trump: Year One, Dena P. Adler
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
In its first year, the Trump Administration undertook a program of extensive climate change deregulation. The Administration delayed and initiated the reversal of rules that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary and mobile sources; sought to expedite fossil fuel development, including in previously protected areas; delayed or withdrew energy efficiency standards; undermined consideration of climate change in environmental review; and hindered adaptation to the impacts of climate change. However, the Trump Administration’s efforts have met with constant resistance, with those committed to climate protections bringing legal challenges to many, if not most, of the rollbacks.
This paper seeks to …
What Happened To Byrd-Hagel? Its Curious Absence From Evaluations Of The Paris Agreement, Susan Biniaz
What Happened To Byrd-Hagel? Its Curious Absence From Evaluations Of The Paris Agreement, Susan Biniaz
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
In the midst of the negotiations leading to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, the U.S. Senate adopted the “Byrd-Hagel Resolution,” co-sponsored by Senators Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. Passed by a vote of 95-0, it reflected the Senate’s view that the international climate change agreement then being negotiated by the Clinton Administration was not on the right track. Specifically, it signaled dissatisfaction with an agreement that would contain legally binding greenhouse gas emissions commitments for developed countries without such commitments in the same time period for developing countries.
By its terms, the Byrd-Hagel Resolution applied …