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Full-Text Articles in Law
Unpacking Eme Homer: Cost, Proportionality, And Emissions Reductions, Daniel A. Farber
Unpacking Eme Homer: Cost, Proportionality, And Emissions Reductions, Daniel A. Farber
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law
Interstate air pollution can prevent even the most diligent downwind state from attaining the air quality levels required by federal law. Allocating responsibility for emissions cuts when multiple upwind states contribute to downwind air quality violations presents a particularly difficult problem. Justice Ginsburg’s opinion for the Court in EPA v. EME Homer City Generator, L.P., gives EPA broad discretion to craft regulatory solutions for this problem. Although the specific statutory provision at issue was deceptively simple, the underlying problem was especially complex because of the large number of states involved. Indeed, neither the majority opinion nor the dissent seems to …
Instrument Choice, Carbon Emissions, And Information, Michael Wara
Instrument Choice, Carbon Emissions, And Information, Michael Wara
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law
This Article examines the consequences of a previously unrecognized difference between pollutant cap-and-trade schemes and pollution taxes. Implementation of cap-and-trade relies on a forecast of future emissions, while implementation of a pollution tax does not. Realistic policy designs using either regulatory instrument almost always involve a phase-in over time to avoid economic disruption. Cap-and-trade accomplishes this phase-in via a limit on emissions that falls gradually below the forecast of future pollutant emissions. Emissions taxation accomplishes the same via a gradually increasing levy on pollution. Because of the administrative complexity of establishing an emissions trading market, cap-and-trade programs typically require between …
Too Many Cooks In The Climate Change Kitchen: The Case For An Administrative Remedy For Damages Caused By Increased Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, Benjamin Reese
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law
Recent federal and state court decisions have made clear that federal common law claims against emitters of greenhouse gases are not sustainable; however, those same courts seem to have given state common law tort claims the green light, at least if the claims are brought in the state where the polluters are located. This Note contends that such suits are not an adequate remedy for those injured by climate change because they will face nearly insurmountable barriers in state court, and because there are major policy-level drawbacks to relying on state tort law rather than a federal solution. This Note …
Surviving Preemption In A World Of Comprehensive Regulations, Kyle Anne Piasecki
Surviving Preemption In A World Of Comprehensive Regulations, Kyle Anne Piasecki
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform Caveat
The Clean Air Act imposes a federal regulatory regime on a number of sources of air pollution. It does not, however, provide a ready means of relief to individuals harmed by air polluters. Nevertheless, many courts have held that the Clean Air Act preempts state common law tort claims that do provide a means to such relief. The disparate benefits of the Clean Air Act and common law tort claims may indicate different purposes and make court imposed preemption of common law tort claims improper. This Comment argues that the Savings Clause in the Clean Air Act and in parallel …
Environmental Federalism's Tug Of War Within, Erin Ryan
Environmental Federalism's Tug Of War Within, Erin Ryan
Erin Ryan
Anyone paying attention has noticed that many of the most controversial issues in American governance—health care reform, marriage rights, immigration, drug law, and others—involve questions of federalism. The intensity of these disputes reflects inexorable pressure on all levels of government to meet the increasingly complicated challenges of governance in an ever more interconnected world, where the answers to jurisdictional questions are less and less obvious. Yet even as federalism dilemmas continue to erupt all from all corners, environmental law remains at the forefront of controversy, and it is likely to do so for some time. From mining to nuclear waste …
Debunking Revisionist Understandings Of Environmental Cooperative Federalism: Collective Action Responses To Air Pollution, Jessica Wentz
Debunking Revisionist Understandings Of Environmental Cooperative Federalism: Collective Action Responses To Air Pollution, Jessica Wentz
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
The federal Clean Air Act initiated Congress's venture into cooperative environmental federalism in 1970. Forty-five years later, misconceptions about the nature of that venture (and similar examples of cooperative federalism under other federal environmental statutes) persist. In particular, some recent judicial decisions characterize environmental cooperative federalism as an equal partnership between the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the states. They also take umbrage at efforts by EPA to override state policies and initiatives that fail to conform to the minimum responsibilities that the statutes impose on the states, characterizing them as unlawful affronts to state sovereignty.
This chapter argues that …
How Courts Can Prevent Excess Emitters From Using Bankruptcy As A Forum To Avoid California Ab 32’S Allowance Deductions, Mohammed Tehrani
How Courts Can Prevent Excess Emitters From Using Bankruptcy As A Forum To Avoid California Ab 32’S Allowance Deductions, Mohammed Tehrani
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This paper identifies bankruptcy as a forum in which entities that exceed their emissions limit might be able to avoid the accompanying allowance deduction. Specifically, an entity might be able to sell its assets free and clear of its allowance deduction liabilities through Section 363 to a new company comprised of the same actors. Part II contrasts which liabilities can be discharged through a Chapter 11 plan and which can be avoided through a free and clear sale under Section 363. Part III analyzes whether allowance deductions could be discharged through a Chapter 11 plan or avoided through a free …
Slides: Public Health Research On Near O&G Development: Challenges And Needs, John L. Adgate
Slides: Public Health Research On Near O&G Development: Challenges And Needs, John L. Adgate
Water and Air Quality Issues in Oil and Gas Development: The Evolving Framework of Regulation and Management (Martz Summer Conference, June 5-6)
Presenter: John L. Adgate, PhD, MSPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Colorado
19 slides
The Paper Tiger Gets Teeth: Developments In Chinese Environmental Law, Erin Ryan
The Paper Tiger Gets Teeth: Developments In Chinese Environmental Law, Erin Ryan
Erin Ryan
This very short essay reports on the 2014 amendments to China’s Environmental Protection Law, following a series of internationally reported air and water pollution crises leading to unprecedented public protests. The changes promise more meaningful oversight of industrial pollution and harsher penalties for violations, targeting not only polluters but officials who fail to enforce applicable regulations against them. The amendments also empower certain non-governmental organizations to bring environmental litigation on behalf of the public. Official news accounts openly acknowledge the government’s hope that increased public access to legal redress will reduce the growing trend of mass environmental protests. These are …
The Paper Tiger Gets Teeth: Developments In Chinese Environmental Law, Erin Ryan
The Paper Tiger Gets Teeth: Developments In Chinese Environmental Law, Erin Ryan
Scholarly Publications
This very short essay reports on the 2014 amendments to China’s Environmental Protection Law, following a series of internationally reported air and water pollution crises leading to unprecedented public protests. The changes promise more meaningful oversight of industrial pollution and harsher penalties for violations, targeting not only polluters but officials who fail to enforce applicable regulations against them. The amendments also empower certain non-governmental organizations to bring environmental litigation on behalf of the public. Official news accounts openly acknowledge the government’s hope that increased public access to legal redress will reduce the growing trend of mass environmental protests. These are …
Endogenous Decentralization In Federal Environmental Policies, Howard F. Chang, Hilary Sigman, Leah G. Traub
Endogenous Decentralization In Federal Environmental Policies, Howard F. Chang, Hilary Sigman, Leah G. Traub
All Faculty Scholarship
Under most federal environmental laws and some health and safety laws, states may apply for “primacy,” that is, authority to implement and enforce federal law, through a process known as “authorization.” Some observers fear that states use authorization to adopt more lax policies in a regulatory “race to the bottom.” This paper presents a simple model of the interaction between the federal and state governments in such a scheme of partial decentralization. Our model suggests that the authorization option may not only increase social welfare but also allow more stringent environmental regulations than would otherwise be feasible. Our model also …
The Overwhelming Case For Clean Air Act Reform, Bill Pedersen, David Schoenbrod
The Overwhelming Case For Clean Air Act Reform, Bill Pedersen, David Schoenbrod
Other Publications
Congress could add half year to the life of the average american by eliminating two false assumptions built into the foundation of the CleanAir Act: (1) All pollutants have a safe level (2) pollution is local.
Drafting Model Laws On Indoor Pollution For Developing And Developed Nations Workshop, July 12-13, 2012, Boulder, Colorado: Introduction, Lakshman Guruswamy
Drafting Model Laws On Indoor Pollution For Developing And Developed Nations Workshop, July 12-13, 2012, Boulder, Colorado: Introduction, Lakshman Guruswamy
Publications
No abstract provided.
Development And Dissemination Of Clean Cookstoves: A Model Law For Developing Countries, Lakshman Guruswamy
Development And Dissemination Of Clean Cookstoves: A Model Law For Developing Countries, Lakshman Guruswamy
Publications
No abstract provided.
Dc Circuit Says Epa's "Transport Rule" Violates Clean Air Act: Is "Cooperative Federalism On The Rise?", Richard Faulk
Dc Circuit Says Epa's "Transport Rule" Violates Clean Air Act: Is "Cooperative Federalism On The Rise?", Richard Faulk
Richard Faulk
From a strictly legal perspective, it appears that the term “cooperative federalism” is emerging as a bedrock principle of air pollution policy under the Clean Air Act. Both the DC Circuit and the Fifth Circuit have now recognized that the policy is plainly required – and that this Congressional mandate trumps any less deferential policy that the EPA might wish to pursue. Although the concept cannot be extended further than the language of the Clean Air Act permits, it is a powerful tool for restraining the EPA’s authority.
Slides: Meeting The Needs Of Women Through Clean Cooking Solutions, Corinne Hart
Slides: Meeting The Needs Of Women Through Clean Cooking Solutions, Corinne Hart
2012 Energy Justice Conference and Technology Exposition (September 17-18)
Presenter: Corinne Hart, Program Manager, Gender and Markets, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
20 slides
“Winds Of Change”: Explaining Support For Wind Energy Developments In Ontario, Canada, Chad Jr Walker
“Winds Of Change”: Explaining Support For Wind Energy Developments In Ontario, Canada, Chad Jr Walker
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis addresses a major gap in the wind turbine and risk assessment literatures. It explains local support for wind energy in some areas in spite of vocal opposition in others. Findings from Port Burwell and Clear Creek, Ontario indicate that social and contextual forces may help explain much of the difference in opinion between the two communities. The case study was focused through 21 in-depth interviews. The interviews were analyzed verbatim using NVIVO 9 software. The findings were found to be consistent with Kasperson’s theory of the Social Amplification of Risk and seem to explain why Port Burwell is …
Federal Air Pollution Requirements, Helen Kang
Federal Air Pollution Requirements, Helen Kang
Publications
The Clean Air Act is notoriously difficult to navigate and enforce. The difficulty is in part due to the act's regulatory scheme, which is inferior in critical ways to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Unlike the Waste Discharge Requirements covering discharges of pollution into water bodies issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board, which contain both federal and state requirements in a single permit, the Clean Air Act does not require a single permit for all facilities that pollute the air. Also significant, the Clean Air Act does not require self-reporting …
Hazy Skies In America’S Future?: The Battle Between “Free Industry” And Clean Air, Oded Cedar
Hazy Skies In America’S Future?: The Battle Between “Free Industry” And Clean Air, Oded Cedar
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Climate Change, Intellectual Property, And The Scope Of Human Rights Obligations, Kavita Kapur
Climate Change, Intellectual Property, And The Scope Of Human Rights Obligations, Kavita Kapur
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
The Singapore Workaround: Providing A “Greenprint” For A Unfccc Party Reclassification, P. Cal Trepagnier
The Singapore Workaround: Providing A “Greenprint” For A Unfccc Party Reclassification, P. Cal Trepagnier
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Agenda: Air Quality Impacts From Oil And Gas Development, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Agenda: Air Quality Impacts From Oil And Gas Development, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Air Quality Impacts from Oil and Gas Development (January 27)
Oil and gas development and hydraulic fracturing have received enormous attention over the past few years, and most of that attention has focused on the potential impacts of such development on water quality. However, the potential impacts on air quality from oil and gas development have received far less public and media attention and discussion. This two-hour program will assess the current scientific knowledge, regulatory requirements and policies regarding the impacts on air quality from oil and gas development and will address current initiatives at the state and national levels to further regulate and control those impacts.
Past Its Prime: Why The Clean Air Act Is In Need Of Modification, Levi Smith
Past Its Prime: Why The Clean Air Act Is In Need Of Modification, Levi Smith
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform Caveat
The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the primary federal statute regulating the emission of air pollutants. First enacted in 1970, the CAA requires, inter alia, the federal government to establish air quality goals and states to develop implementation plans to achieve those goals. The most stringent requirements of the CAA are imposed on “new” or “modified” sources of pollution, such as sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, and particulate matter. Sources that were operating when the CAA was enacted are mostly exempt from regulation under the Act. Because of the substantial costs associated with the CAA standards, there is an incentive for …
The Justifications For Nondegradation Programs In U.S. Environmental Law, Robert L. Glicksman
The Justifications For Nondegradation Programs In U.S. Environmental Law, Robert L. Glicksman
Robert L. Glicksman
The concept of non-regression is not one that is familiar to environmental law in the United States. Nevertheless, Congress and federal agencies have adopted programs to prevent degradation of existing high quality environments and to prevent revisions of individual emissions restrictions by making them more lenient. The first programs are known as nondegradation or anti-degradation programs. The others preclude “backsliding” by prohibiting slippage in performance by regulated entities complying with regulations that are later loosened. The nondegradation and anti-backsliding programs differ from the non-regression principle in that their justifications are not rooted in a commitment to the protection of individual …
Climate Change, The Clean Air Act, And Industrial Pollution, Alice Kaswan
Climate Change, The Clean Air Act, And Industrial Pollution, Alice Kaswan
Alice Kaswan
EPA has braved controversy by applying the Clean Air Act (CAA) to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources, including utilities and industry. Because GHG controls inevitably affect combustion, they will impact traditional pollutants (termed “co-pollutants”). The Article first argues, as a threshold matter, that co-pollutant consequences are relevant to climate policy choices, and that considering those consequences will lead to improved environmental, administrative, and economic outcomes. It then reviews the CAA’s stationary source provisions and EPA’s implementation of them to date, discussing both the CAA’s potential and its limitations.
Moving beyond the CAA on its own terms, the Article …
Environmental Law And Justice Clinic Fall 2011 Report, Eljc
Environmental Law And Justice Clinic Fall 2011 Report, Eljc
Environmental Law and Justice Clinic
Founded in 1994, the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic serves the dual mission of training law students to be effective and ethical advocates and assisting low-income communities and communities of color to reduce the disparities of pollution. The clinic is staffed by ten to twelve law students, two full-time professors, a part-time staff scientist, and a Graduate Fellow. The State Bar certifies the law students to perform lawyerly tasks under the supervision of their professors.
The clinic’s 2011 work focused primarily on reducing the disparities of air pollution. This Fall 2011 report highlights some of the clinic’s work and accomplishments …
Air Pollution & Environmental Inequity In The San Francisco Bay Area, Ken Kloc
Air Pollution & Environmental Inequity In The San Francisco Bay Area, Ken Kloc
Publications
Environmental justice advocates have long been concerned about the health impact of elevated air pollution levels found in disadvantaged communities across the country. Sustained public pressure on this issue has motivated regulators to initiate a variety of programs to better characterize the combined or “cumulative” air pollution exposure in localities with multiple pollution sources. In the last decade, local and state agencies have completed a number of relevant San Francisco Bay Area studies and the results are now being used to develop new pollution control policies. The goal of the present paper is to review this air quality research and …
Controlling Greenhouse Gases From Highway Vehicles, Arnold W. Reitze Jr.
Controlling Greenhouse Gases From Highway Vehicles, Arnold W. Reitze Jr.
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
This article discusses the program aimed at increasing the efficiency of highway vehicles that is administered by the EPA under the Clean Air Act and by the Department of Transportation.
The Justifications For Nondegradation Programs In U.S. Environmental Law, Robert L. Glicksman
The Justifications For Nondegradation Programs In U.S. Environmental Law, Robert L. Glicksman
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
The concept of non-regression is not one that is familiar to environmental law in the United States. Nevertheless, Congress and federal agencies have adopted programs to prevent degradation of existing high quality environments and to prevent revisions of individual emissions restrictions by making them more lenient. The first programs are known as nondegradation or anti-degradation programs. The others preclude “backsliding” by prohibiting slippage in performance by regulated entities complying with regulations that are later loosened. This chapter explores the history and current status of nondegradation and anti-backsliding programs under U.S. water and air pollution control legislation. It describes the justifications …
Slides: Shale And Air Quality: The View From The Other Side, Jeremy Nichols
Slides: Shale And Air Quality: The View From The Other Side, Jeremy Nichols
Shale Plays in the Intermountain West: Legal and Policy Issues (November 12)
Presenter: Jeremy Nichols, Climate & Energy Program Director, WildEarth Guardians, Denver, CO
18 slides