The Sabin Center develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains students and lawyers in their use, and provides up-to-date resources on key topics in climate change law and regulation.
Latest news
- Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative Files Comments on Behalf of Local Group in Support of Offshore Wind, by Hillary Aidun, July 27, 2020
Recent Publications
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New York’s New Statute on Siting Renewable Energy Facilities, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, May 2020
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New York Can Lead World in Fighting Climate Change, by Michael B. Gerrard, New York State Bar Association, April 2020
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The Role of Lawyers in Decarbonizing Society, by Michael B. Gerrard, Stanford Law Review, April 2020
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The Law and Science of Climate Change Attribution, Burger, M., Wentz, J., & Horton, R. (2020), Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, 45(1).
News and Events
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Events: The Heat in on: The Climate Imperative, August 18, 2020
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News: Does your state want to cut carbon emissions? These old laws could be could be standing in the way, Grist, August 10, 2020
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Power outages after Tropical Storm Isaias were a warning to utilities, The Verge, August 10, 2020
- Composting Has Been Scrapped. These New Yorkers Picked Up the Slack, The New York Times, August 9, 2020
Climate Law Blog
- Climate Change and COVID-19: The Denial Playbook is the Same, buy August Wilson, July 30, 2020
- Reversing the Paris Reversal...And More, by Susan Biniaz, July 28, 2020