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
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Politics v. science: How President Trump's war on science impacted public health and environmental regulation, by Romany Webb and Lauren Kurtz, ScienceDirect, January 27, 2022
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Sabin Center Launches Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation, by Maria Antonia Tigre, December 20, 2021
Recent Publications
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New York Environmental Legislation in 2021, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, December 13, 2022
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Using the Oceans to Store CO2 Could Help Avoid Climate Catastrophe, Bloomberg Law, by Michael B. Gerrard and Romany Webb, December 30, 2021
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Next-generation regulation: Powering our country without turning up the heat, The Hill, December 16, 2021, op-ed by Jennifer Danis
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Extreme weather is a climate change inevitability; our responses shouldn't worsen the problem, The Hill, November 4, 2021, op-ed by Romany Webb and Michael Panfil
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Potential Tensions Between New York's Climate Change Laws and Historic Preservation Laws, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, November 10, 2021
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Climate Attribution Science and the Endangered Species Act, by Jessica Wentz, October 2021
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Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Seaweed Cultivation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities, by Korey Silverman-Roati, Romany M. Webb, and Michael B. Gerrard, September, 7 2021
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Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: Legal Challenges and Opportunities, by Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati, and Michael B. Gerrard, August 30, 2021
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The Law and Science of Climate Change Attribution, by Michael Burger, Jessica Wentz, and Radley Horton, Environmental Law Reporter, August 2021
News and Events
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Events: Climate Change Law, Policy & Litigation in Comparative Perspective, February 1, 2022. Register here.
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Public Power: Examining legal challenges facing the movement for publicly-owned utilities in New York, February 7, 2022. Register here. Program is co-sponsored by the Sabin Center and the NYCELLI.
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News: How FERC, courts may change pipeline industry in 2022, E&E News, January 20, 2022
- Why Joe Biden’s bid to restore scientific integrity matters, Nature, January 17, 2022
Climate Law Blog
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Local Government Associations File Brief to the Supreme Court in Support of EPA's Clean Air Act Authority, by Jacob Elkin, January 25, 2022.
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Guest Blog: Farming for our Future: Opportunities Abound, by Peter Lehner and Nathan Rosenberg, January 10, 2022
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Sabin Center Launches Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation, by Maria Antonia Tigre, December 20, 2021