Amicus Brief submitted by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law in Support of New York City in Glen Oaks Village Owners, et al. v. City of New York, et al., by Amy Turner, Michael Burger, and Vincent Nolette (December 2024). The Sabin Center filed an Amicus Brief in support of New York City in Glen Oaks Village Owners, et al. v. City of New York, et al., before the New York State Court of Appeals. The court must answer whether New York City’s New York City’s building performance standards aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the City’s largest buildings, is preempted by New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).
Amicus Brief on behalf of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Support of EPA in West Virginiav. EPA, by Michael Burger, Amy Turner, and Vincent Nolette (October 2024). The Sabin Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in West Virginia v. EPA, the lawsuit challenging the EPA’s 2024 Power Plant Rules. The brief highlights the climate impacts that cities already experience, and local governments' efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Amicus Brief of Carbon Capture and Storage Scientists and Engineers in Support of EPA in West Virginia v. EPA, by Michael Burger and Romany Webb, with contributions from Olivia Guarna (October 2024). The Sabin Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of Carbon Capture and Storage scientists and engineers in support of Respondent EPA in West Virginia v. EPA, which is a challenge to EPA's recent rules on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel power plants.
Amicus Brief submitted by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law in support of plaintiffs in the Willow Project Case, by Michael Burger & Jessica Wentz (January 2024). In November, the U.S. District Court of Alaska dismissed 2 lawsuits seeking to halt the Willow oil and gas project. Now, the case will be heard by the Ninth Circuit on appeal, and the Sabin Center has filed an amicus brief in support of the Plaintiffs-Appellants. The brief identifies several specific legal deficiencies in BLM’s analysis of climate change-related considerations for the Willow Project.