Professor Michael Gerrard’s Publications

Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal for Climate Mitigation: The Legal Framework, by Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati, and Michael B. Gerrard (eds) (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023)
Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, edited by Michael B. Gerrard, Jody Freeman and Michael Burger., 3rd ed. (ABA: 2023)
Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States, edited by Michael B. Gerrard and John C. Dernbach (ELI Press, 2019)
Climate Engineering and the Law: Regulation and Liability for Solar Radiation Management and Carbon Dioxide Removal, edited by Michael Gerrard and Tracy Hester (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Threatened Island Nations:Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate, Michael Gerrard & Gregory E. Wannier (Co-Editors) (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change : U.S. and International Aspects, Michael Gerrard & Katrina Fischer Kuh (Co-Editors), ABA 2012
The Law of Clean Energy: Efficiency and Renewables, ABA 2011
The Law of Green Buildings: Regulatory and Legal Issues in Design, Construction, Operations, and Financing (with J. Cullen Howe), ABA 2010
The Law of Environmental Justice: Theories and Procedures to Address Disproportionate Risks, Michael Gerrard & Sheila Foster (Co-Editors)., 2d ed. (2008)
Amending CERCLA: The Post-SARA Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (with Joel M. Gross) (2006)
Brownfields Law and Practice: The Cleanup and Redevelopment of Contaminated Land (four volumes, 1998)
Whose Backyard, Whose Risk: Fear and Fairness in Toxic and Nuclear Waste Siting (1996)
Environmental Law Practice Guide: State and Federal Law (twelve volumes, 1992)
Environmental Impact Review in New York (with Daniel A. Ruzow and Philip Weinberg) (1990)

Environmental Law in Trump's Second Term, by Michael B. Gerrard, New York Law Journal, November 12, 2024
Regulating Shipping of Carbon Dioxide for Sequestration, Michael B. Gerrard, Carolina Arlota, Environmental Law Reporter, October 2024
Urban Flooding: Legal Tools to Address a Growing Crisis Urban Flooding: Legal Tools to Address a Growing Crisis, Michael B. Gerrard, Journal of Land Use, 2024
New York Falling Behind in Implementing Bold Climate Law, by Michael B. Gerrard, New York Law Journal, September 2024
California and Europe Require Scope 3 Climate Disclosures Despite SEC Retreat, by Michael B. Gerrard, New York Law Journal, May 2024
New York City Relaxing Environmental Review Rules for Housing Construction, by Michael B. Gerrard, New York Law Journal, March 2024
New York Environmental Legislation in 2023, by Michael B. Gerrard, New York Law Journal, January 10, 2024
NY, New Jersey Adopt Laws Requiring Flood Risk Disclosure for Homebuyers, Tenants, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, November 2023
A deep red state just delivered a huge win for climate justice, op-ed by Michael Gerrard, MSNBC, August 16, 2023
Commentary: New York homebuyers have the right to know a house's flood risk, op-ed by Michael B. Gerrard and Joel Scata, Times Union, June 7, 2023
New York Adopts Nation’s Strongest Environmental Justice Law, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, May 10, 2023
New York's Green Amendment: The First Decisions, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, March 8, 2023
Waste and Chemical Management in a 4°C World, by Michael B. Gerrard, 53 Envtl. L. Rep. 10114 (2023)
New York Environmental Legislation in 2022, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, January 11, 2023
A Time for Triage, by Michael B. Gerrard, 39(6) Envtl. F. 38 (2022)
Three New Federal Laws Aid New York’s Compliance With Climate Goals, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, September 7, 2022
Who Decides Where the Renewables Should Go?: A Response to Danielle Stokes’ Renewable Energy Federalism by Michael B. Gerrard, August 2022
Annual Survey of SEQRA Cases: Bad for Plaintiffs, But Important Bill Pending by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, July 13, 2022
The climate war is not yet lost. The ruling against the EPA is less of a setback than it seems. We have all the same weapons against pollution that we had before by Michael B. Gerrard
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency: The Agency's Climate Authority, by Michael Gerrard, Joanne Spalding, Jill Tauber, and Keith Matthews, 52 Env. L. Rep. 10429 (June 2022)
Legislature Expands State’s Jurisdiction Over Freshwater Wetlands, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, May 12, 2022
Regulation of Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals in New York, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, March 9, 2022
New York Environmental Legislation in 2021, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, January 13, 2022
Eco links Offshore Wind: Long Island's Contribution to the Fight Against Climate Change, Naturalist, by Michael B. Gerrard, Winter 2022
Using the Oceans to Store CO₂ Could Help Avoid Climate Catastrophe, Bloomberg Law, by Michael B. Gerrard and Romany Webb, December 30, 2021
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
Review of 2020 Cases Under SEQRA, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, September 9, 2021
Using New York Law to advance equity in the transportation & climate initiative program, by Hillary Aidun, Ama Francis and Michael Gerrard, August 2021
Prepared on behalf of young people seeking climate action, a report outlines the US federal government’s failures, Michael B. Gerrard, August 16, 2021
Legal Pathways to Biden's Climate Goals, Michael B. Gerrard, Sept-Oct
Killer Heat Waves Warrant FEMA Action Under New Authority, Michael B. Gerrard, July 23, 2021
Principles of international law and the adoption of a market-based mechanism for greenhouse gas emission from shipping, Hillary Aidun, Daniel Metzger and Michael B. Gerrard, February 2021
Next Mayor Will Inherit Job of Implementing 2019 Law Setting Building Emissions Caps, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, July 7, 2021
Renewables are key to a just energy future for Puerto Rico, op-ed in The Hill, by Ruth Santiago and Michael B. Gerrard, June 26, 2021
Emerging State-Level Environmental Justice Laws, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, May 13, 2021
How Biden's Environmental Policies Will Affect New York, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, March 10, 2021
Presidential Progress On Climate Change: Will The Courts Interfere With What Needs To Be Done To Save Our Planet? American Constitution Society, Michael B. Gerrard February 2021
Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement and Seaweed Cultivation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities, Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati, and Michael B. Gerrard, February 2, 2021
New York Environmental Legislation in 2020, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, January 14, 2021
An Environmental Lawyer’s Fraught Quest for Legal Tools to Hold Back the Seas, Michael B. Gerrard, Dædalus, the Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Fall 2020
How Biden Can Put the U.S. on a Path to Carbon-Free Electricity, Yale Environment 360, December 3, 2020
Record-Breaking Wildfires, Hurricanes and Heat Waves:The Year in Climate Change, Michael B. Gerrard, New York State Bar Journal, December 2020
Biden Administration Will Reverse Many Trump Environmental Policies, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, November 12, 2020
The Perils of Relying on FEMA Flood Maps in Real Estate Transactions, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, September 2020
New York’s New Statute on Siting Renewable Energy Facilities, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, May 2020
New York Can Lead World in Fighting Climate Change, by Michael B. Gerrard, New York State Bar Association, April 2020
The Role of Lawyers in Decarbonizing Society, by Michael B. Gerrard, Stanford Law Review, April 2020
Governor Cuomo Proposes $3 Billion to 'Restore Mother Nature' Bond Act, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, March 12, 2020
Direct air capture: An emerging necessity to fight climate change, by Michael B. Gerrard, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, March/April 2020
A law professor investigates the legal decision to regulate greenhouse gases, by Michael Gerrard, Science Mag, March 3, 2020
New York Environmental Legislation in 2019, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, January 9, 2020
The effect of New York's new climate law on municipalities: Deep but uncertain, Michael B. Gerrard, New York zoning law and practice report, November/December 2019
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Annual Review of Developments Under SEQRA, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, September 12, 2019
The heat is on, New York: A new climate law is a major landmark, but now requires work and sacrifice, Michael B. Gerrard, New York Daily News, June 23, 2019
New Climate Law Will Reshape NY's Key Sectors, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, July 11, 2019
Overcoming Impediments to CO2 Storage: Legal Issues in the United States and Canada, Romany Webb and Michael Gerrard, Environmental Law Reporter, June 2019
How Lawyers Can Help Save The Planet, Michael B. Gerrard and John C. Dernbach, Law360, May 21, 2019
New York’s New Congestion Pricing Law, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, May 10, 2019
Heat waves: Legal adaptation to the most lethal climate disaster (so far), Michael B. Gerrard, Arkansas article
Three Legal Visions of a ‘Green New Deal’, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, March 13, 2019
“New York Environmental Legislation in 2018,” Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, January 10, 2019
“Legal Tools for Cities to Cope with Extreme Heat,” Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, September 11, 2018
‘Going Negative: The Next Horizon in Climate Engineering Law,” Natural Resources & Environment,’ Tracy Hester and Michael B. Gerrard, Natural Resources & Environment, vol. 32 no. 4 (Spring 2018)
‘Review of Developments Under State,’ Michael B. Gerrard, New York Law Journal, July 12, 2018
‘State Authority to Preempt Local Laws Regulating Renewable Energy Projects,” Michael Gerrard, New York Law Journal, May 11, 2018
Climate Change and Human Trafficking After the Paris Agreement, Michael Gerrard, University of Miami Law Review, March 2018
“New York Environmental Legislation in 2017“, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, January 11, 2018
“New York Law Journal, Debate Over Environmental Rights,” Michael B. Gerrard, New York Law Journal, October 26, 2017
“Uncertainty About Hydrologically Connected Groundwater Has Implications in New York,” Michael Gerrard, New York Law Journal, September 14, 2017
“Legal Pathways for a Massive Increase in Utility-Scale Renewable Generation Capacity,” Michael Gerrard, Environmental Law Reporter (July 2017)
“Survey of 2016 Cases Under New York State Environmental Quality Review Act,” Michael Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, July 13, 2017
Policy Readiness for Offshore Carbon Dioxide Storage in the Northeast“, Michael Gerrard and Romany Webb, June 13, 2017
“New York’s New Sea Level Rise Projections Will Affect Land Use, Infrastructure”, Michael Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, March 8, 2017
“New York Environmental Legislation: 2016 in Review,” Michael Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, January 12, 2017
“Three Major Developments In International Climate Change Law”, New York Law Journal, November 10, 2016
“Survey of 2015 Cases Under State Environmental Quality Review Act,” New York Law Journal, July 14, 2016
“President Trump would be a climate catastrophe,” Op-Ed, The Guardian (July 2016)
“Preparing Clients for Climate Change,” GP Solo, a publication of the American Bar Association (May/June 2016)
“Climate litigation scores successes in the Netherlands and Pakistan,” ABA Association of Environment, Energy, and Resources Newsletter (May/June 2016)
“Effect of the Paris Climate Agreement on U.S. Businesses,” Michael Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, March 10, 2016
“The Supreme Court’s Action Threatens Vital Climate Policies,” Environment 360, February 17, 2016
“New York Environmental Legislation And Regulations in 2015,” Michael Gerrard and Ed McTiernan, New York Law Journal, January 14, 2016
“Regulation of Movement Of Crude Oil by Rail in New York,” New York Law Journal, November 9, 2015
“Supreme Court Ruling on Mercury Shows Little Deference to EPA,” New York Law Journal, September 10, 2015
“Survey of 2014 Cases Under State Environmental Quality Review Act,” New York Law Journal, July 9, 2015
“America is the worst polluter in the history of the world. We should let climate change refugees resettle here,” The Washington Post, June 25, 2015
“America’s Forgotten Nuclear Waste Dump in the Pacific,” SAIS Review of International Affairs, Winter-Spring 2015 (2015)
Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015: Trend or Oddity? New York Law Journal, May 14, 2015
“Save Birds Now or Birds Later,” The Environmental Forum, May/June 2015
“Scale and Focus of Climate Litigation Outside of the United States,” New York Law Journal, March 12, 2015
“New York Environmental Legislation And Regulations in 2014,” New York Law Journal, January 15, 2015
“A Pacific Isle, Radioactive and Forgotten,” New York Times, December 3, 2014
“New Statute Requires State Agencies to Consider Climate Risks,” New York Law Journal, November 13, 2014
“Legal Challenges to Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan,” New York Law Journal, September 11, 2014
“Solving the CSO Conundrum: Green Infrastructure and the Unfulfilled Promise of Federal-Municipal Cooperation,” 38 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 335 (2014)
“Survey of 2013 Cases Under State Quality Review Act,” July 10, 2014, New York Law Journal
“Federalism Obstacles to Advancing Renewable Energy,” New York Law Journal, May 8, 2014
“Deluge of New York City Laws Guards Against Flooding, Protects Environment,” New York Law Journal, March 23, 2014
“US Federal Climate Change Law in Obama’s Second Term,” Transnational Environmental Law, February 2014
“New York Environmental Legislation and Regulations in 2013,” New York Law Journal, January 9, 2014
“Michael Bloomberg’s Environmental Record, Bill de Blasio’s Promises,” New York Law Journal, November 14, 2013
“Court Rulings Accept Climate Science,” New York Law Journal, September 12, 2013
“Survey of 2012 Cases Under State Environmental Quality Review Act,” New York Law Journal, July 11, 2013
“Reducing Legal Hurdles to Combined Heat and Power in New York,” New York Law Journal, May 8, 2013
“Climate Change Action Without Congress,” 126 Harvard Law Review Forum 160 (2013)
“Environmental Protection” (with Daniel M. Firger), in Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment: Challenges to International Harmonization (Zdenek Drabek & Petros C. Mavroidis, eds., 2013)
“Federal Executive Actions to Combat Climate Change,” New York Law Journal, Mar. 14, 2013
“New York Environmental Legislation and Regulations in 2012,” New York Law Journal, Jan., 8, 2013
“Mexico’s General Climate Change Law” (with Anne Siders), in What are the next steps? Legal Perspectives on Mexico’s General Law on Climate Change (Environmental Law Institute and USAid/Mexico, 2012)
“D.C. Circuit clears path for GHG rules, but politics remain ,” Trends (ABA), November/December 2012
“Obama Reelection Clears Path For Numerous New EPA Regulations,” New York Law Journal, Nov. 30, 2012
“FERC Order 1000 as a New Tool for Promoting Energy Efficiency and Demand Response” (with Shelley Welton), The Environmental Law Reporter, Nov. 2012
“The Law on What Documents Scientists Must Keep and Disclose” (with Elizabeth Sheargold), Eos, October 30, 2012.
“The Environment in New York State” (with Claire H. Woods), in The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics (Gerald Benjamin, editor) (Oxford University Press) (2012)
“State Public Utility Commissions’ Powers to Advance Energy Efficiency” New York Law Journal, Sept. 13, 2012
“Court Ruling Gives Green Light to EPA GHG Regulations — Positive for Natural Gas, Renewables, and Efficient Vehicles” (with Mark Fulton et al.), DB Climate Change Advisors, August 2012
“Recent Developments Under State Environmental Quality Review Act” New York Law Journal, July 12, 2012
“Hurricane Katrina Decision Highlights Liability for Decaying Infrastructure” New York Law Journal, May, 10, 2012
“At issue: Energy efficiency,” (p.56) Columbia Law School Magazine, Spring 2012
“Science Heads List of Candidate Debate Queries,” The Environmental Forum, March/April 2012
“Reverse Environmental Impact Analysis: Effect of Climate Change on Projects ” New York Law Journal, March 8, 2012
“New York Environmental Legislation and Regulations in 2011” New York Law Journal, Jan. 12, 2012
“United States of America” (with Gregory E. Wannier), in Climate Change Liability: Transnational Law and Practice (Richard Lord, et al., eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
“Harmonizing Climate Change Policy and International Investment Law” (with Daniel M. Firger), Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Karl P. Sauvant, ed.), 2012
“Governmental and Private Liability for Flooding,”New York Law Journal, Nov. 10., 2011
“What litigation of a climate nuisance suit might look like ,” 121 Yale Law Journal Online 135, Sept. 2011 Reprinted in 12 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 12 (2012) (Spanish translation available here)
New York’s Revived Power Plant Siting Law Preempts Local Control, New York Law Journal, Sept. 8, 2011
“Model Municipal Ordinance Project Designed to Facilitate Wind and Solar Projects and Green Buildings,”The New York Environmental Reporter, vol. 31, no.2, Spring 2011
“Climate Change Litigation After Supreme Court Ruling in American Electric Power v. Connecticut,” DB Climate Change Advisors, July 15, 2011
“USA” in The International Comparative Legal Guide to Environment Law 2011 (2011)
“American Electric Power’ Leaves Open Many Questions for Climate Litigation ” New York Law Journal, July 14, 2011
“Climate Change and the WTO: Expected Battlegrounds, Surprising Battles” BNA’s Daily Environmental Reporter, July 12, 2011; World Climate Change Report, July 11, 2011; and International Environment, July 12, 2011.
“2010 Developments Under State Environmental Quality Review Act ” New York Law Journal, May 12, 2011
“Environmental and Energy Legislation in the 112th Congress” Trends, vol. 24, no. 4 March/April 2011
“Increasing Use of Renewable Energy: Legal Techniques and Impediments” New York Law Journal, March 10, 2011
“Climate Change Litigation After Supreme Court Ruling in American Electric Power v. Connecticut,” DB Climate Change Advisors (William R. Rodgers, Jr. & Michael J. Robinson-Dorn, eds.) (Carolina Academic Press 2011)
“Increasing Energy Efficiency: Legal Techniques and Impediments,” New York Law Journal, January 13, 2011
“NEPA and Its Progeny,” in Climate Change Reader (William R. Rodgers, Jr. & Michael J. Robinson-Dorn, eds.) (Carolina Academic Press 2011)
“Increasing Energy Efficiency: Legal Techniques and Impediments,” New York Law Journal, January 13, 2011
“Model Green Building Ordinance Proposed for Adoption by New York Municipalities” NYSBA/MLRC Municipal Lawyer, Fall 2010 v.24, no.4
“New York Environmental Legislation and Regulations in 2010” New York Law Journal, November 29, 2010
“Climate Regulation Without Congressional Action” New York Law Journal, October 6, 2010
“Litigation Under SEQRA Declining, Exemption Use is Rising” New York Law Journal, 5 August 2010
“USA” in The International Comparative Legal Guide to Environment Law 2010 (2010)
“Model Green Building Ordinance For Municipalities Open for Comment” New York Law Journal, 3 June 2010
“Defining the Challenge in Implementing Climate Change Policy,” Environmental Law Reporter (June 2010)
“Greenhouse Gas Disclosure Requirements Are Proliferating” New York Law Journal, 1 April (2010)
“In the year 2049: What Will Environmental Protection Be like 40 Years from Now?” Environmental Forum,November/December 2009.
“Court of Appeals Expands SEQRA Standing After an 18-Year Detour,” New York Law Journal, 27 November (2009)
“Coal-Fired Powerplants Dominate Climate Change Litigation,” New York Law Journal, 25 September (2009)
“Comment on Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Mitigation Policy in the United States: Integrating Levels of Government and Economic Sectors” Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, August 2009
“Cash-for-Clunkers Program: Better for Industry than Environment,” New York Law Journal, 24 July (2009)
“The Effect of NEPA Outside the Courtroom,” Environmental Law Reporter 39, July 2009.
“The Obama Administration’s First Environmental Policy Changes.” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, July 2009
“Greenhouse Gases: Emerging Standards for Impact Review,” New York Law Journal 27 Mar (2009)
“State Bar Task Force: 22 New York Actions to Address Climate Change,” New York Law Journal 23 Jan (2009)
Taking Action in New York on Climate Change (January 2009) ,New York State Bar Association (Task Force chair)
“New York Environmental Legislation in 2008,” New York Law Journal 28 Nov (2008)
“McCain/Palin vs. Obama/Biden on the Environment.” New York Law Journal 26 Sep (2008)
“McCain vs. Obama on Environment, Energy, and Resources,” Natural Resources & Environment Fall (2008)
“N.Y. Brownfields Program Buffeted by Legislature, Courts,” New York Law Journal, 25 Jul (2008)
“SEQRA and Climate Change,” NYSBA Government, Law and Policy Journal Summer (2008)
“Carbon Capture, Sequestration Raises Myriad Legal Issues,” New York Law Journal 23 May (2008)
“USA Chapter,” The International Comparative Legal Guide To: Environment Law 2008, 5th ed. (Global Legal Group: 2008)
“Global Climate Change,” Environmental Law Practice Guide (LexisNexis: 2008)
“Survey of SEQRA Cases From 2007,” New York Law Journal 28 Mar (2008)
“Financial Disclosure of Risks Related to Global Climate Change,” (with Christopher Anderson) TRENDSMarch/April (2008)
“Climate Change and the Environmental Impact Review Process,” NR&E Winter (2008)
“New York State Environmental Legislation in 2007,” New York Law Journal 25 Jan (2008)
“Stricter Rules on Storm Water Discharges Taking Effect,” New York Law Journal 23 Nov (2007)
“Keen on Green?” (with Jonathan Martel) New York Law Journal Oct (2007)
“Survey of Climate Change Litigation,” New York Law Journal 28 Sep (2007)
“Kyoto’s Clean Development Mechanism in Action,” New York Law Journal 24 Sep (2007)
“Business Opportunities in Climate Change Mitigation,“ New York Law Journal 22 Sep (2006)
“A Q&A Guide to Environment Law in The U.S.” (with Lester Sotsky) PLC’s Environment Cross-Border Handbook 2006/07 (2006)
“Environmental Law in New York,” monthly publication
“Emergency Exemptions from Environmental Laws After Disasters,” NR&E Spring (2006)
“Environmental Easements: A New Form of Property,” New York Law Journal 26 Nov (2004)
“EPA, DEC Expand Roles of Environmental Management Systems,” New York Law Journal 23 Jul (2004)
“Who Goes to Jail? Understanding Criminal Liability for Wastewater Violations,” Clearwaters (1996)
“Building Environmentally Just Projects: Perspective of a Developer’s Lawyer,” Environmental Law NewsSpring (1996)
“World Trade Center: Response, Recovery and Reconstruction,” New York Law Journal 04 Oct (2001)
“Environmental Justice and New York Environmental Law,” Environmental Law in New York 01 Jun (2001)
“Environmental Actions of the New York State Legislature in 2000 ,” New York Law Journal 24 Nov (2000)
“New York’s New Pesticide Notification Law,” 22 Sep (2000)
“Update on Environmental Justice Cases,” New York Law Journal 28 Jul (2000)
“Consultants’ and Lawyers’ Duties to Report Contamination,” New York Law Journal 1 Mar (2000)
“Environmental Law: Legislative Update – 1999,” New York Law Journal 26 Nov (1999)
“New York’s Pending Superfund/Brownfields Legislation,” New York Law Journal 24 Sep (1999)
“How SEQRA Cases Fared in 1998,” New York Law Journal 22 Jan (1999)
“Emerging Statutory and Constitutional Tools for States to Resist Federal Environmental Regulation,“Environmental Law Reporter 1 Mar (1998)
“Municipal Powers Under SEQRA,” New York State Bar Journal 1 Dec (1997)
“Interaction of Toxic Tort and CERCLA Litigation,” Toxics Law Reporter 09 Oct (1996)
“Compliance Programs for Small Business,” New York Law Journal 27 Sep (1996)
“Comparative Risk Assessment in New York,” The New York Law Journal 24 May (1996)
“Environmental Law — Update on SEQRA Lawsuits for 1995,” New York Law Journal 22 Mar (1996)
“Environmental Law — New York’s Comprehensive New Air – Pollution Rules,” New York Law Journal 26 Jan (1996)
“Dodging the Nimby Bullet: A Solution To Waste Facility Siting,” Public Utilities Fortnightly 01 Aug (1995)
“Environmental Law — Guarding Against False Claims Act Suits,” New York Law Journal 28 Jul (1995)
“Corporate Probation: The Con Edison Sentence,” New York Law Journal 26 May (1995)
“Environmental Commercial Law–Update on SEQRA Lawsuits for 1994,” New York Law Journal 24 Mar (1995)
“Turning Nimby on its Head: A Siting Solution Based on Federal Allocation, State Responsibility, and Local Control .” Environmental Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 46 24 Mar. (1995)

Since 1989, Michael Gerrard has edited a newsletter, Environmental Law in New York, which covers environmental decisions in federal and state courts in New York and other legal and regulatory developments. It is now a monthly newsletter of LexisNexis. Each issue consists of a lead article and then summaries of the new cases and other developments. Below is a listing of all the lead articles. Links to articles published after 2000 are to the versions of the articles in the LexisNexis database, and access requires a Lexis account; Lexis has given us permission to post PDFs of earlier articles. Subscriptions to the newsletter may be ordered from LexisNexis here. Persons interested in writing a lead article for the newsletter should contact its Managing Editor, L. Margaret Barry, at [email protected].

2024

November 2024 Drs. Chris Lim, Carlos Restrepo, and Peter Marcotullio, Victoria Sanders, and New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, Community Heat and Air Mapping Project for Environmental Justice: Heat-Related Risks, Air Pollution, and Social Vulnerability in New York City

October 2024 Wei Guo, Yanjun (Penny) Liao, and Qing Miao, Local Economic Impacts of the NY Rising Buyout and Acquisition Program

September 2024 Pamela Root, Confronting the Preemption Impact of the Ninth Circuit’s California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley: A Roadmap to Defending New York City’s and New York State’s Laws to Electrify Buildings

August 2024 Peter Bauer and Claudia Braymer, Will the State of New York Achieve Its Goal of Protecting 30% of the State’s Land and Inland Waters by 2030? (Viewpoint)

July 2024 Douglas Davis and Jeremy Birnstingl, Ph.D., Meeting “Forever Chemical” Cleanup Challenges in Groundwater: In Situ Remediation of PFAS in New York State

June 2024 Jordan Paige and Brian Cain, New York City Independent Budget Office, Potential Financial Implications of a Stormwater Fee in New York City

May 2024 Daniel J. Metzger, Decision on International Energy Conservation Code Appeals Could Undermine Electrification Requirements in New Construction

April 2024 Andrew J. Perel, Susan Charles, and Buck Dixon, New York’s New Spill Reporting Requirements and Potential Ramifications for Environmental Due Diligence

March 2024 Jack Nelson and Michael S. Bogin, Rooftop Solar Systems Required by NYC Local Laws May Qualify for IRA’s Renewable Energy Tax Credits

February 2024 Ellen Kaye Fleishhacker et al., ESG, Whistleblowing, and Compliance Programs: Key Takeaways from a Recent ESG Misstatement Case

January 2024 Matthew J. Sinkman, Making Sense of Efforts to Regulate PFAS

2023

December 2023 Matthew Eisenson and Romany M. Webb, Expert Insights on Best Practices for Community Benefits Agreements

November 2023 Sylvia Morse, CLTs Gaining Ground in NYC: Policies to Sustain and Scale the Growth of Community Land Trusts

October 2023 Helen M. Forgione, Sarah Charlop-Powers, and Clara C. Pregitzer, Funding Forested Natural Areas: Recent Trends in New York City

September 2023 Sam M. Laniado and Michelle C. Zaludek, An Update on Transmission Siting for Offshore Wind Projects in New York State

August 2023 NYC and NJ Urban Tributaries Working Group, Concerns and Recommendations Regarding the New York/New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Study (Viewpoint)

July 2023 The Municipal Art Society of New York, SITE x SITE: Refining Soft Site Development Projections Under CEQR (Viewpoint)

June 2023 New York City Building and Land Use Approval Streamlining Taskforce (BLAST), Get Stuff Built: CEQR Recommendations from New York City’s Building and Land Use Approval Streamlining Taskforce

May 2023 Molly Barth, Amy Chester, and Johanna Lawton, Climate Displacement in New York City: Making Space for Our Neighbors

April 2023 Kathy Moser, Abby Chan, and Michaela Roberts, Open Spaces for All: An Overview

March 2023 New York State Bar Association Environmental & Energy Law Section, Comments on the Draft Scoping Plan for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, Part 2 of 2

February 2023 New York State Bar Association Environmental & Energy Law Section, Comments on the Draft Scoping Plan for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, Part 1 of 2

January 2023 Monica Miller, Happy’s Day in Court: Seeking the Right to Liberty for an Elephant in New York’s Highest Court, Part 2 of 2 (Viewpoint)

2022

December 2022 Monica Miller, Happy’s Day in Court: Seeking the Right to Liberty for an Elephant in New York’s Highest Court, Part 1 of 2 (Viewpoint)

November 2022 Michelle Meyer and Tim Dallmann, Real-World Diesel Truck Emissions and Related Health Impacts in New York City

October 2022 Adam Stolorow and Evan Preminger, Local Law 154 Pulls the Plug on Fossil Fuels in New Buildings: Is New York City Ready for Its All-Electric Future?

September 2022 Jacob Elkin, Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities in New York

August 2022 Jennifer Danis and Zoe Makoul, Helping New Jersey State Agencies and Departments Align Their Actions with GHG Reduction Mandates and Environmental Justice Principles (Viewpoint)

July 2022 Amy E. Turner, Cooperative Federalism, As Applied: Building Electrification

June 2022 Rebecca Bratspies, This Changes Everything: New York’s Environmental Amendment (Viewpoint)

May 2022 Peter Lehner and Nathan Rosenberg, Advancing Climate-Neutral Agriculture in New York (Viewpoint)

April 2022 Sonal Jessel and Bobbi Wilding, Environmental Justice, Health, and Carceral Facilities: A Report on Policy Action to Address Environmental Justice and Health Issues in Carceral Facilities for New York State (Viewpoint)

March 2022 Allison B. Rumsey, Brian Israel, Sandra E. Rizzo, Ethan G. Shenkman, Sarah Grey, Erin Grubbs, Elise Henry, and Emily Orler, How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Lays the Groundwork for an Energy Transition

February 2022 Chris Whitehead, Minimizing and Mitigating Potential Environmental Justice Impacts from Offshore Wind Port Facilities through Adaptive Public Engagement: Sharing Best Practices

January 2022 Mark Lowery & Jonathan A. Binder, Community Risk and Resiliency Act Implementation

2021

December 2021 Hillary Aidun, Ama Francis, and Michael Gerrard, Using New York Law to Advance Equity in the Transportation & Climate Initiative Program

November 2021 Telisport W. Putsavage, New York Legalization of Adult-Use Cannabis Presents Environmental Challenges and Opportunities

October 2021 Lynda Nguyen, How New York City Can Tackle Climate Change and Enhance Workforce Development with Green, Healthy Schools (Viewpoint)

September 2021 Sarah Main, New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting Sets Precedent in Section 94-c Permit Proceedings: When Major Renewable Energy Projects Need Not Comply with Local Laws

August 2021 Surbhi Sarang, Protecting New York City Community Gardens to Build Urban Resilience

July 2021 Hillary Aidun, Julia Li, and Antonia Pereira, The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s Environmental Justice Promise

June 2021 Audi Banny, Jeff Gracer, Margaret Holden, Stuart Kaplan, and Stephanie Margolis, High-Performance Leases: A Solution for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Commercial Buildings

May 2021 Richard Kauffman and David Sandalow, Leveraging State Funds for Clean Energy: Lessons from New York State

April 2021 Sally Rowland, Ph.D., P.E., Ripe for Change—New York State Moves to Reduce Food Waste

March 2021 Noah Kaufman and Yu Ann Tan, New York City’s Building Emissions Law Shows the Importance of Economy-Wide Climate Policy

February 2021 Alexis Saba and Adam Stolorow, Affordable Housing and Climate Mitigation in New York City: Compliance and Financing Options for Building Owners Under Local Laws 97 and 116

January 2021 Danielle Manley, Christopher Halfnight, and John Mandyck, Trading: A New Climate Solution for New York City’s Buildings

2020

December 2020 Environmental Law Committee and International Environmental Law Committee, New York City Bar Association, The Global Problem of Plastic Pollution: What Can New York Do?

November 2020 Robert Freudenberg, The Five Borough Bikeway: An Evolution in New York City’s Bike Infrastructure (Viewpoint)

October 2020 Justin Gundlach and Elizabeth B. Stein, New York Urgently Needs to Harmonize Its Energy Utility Regulation Framework with Its New Climate Law

September 2020 Jen Becker, Elena Conte, and Renae Widdison, Flawed Findings: How NYC Dismisses Residential Displacement and Its Impact on Communities (Viewpoint)

August 2020 Jen Becker and Elena Conte, Flawed Findings: How NYC Dismisses Business Displacement and Its Impact on Communities (Viewpoint)

July 2020 Jim Muscato and Jessica Ansert Klami, New York May Finally Have a Renewable Energy Siting Process to Achieve Its Aggressive Climate Action Goals

June 2020 Michael B. Gerrard and Brian D. Israel, Emergency Relief from Federal and New York Environmental Laws During the Coronavirus Crisis

May 2020 Michael Bogin and Katherine Ghilain, What Your Phase I Won’t Tell You About Developing a Waterfront Site in New York City

April 2020 Luke Jefts, PCBs in Building Materials: Widespread Use from 1950s Through 1970s Presents Serious Implications for Demolition, Renovation, and Repurposing Projects

March 2020 The Municipal Art Society of New York and New Yorkers for Parks, Bright Ideas: New York City’s Fight for Light(Viewpoint)

February 2020 Mimi S. Raygorodetsky, The Perils and Pleasures of Urban Waterfront Development(Viewpoint)

January 2020 Amy L. Edwards and Meaghan A. Colligan, EPA’s Updated CERCLA “Common Elements” Guide: Enforcement Discretion Guidance Provides Important Direction on Landowner Liability

2019

December 2019 Robert O. Gurman, in consultation with NY Green Bank and NYSERDA, NY Green Bank Capital to Support New York State Vehicle Electrification(Viewpoint)

November 2019 Erin M. Tobin, Historic Tax Credits as a Tool for Economic Development and Community Revitalization(Viewpoint)

October 2019 Benjamin Miller, Redesigning Commercial Waste Management in New York: Maximizing the Benefits of Franchise Zones(Viewpoint)

September 2019 Gene Kelly and Michelle Piasecki, The Impossible Search for Perfect Land: Siting Renewable Generation Projects in New York State

August 2019 Paul Gallay, Esq., The Right to Know and the Responsibility to Act: Ensuring Environmental Compliance Through Inspection, Enforcement, and Citizen Science(Viewpoint)

July 2019 Noah Garcia, Transportation Electrification in New York: Regulatory Opportunities and Challenges

June 2019 Sara E. Imperiale and Erin M. Meyer, Enforcing the Right to Breathe: Continuing the Fight for Environmental Justice in Public Housing

May 2019 Jose Almanzar,If You BUILD It, Will They Come? A Look at the 2018 Congressional Reauthorization of the Federal Brownfields Program and Other Amendments to CERCLA

April 2019 Donald Chahbazpour, Renewable Natural Gas, an Overlooked Option to Decarbonize Heat and Transportation(Viewpoint)

March 2019 Thomas Devaney,CEQR and the Miscalculation of Development Under the Long Island City and Downtown Brooklyn Rezonings(Viewpoint)

February 2019 Melissa Iachan,Out with the Trash, In with the New: Challenges and Solutions in New York City’s Solid Waste Management System(Viewpoint)

January 2019 Eddie Bautista, Annel Hernandez, Priya Mulgaonkar, and Kartik Amarnath, A Just Transition for New York: Achieving Clean and Renewable Energy Equity for Environmental Justice Communities

2018

December 2018 Cullen Howe, Assessing New York’s Proposed “New Efficiency: New York” Initiative: Recommendations for Maximizing and Accelerating Energy Efficiency Procurement in New York

November 2018 Dwight E. Kanyuck,An Introduction to New York’s Energy Storage Roadmap: The Impact, Benefits, and Challenges of Deploying Energy Storage on New York’s Electric Grid

October 2018 Shiva Prakash,Realizing a Vision for Environmental and Economic Justice Through Community Solar Development in New York

September 2018 Jeffrey A. Kroessler, Losing Its Way: The Landmarks Preservation Commission in Eclipse (Part 2)(Viewpoint)

August 2018 Jeffrey A. Kroessler, Losing Its Way: The Landmarks Preservation Commission in Eclipse (Part 1)(Viewpoint)

July 2018 Maggie Macdonald, Managing Electronic Equipment in New York State: An Overview of the Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act

June 2018 Byron Stigge and Adam Hinge, Reducing New York City’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Buildings Sector: Challenges on the Road to 80 x 50

May 2018 Stephen Miller, Envisioning a Connected System: How Can We Ensure Sustainable Mobility for All New Yorkers?

April 2018 Malcolm J. Bowman, William B. Golden, Catherine McVay Hughes, Christopher Sellers, and Robert D. Yaro, The Social Justice Case for a Metropolitan New York-New Jersey Regional Storm Surge Barrier System

March 2018 Lloyd Kass, Cleaning New York City’s Grid: Reimaging the City’s Power Sector to Reach 80% in Carbon Emissions Reduction by 2050

February 2018 Benjamin Miller,Managing New York’s Municipal Solid Waste to Support the City’s Goal of Reducing Greenhouse Gases by 80% by 2050

January 2018 Edward McTiernan, Ethan G. Shenkman, and Michael B. Gerrard, Environmental Reviews for Infrastructure Projects in the Trump Era

January 2018 Nelson D. Johnson, Edward McTiernan, and Eric A. Rey, RevisitingRCRA Endangerment Claims: A New Way to Regulate Point Source Discharges

2017

December 2017 Andrew Ratzkin, A Case for a New York Carbon Tax

November 2017 Seth D. Friedland and Reesa D. Hedrick, Development and Redevelopment of Gas Station Properties

October 2017 Robert Freudenberg, The New York Metropolitan Area Under Water

September 2017 Justin Gundlach,Putting Green Infrastructure on Private Property in New York City

August 2017 Sam M. Laniado & Tyler W. Wolcott, Siting Transmission Lines for New York Offshore Wind Projects

July 2017 Lauren Baron, The Unsettled World of Wetlands Regulation: Wetlands Case Law Update for 2016 into 2017

June 2017 Jonathon B. Tingley, The EIS: A Tool to Facilitate Project Approval

May 2017 Nelson D. Johnson, Edward F. McTiernan, and Eric A. Rey, RCRA Endangerment Claims: A New Way to Regulate Point Source Discharges?

April 2017 Edward F. McTiernan and Brian D. Israel, Emerging Developments Could Signal Renewed Emphasis On Natural Resource Damages in New York

March 2017 Veronica Reed,Attorney’s Role During and After the Execution of a Criminal Environmental Search Warrant: Avoiding Conflicts and Preserving Client Confidences

February 2017 Jeffrey R. Sotek, OSHA Adopts Crystalline Silica Regulation: Old Hazard, New Progress

January 2017 Asante Shipp Hilts, DrPH, MPH, Millicent Eidson, MA, DVM, DACVPM, and Wan-Hsiang Hsu, PhD, Climate and Health in New York State

2016

December 2016 Anne Reynolds, New York’s New Clean Energy Standard: What It Means for Renewable Energy

November 2016 Peter D. Wolf, The New State Energy Code

October 2016 Phillip Ludvigsen, PhD, and Bernard T. Delaney, PhD, PE, BCEE, Green Bonds: De-Risking Deals to Maximize Returns

September 2016 Philip E. Karmel, J. Kevin Healy, and Charla Beth Mobley, The Proposed Wind Farm off the Shore of Long Island

August 2016 Kimberly R. Nason, Developing a Path for Community Solar in New York State

July 2016 Elizabeth Moran, New York’s Sewage Pollution Right To Know Law and the Case for Infrastructure Investment(Viewpoint)

June 2016 Edward McTiernan & Michael B. Gerrard, Expediting Environmental Review and Permitting of Infrastructure Projects: The 2015 Fast Act

May 2016 Kathy Robb, The 2015 “Waters of the United States” Rule under the Clean Water Act

April 2016 Michael S. Bogin, Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, and Maggie Macdonald, Managing Stormwater From Construction Activities: A Guide to New York State’s Construction General Permit

March 2016 Nelson D. Johnson & Eric A. Rey, RCRA Citizen Suits and the Clean Water Act

February 2016 Joshua L. Sturtevant, Reforming the Energy Vision - Opportunities Exist, But Hurdles Remain

January 2016 Yvonne E. Hennessey, Opposition to Natural Gas Pipelines Following New York’s “Fracking” Ban(Viewpoint)

2015

December 2015 Ria Rana, Crude Oil On the Hudson: Addressing The Risks of Barge Transport of Bakken Crude Oil(Viewpoint)

November 2015 David J. Freeman and Lawrence P. Schnapf, New York Amends Its Brownfield Cleanup Act

October 2015 Albert Huang and Sara Imperiale, The Right to Breathe: Environmental Justice in Public Housing (Viewpoint)

September 2015 Response by the NY Passive House Board of Directors to An Introduction to Passive House Principles and Policy (Counter Viewpoint)

August 2015 Dan Chorost and Priya Murthy, Demonstrating Divisibility at Sediment Megasites: Building a Case Against Joint and Several Liability in Superfund Waterways

July 2015 Randall C. Young, The No Contact Rule and Administrative Agencies

June 2015 Benjamin Miller and Juliette Spertus, Encouraging the Development of Processing Infrastructure for New York City’s Organics Waste Stream (Part 2 of 2)

May 2015 Benjamin Miller and Juliette Spertus, Encouraging the Development of Processing Infrastructure for New York City’s Organics Waste Stream (Part 1 of 2)

April 2015 Jessica Anne Wentz, Draft NEPA Guidance Requires Agencies to Consider Both GHG Emissions and the Impacts of Climate Change on Proposed Actions

March 2015 Katrin Klingenberg and Mike Knezovich, An Introduction to Passive House Principles and Policy(Viewpoint)

February 2015 Alan J. Knauf and Janice A. Dean, Too Early or Too Late? Statutes of Limitations in Hazardous Waste and Oil Spill Claims (Part 2 of 2)

January 2015 Alan J. Knauf and Janice A. Dean, Too Early or Too Late? Statutes of Limitations in Hazardous Waste and Oil Spill Claims (Part 1 of 2)

2014

December 2014 Lawrence E. Culleen, Peggy Otum, and L. Margaret Barry, The Toxic Substances Control Act and Fracking: What Role Should EPA Play in Regulating Fracking Chemicals?

November 2014 Eric A. Rey, Statute of Repose: Still a Viable Defense in Environmental Torts

October 2014 Ethan I. Strell, New York Environmental Impact Statements Beginning to Address Climate Resiliency

September 2014 Bret R. Salzer, New York Green Bank: Crown Jewel of the New York Energy Plan?

August 2014 James P. Rigano, Subsurface Contamination: Individual Liability and Reporting Obligations

July 2014 Adam Hinge & Michael Bobker, Building Energy Benchmarking & Disclosure: Market Reactions from Early Implementation of New York City’s Local Law 84 of 2009

June 2014 Cari Rincker, Overview of Legal Issues Affecting the Local Food Movement

May 2014 Sarah Adams-Schoen, On The Waterfront: New York city’s Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Challenge (Part 2 of 2)

April 2014 Sarah Adams-Schoen, On The Waterfront: New York city’s Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Challenge (Part 1 of 2)

March 2014 Jackson Morris, Andrea Cerbin, Jordan Stutt, and Adam Cohn, New York’s Renewable Portfolio Standard: Where to From Here?

February 2014 Lena Golze Desmond,Legal Support for the Environmental Grassroots: A Concept Paper(Viewpoint)

January 2014 Mandy DeRoche,A Stormwater Fee, with Strong and Equitable Credits for Green Infrastructure, Could Benefit New York City as a Whole and Environmental Justice Communities Such as the South Bronx(Viewpoint)

2013

December 2013 Shelley Welton, Plugging the Leaks: Can RGGI Regulate Emissions from Imported Electricity? (Part 2 of 2)

November 2013 Shelley Welton, Plugging the Leaks: Can RGGI Regulate Emissions from Imported Electricity? (Part 1 of 2)

October 2013 Steven C. Russo and Adam B. Silverman, Environmental Audit—New York Looks to Expand the Scope of Its Policy While EPA Seeks to Target Applicability

September 2013 John Louis Parker, Extreme Weather and Its Consequences: Adaptation and Resilience Are Needed to Address a Changing World (Part 2 of 2)(Viewpoint)

August 2013 John Louis Parker, Extreme Weather and Its Consequences: Adaptation and Resilience Are Needed to Address a Changing World (Part 1 of 2)(Viewpoint)

July 2013 Jack A. Nasca and Lawrence H. Weintraub, DEC Proposes Changes to the SEQR Regulations

June 2013 Michael A. Cucchiara, Tax Increment Financing Programs for Brownfields Remediation and Redevelopment

May 2013 Michael D. Zarin and Brad K. Schwartz, Vested Rights: A “Win-Win” for Municipalities and Redevelopers in Long-Term, Public-Private Redevelopment Projects

April 2013 Randall C. Young, Recent Environmental Enforcement Issues Concerning New York State Agencies (Part 2 of 2)(Viewpoint)

March 2013 Randall C. Young, Recent Environmental Enforcement Issues Concerning New York State Agencies (Part 1 of 2)(Viewpoint)

February 2013 David Sive, Nicholas A. Robinson, and Philip Weinberg, Is The Forest Preserve “Forever” Or “Wild”? (Part 2 of 2)(Viewpoint)

January 2013 David Sive, Nicholas A. Robinson, and Philip Weinberg, Is The Forest Preserve “Forever” Or “Wild”? (Part 1 of 2)(Viewpoint)

April 2009 Delight Balducci, Stephanie Haas, Cullen Howe, Kara Murphy, Giselle Vigneron, and Jason Weiner, Green Jobs in New York: Where the (Green) Economy Meets the (Green) Environment (Part 2 of 2)

March 2009 Delight Balducci, Stephanie Haas, Cullen Howe, Kara Murphy, Giselle Vigneron, and Jason Weiner, Green Jobs in New York: Where the (Green) Economy Meets the (Green) Environment (Part 1 of 2)

February 2009 Patricia E. Salkin, Wind Blows in New Code of Ethics for Companies Doing Business in New York State

January 2009 John D. Echeverria and Michael E. Kenneally, Jr., Noghrey v. Town of Brookhaven: How Far is “Too Far” in a Regulatory Takings Case

2008

December 2008 Eric Schaaf, Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 Enforcement Update

November 2008 Cullen Howe, Preparing for the Inevitable: What New York City Should Do to Adapt to the Impending Effects of Climate Change (Part 2 of 2)

October 2008 David J. Freeman and Laura Karvosky, Case Law Develops for Site Eligibility Under New York State’s Brownfield Cleanup Program

September 2008 Cullen Howe, Preparing for the Inevitable: What New York City Should Do to Adapt to the Impending Effects of Climate Change (Part 1 of 2)

August 2008 Walter Mugdan,Promoting Green Construction: EPA’s Use of Voluntary Programs to Encourage More Sustainable Development

July 2008 Frederick R. Fucci, Making Buildings More Energy Efficient Through Energy Performance Contracting (Part 2 of 2)

June 2008 Frederick R. Fucci, Making Buildings More Energy Efficient Through Energy Performance Contracting (Part 1 of 2)

May 2008 Michael G. Murphy, Environmental Review of Energy Projects in New York (Part 2 of 2)

April 2008 Michael G. Murphy, Environmental Review of Energy Projects in New York (Part 1 of 2)

March 2008 Department of Environmental Conservation Executive Staff

February 2008 Philip E. Karmel and L. Margaret Barry, Mitigation of Environmental Impacts Under SEQRA

January 2008 Mark P. McIntyre, How PlaNYC Will Facilitate Brownfield Redevelopment

2007

December 2007 Michael G. Mahoney, The Pfizer Climate Change and Energy Program: Understanding Climate Change Risks and Opportunities

November 2007 James J. Periconi,Indoor Air Quality in Office Buildings: A Survey of Federal and State Regulations (Part 2 of 2)

October 2007 James J. Periconi, Indoor Air Quality in Office Buildings: A Survey of Federal and State Regulations (Part 1 of 2)

September 2007 Richard M. Walka and Ellen R. DeOrsay, The U.S. EPA Region 2 Facility Audit Agreement: Opportunity or Albatross? (Part 2 of 2)

August 2007 Richard M. Walka and Ellen R. DeOrsay, The U.S. EPA Region 2 Facility Audit Agreement: Opportunity or Albatross? (Part 1 of 2)

July 2007 Charles M. Pratt, Electric Regulation in the State of New York (Part 2 of 2)

June 2007 Charles M. Pratt, Electric Regulation in the State of New York (Part 1 of 2)

May 2007 James R. May,Environmental Citizen Suit Update

April 2007 Walter Mugdan, Back to the Future: Coal Gasification Comes of Age … Again

March 2007 Christopher A. Amato, Standing Downwind: Vermont’s SEQRA Challenge to International Paper’s Tire Test Burn

February 2007 Joel H. Sachs, RLUIPA and Land Use Regulation in New York State

January 2007 Mark A. Chertok, The Scope of the Obligation to Consider Alternatives Under Little NEPAs (Part 2 of 2)

2006

December 2006 Mark A. Chertok, The Scope of the Obligation to Consider Alternatives Under Little NEPAs (Part 1 of 2)

October 2006 Eric A. Goldstein and Robin Marx, Protecting New York City’s Water Supply Through Filtration Avoidance in 2007 (Part 2 of 2)

September 2006 Eric A. Goldstein and Robin Marx, Protecting New York City’s Water Supply Through Filtration Avoidance in 2007 (Part 1 of 2)

August 2006 Samuel L. Brown, Conservation Easements & Land Trusts: Overview, Examples and Their Role in the Development Process (Part 2 of 2)

July 2006 Samuel L. Brown, Conservation Easements & Land Trusts: Overview, Examples and Their Role in the Development Process (Part 1 of 2)

June 2006 Michael D. Zarin, Border Wars and SEQRA (Part 2 of 2)

May 2006 Michael D. Zarin, Border Wars and SEQRA (Part 1 of 2)

April 2006 David Schiff,The Expanding Scope of Environmental Analyses Under SEQRA

March 2006 Jonathan Martel, NYPIRG v. Johnson: Disputing Enforcement in New York’s Title V Permit Proceedings

February 2006 Jody Kass, Mathy Stanislaus, Alan Epstein and Russell Kivler, A Baseline Analysis on the Use of Brownfield Tax Credits by Not-for-Profit Organizations

January 2006 Philip E. Karmel and Laurence Horvath, Cleaning Up New York Brownfields and Other Contaminated Sites After Cooper Industries v. Aviall

2005

December 2005 Andrew W. Schwartz, San Remo Hotel v. City and County of San Francisco: Victory for Local Control of Land Use

November 2005 Darryl Cabbagestalk and Larry Schnapf, Remediating Contaminated Sites in New York City Under the E-Designation Program

October 2005 Jay Wickersham,Mitigation Measures: Definitions, Enforcement, Monitoring, and Effectiveness in California, Massachusetts and New York

September 2005 Larry Schnapf, Using the Oil Spill Fund to Facilitate Brownfield Development

August 2005 Lawrence Norden and Jeremy Creelan, Lost in the Shadows: The Fight for a Senate Vote on Wetlands Protection Legislation

July 2005 James P. Rigano and Barry S. Cohen, Soil Vapor Intrusion, the New Issue

June 2005 Paul D. Boehm, Steave Su, Walter Shields, and Brian Murphy, Environmental Forensics Approaches for Understanding Liabilities (Part 2 of 2)

May 2005 Paul D. Boehm, Steave Su, Walter Shields, and Brian Murphy, Environmental Forensics Approaches for Understanding Liabilities (Part 1 of 2)

April 2005 Kristina Alexander, Waiting to Inhale: Radon in New York

March 2005 Eleanor Stein,The New York Renewable Portfolio Standard: Case Study in Process and Substance

February 2005 John F. Rusnica,Protecting New York’s Farm Operations: Agriculture and Markets Law § 305-a Limitation on Local Laws

January 2005 Kathryn C. Plunkett, The Common Law of Nuisance in New York Environmental Litigation

2004

December 2004 Craig A. Werle, All Appropriate Inquiry Standards Modify Environmental Due Diligence Procedures

November 2004 Kristina Alexander, Forewarned Is Forearmed: Regulating Invasive Species in New York

October 2004 Katherine McComas, What Do We Know About Public Meetings?: Practical Lessons from Field Research

September 2004 Robert M. Jacoby and Gerard P. Scharfenberger, Archaeology, Compliance and the Section 106 Process

August 2004 Kristina Alexander, Unleashing a Powerful Tool for Enforcing Zoning Violations

July 2004 Craig T. Donovan, Protecting Environmentally Critical Areas and Wilderness Values: New York State’s Use of the Master Plan for Comprehensive Regional Planning of the Catskill and Adirondack Forest Preserve

June 2004 Christopher Rizzo, Enhancing the Protection of Parkland in New York

May 2004 Bernard C. Melewski, Reforming the Adirondack Park Agency Act: A New Blue for the Blue Line (Part 2 of 2)

April 2004 Bernard C. Melewski, Reforming the Adirondack Park Agency Act: A New Blue for the Blue Line (Part 1 of 2)

March 2004 John Echeverria, Friedenburg v. DEC: A Troubling Regulatory Takings Ruling

February 2004 Michael D. Zarin and Daniel M. Richmond, The Use of Eminent Domain in Public-Private Development Partnerships

January 2004 Damian M. Hovancik, Michael G. Sterthous, and Philip H. Dixon, New York’s New Brownfields/Superfund Legislation (Part 2 of 2)

2003

December 2003 Philip H. Dixon and Michael G. Sterthous, New York’s New Brownfields/Superfund Legislation (Part 1 of 2)

November 2003 Thomas M. Johnson,DEC’s Draft DER-10 Guidance for Site Investigation and Remediation

October 2003 Christopher Dow, Petroleum Storage Requirements in New York

September 2003 Jeffrey Turkel, Regulatory Takings in New York: A Survey

August 2003 Mark A. Chertok and Kate Sinding, Federal Regulation of Isolated Wetlands (Part 2 of 2)

2002

December 2002 Albert K. Butzel,Recapturing New York City’s Waterfront Part I: The Demise of Westway and the Birth of the Hudson River Park

November 2002 Tiffany Eisberg and Jessica VanTine, The Beach Zone: Using Local Land Use Authority to Preserve Barrier Islands(Part II)

October 2002 Tiffany Eisberg and Jessica VanTine, The Beach Zone: Using Local Land Use Authority to Preserve Barrier Islands(Part I)

September 2002 Michael Burnetter, The 2002 Energy Conservation Construction Code of New York State, Executive Order 111, and the Green Building Tax Credit

August 2002 P. Nicholas Garlick, A New Approach to Citizen Enforcement of Environmental Laws: Administrative Citizen Suits

July 2002 Philip E. Karmel, PM_2.5: Federal and New York Regulation of Fine Particulate Air Pollution

June 2002 Carl T. Ferrentino and Peter J. Zaborowsky, Emissions Trading in New York, Part II

2001

December 2001 Ned Kaufman, Places of Historical, Cultural, and Social Value: Identification and Protection, Part II

November 2001 Ned Kaufman, Places of Historical, Cultural, and Social Value: Identification and Protection, Part I

2000

December 2000 Lisa J. Morelli and William W. Funderburk, Jr, Retrospective Application of the Recycling Equity Act: A Brave New World for the Recycling Industry

November 2000 Christine Bohrer Van Aken, Financing Hazardous Waste Remediation in New York: The State Superfund at a Turning Point

September 2000 Deborah A. Goldberger, Zoning Enforcement Law in New York State, Part I

August 2000 Jeffrey P. LeJava, Funding Local Government Acquisition of Open Lands in New York State, Part II

July 2000 Jeffrey P. LeJava, Funding Local Government Acquisition of Open Lands in New York State, Part I

June 2000 Linda R. Shaw, The Art of Environmental Consensus Building: A Personal Perspective on the Evolution of Brownfields Legislation in New York

May 2000 Robert S. Davis and Judith M. Gallent, New York's High Court Creates Another Obstacle for Property Owners Asserting Regulatory Takings Claims

April 2000 Angela M. Demerle, Sales of Environmentally Contaminated Properties: Is "As Is" Ever Enough?

March 2000 Peter M. Lehne and Christopher A. Amato, The Role of the Attorney General in Environmental Enforcement

February 2000 Douglas M. Hill, Role of Municipal and State Governments in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading

January 2000 Matthew A. Sokol, Enacting SEQRA: The Legislative Debates and a 25-Year Look Back

1999

December 1999, Douglas Hill, The Baked Apple Scenario

November 1999, Michael B. Gerrard and Elizabeth A. Stringer, Judicial Review of Solid Waste Facility Siting and Permitting in New York, Part II

October 1999, Michael B. Gerrard and Elizabeth A. Stringer, Judicial Review of Solid Waste Facility Siting and Permitting in New York, Part I

September 1999, Albert F. Appleton, Implications of Potential Y2K Problems for the Operation of Environmental Infrastructure Systems

August 1999, August, Barnett Lawrence, TMDLs and Water Quality Regulation in New York

July 1999, G. S. Peter Bergen, Electric Generating Facility Siting and Licensing in New York State's Restructured Electric Utility Industry

June 1999, Scott A. Thornton and Michael R. Edelstein, Citizen Enforcers or Bothersome Meddlers? A Plaintiff's Perspective on the Orange County Landfill Case

May 1999, Walter E. Mugdan, Federal Environmental Enforcement in EPA Region 2, Part II

April 1999, Walter E. Mugdan, Federal Environmental Enforcement in EPA Region 2, Part I

March 1999, Barnett Lawrence, Underground Storage Tanks in New York After the 1998 Upgrade Deadline

February 1999, J. Kevin Healy, Economic Development and Climate Change: Developing an Action Plan for New York

January 1999, Paul J. D'Amato, New York State's Implementation of the Federal Storm Water Discharge Regulations

1998

December 1998, Susan Neuman, The New Environmental Insurance Products: When Does it Make Sense to Buy Them?, Part II

November 1998, Susan Neuman, The New Environmental Insurance Products: When Does it Make Sense to Buy Them?, Part I

October 1998, Arline L. Bronzaft, Noise Sources, Health Impacts and Legal Remedies: A Psychologist's Perspective

September 1998, Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York and J. Jared Snyder, Assistant Attorney General, New York State's Legal Battle Against Upwind Pollution and Acid Rain: The Attorney General's Perspective

August 1998, Craig A. Slater, CERCLA Roundup

July 1998, William D. Siegel and Saul R. Fenchel, Reducing Real Property Tax Assessments in New York State Based on Contamination

June 1998, Heather Marie Andrade, The Effect of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Watershed Regulations On Land Use

May 1998, Matthew A. Sokol, Coastal Zone Management in New York

April 1998, Michael J. Brown, Light Pollution

March 1998, Christopher J. Dagger, Brownfields: An Entrepreneur's Perspective

February 1998, Michael Murphy, Closing the Bookends on Vested Rights

January 1998, Maureen F. Leary, Assessing Environmental Liability of Lenders and Fiduciaries Under the Asset Conservation Act