Publications

The Sabin Center produces papers, surveys and other legal resources, and its members edit and co-author books with other climate law and energy experts from around the globe. Our website at climate.law.columbia.edu contains landing pages for each of our program areas, which include links to relevant projects, publications, and other resources. In addition, the Center publishes the Climate Law Blog and maintains a growing presence on social media, including on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, as well as a YouTube channel.

Highlights

Books/Book Chapters •

Combating Climate Change with Section 115 of the Clean Air Act: Law and Policy Rationales, edited by Michael Burger, 2020

Law Journal Articles •

When Politics Trump Science: The Erosion of Science-Based Regulation, by Romany Webb, Lauren Kurz, and Susan Rosenthal, 50 ELR 10709, Sept. 2020

Biden Administration Will Reverse Many Trump Environmental Policies, by Michael Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, November 2020.

Other Publications •

Climate Risk in the Electricity Sector: Legal Obligations to Advance Climate Resilience Planning by Electric Utilities, by Romany Webb, Michael Panfil and Sarah Ladin, Dec. 2020

The Law of Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Dioxide Removal, by Romany Webb, Sept. 2020

How Agency Science is Under Threat, by Romany Webb, The Environmental Forum, Aug. 2020

The Perils of Relying on FEMA Flood Maps in Real Estate Transactions, by Michael Gerrard, New York Law Journal, September 2020

Rebuilding Climate Regulation: What Biden Probably Will (and Will Not) Accomplish, by Daniel J. Metzger, The Bulletin, November 2020

Climate Reregulation in a Biden Administration, by Hillary Aidun, Susan Biniaz, Michael Burger, Jennifer Danis, Ama Francis, Michael B. Gerrard, Daniel J. Metzger, Amy Turner, Romany Webb, Jessica Wentz, August 2020

Legal Levers for Cleaner Air in Kolkata: An Assessment of Local Legal Authority, by Ama Ruth Francis, November 2020

An Environmental Lawyer’s Fraught Quest for Legal Tools to Hold Back the Seas, by Michael Gerrard, Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Fall 2020

Highlights from the Climate Law Blog •

Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission by Hillary Aidun and Michael Burger

Trump v. The Climate, Round Two: What Four More Years of Trump Might Mean for Climate Regulation, by Daniel Metzger and Romany Webb

California Blackouts Highlight Need to Better Plan for Climate Impacts, by Romany Webb

How Biden Can Put the U.S. on a Path to Carbon-Free Electricity by Michael Gerrard, Yale Environment 360, December 3, 2020

EPA Rescinds Methane Standards for Oil and Gas, by Romany Webb

Democratic Climate Plan Centers Equity but Misses the Mark on Climate-Induced Migration by Ama Ruth Francis

What Biden’s Climate Plans Might Mean for Cities, by Amy Turner

Municipal Natural Gas Bans: Round 2 (The Evolution of State Preemption Law) by Amy Turner