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New York, New Jersey Pipeline Decisions Are Hard Blow to Natural Gas and Strong Support for New York’s New Climate Law

By Michael B. Gerrard The New York and New Jersey environmental departments issued decisions on Friday, May 15 denying approvals for a natural gas pipeline.  Though the decisions were based primarily on the adverse impacts that construction of the pipeline would have on water quality and wetlands, they also demonstrated […]

May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

By Margaret Barry and Hillary Aidun Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.  If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. HERE ARE […]

It’s Time for a Carbon Tax—Now

Guest blog by Andrew Ratzkin* The time for a carbon tax is now.  The coronavirus hasn’t just created the opportunity; it’s created the imperative. The Imperative.  State budgets are in crisis.  Revenues—whether derived from sales taxes, individual and corporate income taxes, capital gains, dividends, tolls, airport fees, mass transit fares, hotel […]

Local Governments Across the Country File Legal Brief Challenging EPA’s Failure to Address Power Plant Pollution

Today, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of local governments in support of state and environmental petitioners in American Lung Association v. EPA, the lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s repeal of the Clean Power Plan and the dangerously weak replacement rule.

March 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

By Margaret Barry and Hillary Aidun Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.  If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. HERE ARE […]

February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.  If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE #130: […]