Climate Law

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STAFF NEWS: JACOB ELKIN JOINS THE SABIN CENTER AS NEW CLIMATE LAW FELLOW & MARIA ANTONIA TIGRE AS GLOBAL CLIMATE LITIGATION FELLOW

This month, Jacob Elkin joins the Sabin Center as the 2021-2022 Climate Law Fellow. His work at the Sabin Center will include the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative, the Climate Attribution Database, the Climate Reregulation Tracker, the New York State and City Climate Law Trackers, as well as submitting comment […]

The Second Circuit Takes on the Clean Air Act’s International Air Pollution Provision and Climate Change

By Michael Burger* On April 1, 2021, a unanimous Second Circuit panel dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against a handful of fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change harms under state public nuisance and trespass law. (The opinion and other case materials are available here.) The […]