Past media interviews and mentions
2017
- “Will Hurricane Harvey Launch a New Kind of Climate Lawsuit?” , Inside Climate News, September 13, 2017
- “Advocates blame oil giants for climate change, call Chevron n. 1 culprit”, San Francisco Chronicle, September 12, 2017
- “After Harvey, now come the lawsuits”, Khmer Times, September 12, 2017
- “Massive Western Wildfires Spark Question: Should Climate Polluters Pay?“, Climate Liability News, September 8, 2017
- “Half of Modern Global Warming Caused by 90 Companies, New Study Concludes”, Climate Liability News, September 7, 2017
- “Analysis – Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath could see pioneering climate lawsuits”, Thomas Reuters Foundation, September 5, 2017
- “Trump’s pipeline agenda takes a hit with court ruling”, Washington Examiner, September 5, 2017
- “These kids aren’t old enough to vote, but that isn’t stopping them from trying to save the world”, ThinkProgress, September 5, 2017
- “Major ruling against FERC shakes up climate law”, E&E News, August 23, 2017
- “California Communities Impacted By Rising Seas File Climate Suit”, WAER, August 12, 2017
- “Students, Cities and States Take the Climate Fight to Court”, The New York Times, August 10, 2017
- “Federal court kneecaps EPA’s plan to slash regulations”, Vice News, August 1, 2017
- “California Climate Loss & Damage”, Living on Earth, July 28, 2017
- “The Only Heartwarming Story You’ll Read About Climate Change Today”, Mother Jones, July 25, 2017
- “California communities are suing 37 fossil fuel companies over climate damages”, ThinkProgress, July 19, 2017; interview with Michael Burger
- “Rising Seas Spark Tobacco-Style Lawsuits in California”, Climate Central, July 19, 2017
- “Coastal Communities Sue 37 Oil, Gas, and Coal Companies Over Climate Change”, Inside Climate News, July 18, 2017
- “Marin, San Mateo counties sue Big oil over climate change”, San Francisco Gate, July 17, 2017
- “Was Trump Tricked Into Pulling Out Of The Paris Agreement”, Forbes, June 23, 2017
- “Pruitt supports ‘sustainable’ goals connected to climate“, E&E News, June 13, 2017
- “Advocates go to court as Trump unwinds climate policy”, E&E News, June 13, 2017
- “Withdrawing from the Paris deal takes four years. Our next president could join again in 30 days“, The Washington Post, June 5, 2017
- “Trump is Pulling out of the Paris Agreement? Here’s what will happen”, UN Dispatch, May 31, 2017
- “Trump is reportedly withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement”, ThinkProgress, May 31, 2017
- “GOP Senators Urging Trump to Dump the Paris Climate Agreement Gets Legal Argument Wrong, Law Experts Say”, Inside Climate News, May 26, 2017
- “More people heading to court to spur action on climate change, study finds”, The Guardian, May 23, 2017
- “Climate change court cases on the rise globally, majority in the U.S.”, Thomas Reuters Foundation, May 23, 2017
- “Environmental partners of Obama administration quickly turn into litigation adversaries of Trump”, The Washington Times, May 16, 2017
- “Trump Could Do More Damage By Staying In Paris Climate Deal — analysis”, May 15, 2017
- “Trump’s Ominous Climate Plans”, The Asia Sentinel, May 10, 2017
- “Trump could do more damage by staying in the Paris climate deal”, IRIN News, May 9, 2017
- “The EPA’s Obama-era snapshot is missing information”, Bonner County Daily Bee, May 5, 2017
- “Even architects of Paris Climate Agreement disagree with Trump’s reading of it”, Mashable, May 4, 2017
- “Kids Suing Trump Hope the Courts Step Up on Climate Change”, Moyers & Company, May 3, 2017
- “The Battle Against Trump’s Assault on Climate is Moving to the Courts”, Yale Environment 360, May 2, 2017
- “Experts question if EPA will consider thousand of comments”, E&E News, April 24, 2017
- “Musharaff: Climate Change isn’t Pakistan’s problem”, E&E News, April 14, 2017
- “New York, California lead state efforts on climate change as Trump retreats”, Newsweek, April 9, 2017
- “Trump has attacked climate policy. Is science next?”, E&E News, April 6, 2017
- “Congress’ ‘Political Theater’ Threatens Science, Climate”, Climate Central, April 6, 2017
- “Killing NEPA guidance won’t stop lawsuits over impacts”, Greenwire, March 29, 2017
- “Undoing the Clean Power Plan Will be a Legal Nightmare”, New Republic, March 29, 2017
- “U.S. Cities Know That Dropping the Clean Power Plan Is A Huge Mistake”, The Huffington Post, March 28, 2017
- “Trump’s big new executive order to tear up Obama’s climate policies, explained”, Vox, March 28, 2017
- “Trump’s order will unravel America’s best tool against climate change”, Mashable, March 28, 2017
- “Trump Just Approved the Keystone XL Pipeline”, Climate Central, March 24, 2017
- “Trump’s plan for the EPA is death by ‘a thousand cuts’”, PRI, March 17, 2017
- “Does Golden State Hold Trump Card on Auto Emissions?”, BNA Bloomberg, March 15, 2017
- “What to Expect from Trump’s Environmental Policy”, Science Friday, March 14, 2017
- “This climate lawsuit could change everything. No wonder the Trump administration doesn’t want it going to trial”, Washington Post, March 9, 2017
- “Rules Frozen by Trump Could Melt Away Without a Trace”, ProPublica, March 8, 2017
- “EPA to Oil and Gas Industry: We’d Rather Not Know How Much You Pollute”, March 3, 2017
- ” How Exactly Will Pruitt Kill Clean Power Plan?”, Bloomberg BNA, February 28, 2017
- “Trial of the Century Pits Trump Climate Denialism Against ‘Right to a Climate System Capable of Sustaining Human Life’ “, Common Dreams, February 24, 2017
- “Will Decline in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Survive Trump Presidency?”, Bloomberg BNA, February 18, 2017
- “Trump’s Executive Order On Regulatory Costs Undermines Congressional Authority,” Huffington Post, February 16, 2017
- “Can a children’s lawsuit force action on climate change?,” The Christian Science Monitor, February 11, 2017
- “Would Gorsuch’s skepticism on Chevron spell doctrine’s demise?,” E&E NEWS, February 1, 2017
- “What’s at Stake for the Clean Energy Industry in the First 100 Days of Trump?” Green Tech Media, January 25, 2017
- “Trump freezes grants, approves pipelines and considers sharp budget cuts at the EPA,” Newsweek, January 24, 2017
- “Trump could enact sweeping changes to environment policy: experts,” AFP, January 18, 2017
- “Scott Pruitt’s Climate Denial Will Harm Americans, But It Will Ultimately Lose In Court,” The Huffington Post, January 17, 2017
- “Trump Nominees Should Answer These Questions,” Standard Examiner, January 10, 2017
2016
- “There’s One Last Thing Obama Can Do to Fight Global Warming,” Mother Jones, December 28, 2016
- “Donald Trump Under Fire Over Environment Pick,” NDTV, December 9, 2016
- “Trump taps fossil fuel ally as environment chief,” AFP, December 8, 2016
- “Trump Picks Strident Foe of EPA to Lead the EPA,” Live Science, December 8, 2016
- “Donald Trump’s green energy agenda: What the future Cabinet tells us about sustainability’s future,” Salon, December 7, 2016
- “What You Should Know About Trump’s Cabinet & Climate,” Climate Central, November 30, 2016
- “Trump Open-Minded on Paris Deal,” Bloomberg BNA, November 23, 2016
- “Here’s How the Rising Sea Will Remake the Coastlines of Endangered U.S. States and Drown Much of the World We Know,” ALTERNET, November 22, 2016
- “The Plucky Millennials Racing to Save the World From Donald Trump,” New Republic, November 15, 2016
- “The Kids Suing the Government Over Climate Change Are Our Best Hope Now,” Slate, November 14, 2016
- “Why climate change experts fear Trump’s presidency,” CNN, November 11, 2016
- “January 20, 2018: the day US could leave the Paris agreement,” Climate Home, November 11, 2016
- “Interior Department Finalizes Plans to Accelerate Wind and Solar Leasing on Public Lands,” Green Tech Media, November 11, 2016
- “States May Drive U.S. Climate Policy Under Trump,” Climate Central, November 10, 2016
- “Here’s how Donald Trump might bring the U.S. back to the climate dark ages,” ZME Science, November 10, 2016
- “Climate sceptic files Texas lawsuit against alarmism,” Climate Home, October 17, 2016
- “This audacious plan would let Hillary Clinton enact an economy-wide cap-and-trade system — without Congress,” Vox, October 16, 2016
- “Paris Agreement Nears Threshold for Adoption,” Morocco World News, September 28, 2016
- “Protecting our right to the environment,” International Bar Association’s Daily News, September 22, 2016
- Law profs issue takedown of decision striking fracking rule, E&E Publishing, August 18, 2016
- Global Climate Spending Focusing on Forest Protection, Climate Central, July 15, 2016
- AAAS Symposium Highlights Steps to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions, AZoCleantech, June 3, 2016
- Law Professor Touts Air Act Power To Craft North American Carbon Program, Inside EPA/Climate, May 26, 2016
- Full D.C. Circuit to Hear Clean Power Plan Argument, Bloomberg BNA, May 16, 2016
- Climate Change Law Remains Undefind Despite Boost From Paris Agreement, Bloomberg BNA, May 11, 2016
- Obama scores triumph with Paris pact, but his environmental agenda faces obstacles at home, Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2016
- Chapel Hill supports Clean Power Plan, The Daily Tar Heel, April 13,2016
- The Kids Who Sued the State Over Climate Change Are Trying to Go Back to Court, The Stranger, April 8, 2016
- Federal reviews must weigh indirect emissions legal experts, E&E Publishing, April 5, 2016
- Cities Speak Up to Save Obama’s Clean Power Plan, The Atlantic’s City Lab, April 1, 2016
- Clean Power Plan Opponents Turn Ginsburg’s Words on EPA, Bloomberg BNA, March 10, 2016
- US youth take climate fight to Oregon courthouse, Climate Home, March 9, 2016
- Here’s How the EPA Can Achieve Paris Climate Goals — Without Involving Congress, ALTERNET, March 4, 2016
- Clean Power Plan Lawsuits Could Shape EPA Authorities, Bloomberg BNA, February 26, 201
- An obscure clause in an old law could help regulate US carbon emissions, WBFO88.7, February 15, 2016
- An obscure clause in an old law could help regulate US carbon emissions, PRI February 13, 2016
- Greens faced with nightmare scenario at the Supreme Court,The Hill, February 13, 2016
- Obama’s Clean Power Plan Now Depends (Even More) On the Next President, The Atlantic’s City Lab, February 10, 2016
- Obama Confident in Climate Plan Despite Court Setback, Climate Central, February 10, 2016
- Paris Deal May Give EPA Another Source Of GHG Authority, Law 360, February 8, 201
- The Paris Climate Accord Could Activate A Powerful Part of the Clean Air Act, Living on earth, January 29, 2016
- The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Just Won Another Legal Battle, The Atlantic’s City Lab, January 22, 2016
- This audacious plan would let Obama enact an economy-wide cap-and-trade system — without Congress, Vox Energy & Environment, January 21, 2016