Sabin Center in the News, 2016

This page lists articles from this year that mention the Sabin Center, its work, or quote one or more of its staff.

December 2016

• “A new emissions cap-and-trade programs starts up in Canada, Market Place,” December 30, 2016
• “There’s One Last Thing Obama Can Do to Fight Global Warming,” Mother Jones, December 28, 2016
• “Update on the Litigation Over EPA’s Rule Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Power Plants,” Legal Planet, December 26, 2016
• “Climate Scientist Defamation Ruling Could Affect Climate Debate,” December 23, 2016
• “CCS Scientists, Innovation Experts Support NSPS in Court Briefs,” Exchange Monitor, December 22, 2016
• “EPA’s New Plant Carbon Rules Get Support At DC Circ.,” Law360.com, December 21, 2016
• “CCS Experts Defend EPA’s New-Source Rule,” Greenwire, December 21, 2016
• “Keeping environmentalism alive during a Trump presidency,” The Architects Newspaper, December 16, 2016
• “Rick Perry Tapped to Run the Energy Agency He Once Vowed to Kill,” Scientific American, December 14, 2016
• “Just Warming Up,” UNDARK, December 14, 2016
• “Scott Pruitt, Trump’s EPA pick, rejects climate science and fights for fossil fuels,” The Desert Sun, December 9, 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
• “Critics Say Using CRA On CEQ GHG Guide Could Effectively Amend NEPA,” Inside EPA/Climate, December 6, 2016

November

• “What You Should Know About Trump’s Cabinet & Climate,” Climate Central, November 30,2016
• “How Obama’s climate change legacy is weakened by US investment in dirty fuel,” The Guardian, 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
• “Is the EPA’s Landmark ‘Endangerment Finding’ Now Itself Imperiled?” ProPublica, November 22, 2016
• “POTUS 2016: Trump Transitions And Climate Change,” Briar Lehrer Show, CUNY TV, November 17, 2016
• “The Plucky Millennials Racing to Save the World From Donald Trump,” New Republic, November 15, 2016
• “Climate Change Under Trump: A Q&A with Michael Gerrard,” State of the Planet, November 15, 2016
• “The Kids Suing the Government Over Climate Change Are Our Best Hope Now,” Slate, November 14, 2016
• “Obama’s Environmental Legacy: How Much Can Trump Undo?,” Yale Environment 360, November 14, 2016
• “Interior Department Finalizes Plans to Accelerate Wind and Solar Leasing on Public Lands,” Green Tech Media, November 11, 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
• “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
• “How Mitigation Policy Can Spur Private Investment in Land and Wildlife Conservation,” Center for American Progress, November 1, 2016

October

• ” New Oil Discoveries Largely Unaffected by Paris Pact,” Climate Central, October 26, 2016
• “The Climate Questions the Next President Should Answer,” Climate Central, October 20, 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
• “Voter guide: Clinton and Trump on global warming, energy and the California drought,”  The Desert Sun, October 13, 2016
• “As The S.E.C. Investigates Exxon, Companies May Rethink How They Report Climate Risk,” Fast Company’s Co.Exist, October 10, 2016
• “A dramatic new plan to fight climate change: Sue the federal government,” The Christian Science Monitor, October 5, 2016
• “Reality check: Climate change, energy and the environment,” KCRW National Public Radio, October 4, 2016
• “Exxon suit opens a new front in the climate change fight,” E&E News, October 3, 2016

September

• “ExxonMobil Should Have Considered Climate Change Before Polluting River In Boston, Lawsuit Claims,” BuzzFeed News, September 29, 2016
• “The new lawsuit that will escalate Exxon’s climate change troubles,” Mashable, September 29, 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
• “Not Done Yet: Climate Pact Is Only Halfway,” Scientific American, September 22, 2016
• “Oil Sector, Investors React to SEC Probe of Exxon Over Climate Change,” The Wall Street Journal, September 21, 2016
• “University releases first sustainability principles,” Columbia Spectator, September 13, 2016
• “US and China join climate deal in ‘turning point’ for planet,” ABC Australia, September 5, 2016
• “Obama is repping his environmental legacy, and we should all savor it,” Fusion, September 1, 2016

August

• “Power Play: Experts Say Killing Clean Power Plan Won’t Revive Coal,” West Virginia Public Broadcasting, August 26, 2016
• “Here’s a way to make it easier to sue climate polluters in court,” Grist, August 26, 2016
• “Planning for the Worst: A Q&A with Professor Michael Gerrard,” Columbia Law School, August 25, 2016
• “As sea levels rise, nearly 1.9 million U.S. homes could be underwater by 2100,” Washington Post, August 24, 2016
• “Kevin Rennie: Our Bipartisan Battle Against Nuclear Waste Dump,” Hartford Courant, August 19, 2016
• “Law profs issue takedown of decision striking fracking rule,” E&E Publishing, August 18, 2016
• “A changing climate is and will continue to put people out of their homes,” Washington Post, August 18, 2016
• “In Hoboken, a glimpse of cities’ future fights over rising seas,” Washington Post, August 13, 2016
• “White House Tells Agencies to Consider Climate Change Effects of Projects,” Scientific American, August 3, 2016

July

• “Cities turn to local action to block oil trains,” Associated Press, July 27, 2016
• “Advocates Reject Industry Claims NEPA Rulings Curtail CEQ’s Climate Guide,” Inside EPA/Climate, July 26, 2016
• “Courts take on climate change,” Nature Climate Change, July 23, 2016
• “Midwest AGs call Exxon climate investigation a grave mistake” MIDWEST ENERGY NEWS, July 21, 2016
• “Global Climate Spending Focusing on Forest Protection,” Climate Central, July 15, 2016
• “President Trump would be a climate catastrophe,” The Guardian, July 11, 2016
• “At a Cape Cod Landmark, a Strategic Retreat From the Ocean,” New York Times, July 6, 2016
• “Can New York Be Saved in the Era of Global Warming?,” Rolling Stone, July 5, 2016

June

• “Mexico, Canada, U.S. to Make Clean Power Pledge,” Climate Cental, June 28,2016
• “Carbon pricing—a no-brainer for climate change,” PHYS.ORG, June 28, 2016
• “What will happen to ‘climate refugees’?,” Independent, June 16, 2016
• “Michael Gerrard, Columbia Law School, a UCBM: “Necessario rendere sostenibili le scelte economiche,” Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, June 7, 2016
• “AAAS Symposium Highlights Steps to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions,” AZoCleantech June 3, 2016

May

• “Law Professor Touts Air Act Power To Craft North American Carbon Program,” Inside EPA/Climate, May 26, 2016
• “How Federal Flood Maps Ignore the Risks Of Climate Change,” Frontline PBS, May 26, 2016
• “Is EXXON Waiting for the Paris Climate Agreement to Fail?,” Newsweek, May 26, 2016
• “Preparing Clients for Climate Change,” GP Solo, a publication of the American Bar Association May/June 2016
• “Trump vs. Clinton: What the Election Could Mean for Climate Policy,” State of the Planet, May 18, 2016
• “From Morningside Heights to the Maldives,” Columbia Law School News, May 12, 2016
• “Climate Change Law Remains Undefind Despite Boost From Paris Agreement,” Bloomberg BNA, May 11, 2016
• “In Novel Tactic on Climate Change, Citizens Sue Their Governments,” New York Times, May 10, 2016
• “Climate litigation scores successes in the Netherlands and Pakistan,” Michael B. Gerrard, Vol. 47 No. 5

April

• “As Predicted: A Rising Tide of Migration” , State of the Planet, April 29, 2016
• “The Rising Tide,” Columbia Law School Magazine, April 25, 2016
• “Pressure on Exxon Over Climate Change Intensifies With New Documents,” New York Times, April 14, 2016
• “Chapel Hill supports Clean Power Plan,” The Daily Tar Heel, April 13,2016
• “With the Paris Agreement on climate change relying on governments voluntarily taking measures to cut emissions, there’s a growing body of opinion that it could lead to increased citizen action – and litigation for inaction,“ International Bar Association, April 13, 2016
• “21 American kids are suing the government for not doing enough about global warming,“Mashable, April 11,2016
• “Federal reviews must weigh indirect emissions legal experts” E&E Publishing, April 5, 2016
•  “Cities battle states over the Clean Power Plan,” GreenBiz, April 6, 2
• “Cities Speak Up to Save Obama’s Clean Power Plan,” The Atlantic’s City Lab, April 1, 2016
• “Mayor Rogero Joins Nation’s Local Leaders, Governments in Support of EPA’s Clean Power Plan,”City of Knoxville, April 1, 2016
• “Evanston Signs Amicus Brief in Support of Federal Efforts to Curb Carbon Pollution,” Evanston Roundtable, April 1, 2016
• “Salt Lake City Joins Others In Backing Clean Power Rules,” KUER 90.1, April 1, 2016

March

• “Hot Topic: Climate Change and Insurance,” CFO, March 23, 2016
• “Office of Environmental Stewardship, Earth Institute draft University Sustainability Principles,” Columbia Spectator, March 23, 2016
• “Este siglo podría marcar el fin del uso de combustibles fósiles,” PULSO (Chile), March 14, 2016
• “Effect of the Paris Climate Agreement on U.S. Businesses,” New York Law Journal, 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
• “Paris Goals In Reach Even If Courts Kill Clean Power Plan,” Law360, March 3, 2016

February

• “Clean Power Plan Lawsuits Could Shape EPA Authorities,” Bloomberg BNA, February 26, 2016
• “Overlooked law could be powerful tool to fight climate change, scholars say,” Columbia Spectator, February 26, 2016
• “Cross-State Dissent Could Be Key in Power Plan Defense,” Bloomberg BNA, February 22, 201
• “Scalia and Chevron: It’s complicated,” Greenwire, February 19, 2016
• “Scalia’s death puts all the action in D.C. Circuit,” Greenwire, February 19, 2016
• “What Scalia’s Death Means for Obama Climate Agenda’s Implementation,” The Daily Signal, February 18, 2016
• “Obama may have the power to compel more climate action – and that has Republicans worried,”Grist, February 18, 2016
• “Anton Scalia’s Successor Could Determine the Fate of the Planet,” New Republic, February 17, 2016
• “The Supreme Court’s Action Threatens Vital Climate Policies,” Environment 360, February 17, 2016
• “What Scalia’s Death Might Mean for Climate Change,” Future Tense, February 15, 2016
• “An obscure clause in an old law could help regulate US carbon emissions,” WBFO88.7, February 15, 2016
• “Obama carbon rules at issue in Supreme Court turmoil,” Charleston Gazette, 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
• “What Are States Going To Do Now That The Supreme Court Has Weighed In On Obama’s Climate Plan?” Climate Progress, February 11, 2016
• “EPA’s Regulatory Options Unfold After Clean Power Plan Stay,” Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report, February 11, 2016
• “Will a Reconfigured Supreme Court Help Obama’s Clean-Power Plan Survive?” The Atlantic, February 14, 2016″
• “Obama’s Clean Power Plan Now Depends (Even More) On the Next President,” CityLab, February 10, 2016
• “Court Ruling on Clean Power Plan a Setback, But…,” State of the planet, February 10, 2016
• “Obama Confident in Climate Plan Despite Court Setback,” Climate Central, February 10, 2016
• “The Supreme Court Stay of the Clean Power Plan and the Paris Pledges,” American College of Environmental Lawyers, February 10, 2016
• “Paris Deal May Give EPA Another Source Of GHG Authority,” Law 360, February 8, 2016

January

• “The Paris Climate Accord Could Activate A Powerful Part of the Clean Air Act,” Living on earth, January 29, 2016
• “Paris Treaty Could Broaden EPA’s Authority Over Greenhouse Gases,” Inside Climate News, January 24, 2016
• “BNA article about Section 115 report”
• “The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Just Won Another Legal Battle” The Atlantic 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
• “Insurance sector has key role in climate agreement,” Business Insurance, January 17, 2016
• “Michigan researchers put price tag on climate liability for fossil-fuel plants,” Midwest Energy News, January 14, 2016
• “How The Paris Climate Agreement Super-Charges The Clean Air Act” Climate Progress, January 14, 2016