U.S. Law

This page organizes the citations it lists into the following categories:

Alien Tort Statute
Clean Air Act
Massachusetts v. EPA
EPA regulation
California waiver and other vehicle-related litigation
Coal plants and other stationary source regulation
Clean Water Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and other water issues
Common law claims
Environmental law
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Environmental justice issues
Legal issues
Standing
Political question
Choice of law
Causation and traceability
Takings
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state equivalents

Alien Tort Statute

Cohan, John, Environmental Rights of Indigenous Peoples Under the Alien Tort Claims Act, the Public Trust Doctrine and Corporate Ethnics, and Environmental Dispute Resolution, 20 UCLA J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 133 (2001)

Grossman, David, Warming Up to a Not-so-radical Idea: Tort-Based Climate Change Litigation, 28 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 1 (2003)

Kaur, Mini, Global Warming Litigation Under the Alien Tort Claims Act: What Sosa v. Alvarez Mountain and Its Progeny Mean for Indigenous Arctic Communities, 13 Wash. & Lee J. Civ. Rts. & Soc. Just. 155 (2006)

Mank, Bradford C., Civil Remedies, Global Climate Change and U.S. Law Chapter 6 “Civil Remedies” by (American Bar Association 2007)

Reed, Rosemary, Rising Seas and Disappearing Islands: Can Island Inhabitants Seek Redress Under the Alien Tort Claims Act? 11 Pac. Rim L & Pol’y J. 399 (2002)

Clean Air Act

Adler, Jonathan H. “The EPA’s Carbon Footprint.” Reason 41.10 (2010): 36–40.

Baird, J. Christopher, Trapped in the Greenhouse?: Regulating Carbon Dioxide After … (FDE v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120 , 2000 ), 54 Duke L.J. 147 (2004)

Blévin, Marie. “The Clean Development Mechanism and the Poverty Issue.” Environmental Law (00462276) 41.3 (2011): 777–803.

Brian, Daniel, Regulating Carbon Dioxide Under the Clean Air Act as a Hazardous Air Pollutant, 33 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 369 (2008)

Bugnion, Veronique & Reiner, David, A Game of Climate Chicken: Can EPA Regulate Greenhouse Gases Before the U.S. Senate Ratifies the Kyoto Protocol?, 30 Envtl. L. 491 (2000)

Butler, Alexis, Clean Air Act, 22 Tulane Envtl. L.J. 171 (2008)

Clemmer, Teresa B. “Staving Off the Climate Crisis: The Sectoral Approach Under the Clean Air Act.” Environmental Law (00462276) 40.4 (2010): 1125–1157.

Conrad, Daniel, Into the Wild Green Yonder: Applying the Clean Air Act to Regulation Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Aircraft, 34 N.C. J. Int’l & Comm. Reg. 919 (2009)

Dinkins, Carol, and Eric Groten. Treatment of Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act. LexisNexis Global Climate Change Special Pamphlet Series, 2010.

Doremus, Holly & Hanemann, W. Michael, Of Babies and Bathwater: Why the Clean Air Act’s Cooperative Federalism Framework Is Useful for Addressing Global Warming, 50 Ariz. L. Rev. 799 (2008)

Gerrard, Michael B. & Gregory E. Wannier, United States of America, in Climate Change Liability, 556-603 (Richard Lord et al. eds., Cambridge University Press 2011).

Giovinazzo, Christopher, Defending Overstatement: The Symbolic Clean Air Act and Carbon Dioxide, 30Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 99 (2006)

Hall, Laura. “The Evolution of CAFE Standards: Fuel Economy Regulation Enters Its Second Act.” Transportation Law Journal 39.1 (2011): 1–29.

Johnston, Jason, Climate Change Confusion and the Supreme Court: The Misguided Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act, 84 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1 (2008)

Luneburg, William, Claim preclusion as it affects non-parties to the Clean Airt Act enforcement actions: the ghosts of Gwaltney, 10 Widener L. Rev. 113 (2003)

Maney, Janine, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Climate Change, and the Clean Air Act: An Analysis of Whether Carbon Dioxide Should Be Listed as a Criteria Pollutant, 13 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 298 (2005)

Martel, Jonathan S. & Stelcen, Kerri L., Clean Air Regulation, in Global Climate Change and U.S. Law Chapter 5 (Michael B. Gerrard ed., 2007)

Miller, Jonathan. “Double Absurdity: Regulating Greenhouse Gas Under the Clean Air Act.” Houston Law Review 47 (2010): 1389–1420.

Nordhaus, Robert, New Wine Into Old Bottles: the Feasibility of Greenhouse Gas Regulations Under the Clean Air Act, 15 N.Y.U. Envtl. L. J. 53 (2007)

Oren, Craig N. “Is the Clean Air Act at a Crossroads?” Environmental Law (00462276) 40.4 (2010): 1231–1260.

Raiders, Richard. “How Epa Could Implement A Greenhouse Gas Naaqs.” Fordham Environmental Law Review 22.2 (2011): 233–310.

Reitze, Arnold W. Jr. “Controlling Greenhouse Gases from Highway Vehicles.” Utah Environmental Law Review 31 (2011): 310–338.

Reitze, Arnold W. Jr. “The Intersection of Climate Change and Clean Air Act Stationary Source Programs.” Arizona State Law Journal 43 (2011): 901–942.

Robinson, Sam. “So Much up in the Air: The Carbon Dioxide Debate and Coal Plant Permitting in Virginia.” William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 35.1 (2010): 269–302.

Schang, Scott, and Teresa Chan. “Federal Greenhouse Gas Control Options from an Enforcement Perspective.” San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law 2 (2010): 87–144.

Schwartz, Eric, Carbon Dioxide and the Clean Air Act, 4 Cardozo Pub. L Pol’y & Ethics J. 779 (2006)

Tannahill, Mark, Fee-shifting Provisions and the Clean Air Act: Should Financially-motivated Plaintiffs Be Barred from Recovering Fees? 49 Santa Clara L. Rev. 863 (2009)

Thackeray, Richard, Struggling for Air: The Kyoto Protocol, Citizens’ Suits Under the Clean Air Act, and the United States’ Options for Addressing Global Climate Change, 14 Ind. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 855 (2004)

“U.S. Supreme Court Stands by Earlier GHG Decision.” Pollution Engineering 43.8 (2011): 8.

Verheul, John. “Methane as a Greenhouse Gas: Why the EPA Should Regulate Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Under the Clean Air Act.” Natural Resources Journal 51 (2011): 163–188.

White, Teal Jordan. “Clean Air Mayhem: EPA’s Tailoring Rule Stitches Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the Wrong Regulatory Fitting.” Texas Wesleyan Law Review 18 (2011): 407–442.

Wilensky, Meredith. “The Tailoring Rule: Exemplifying the Vital Role of Regulatory Agencies in Environmental Protection.” Ecology Law Quarterly 38.2 (2011): 449–477.

Winters, Nicholle, Carbon Dioxide: A Pollutant in the Air, But Is the EPA Correct that It Is Not an ”Air Pollutant”?, 104 Colum. L. Rev. 1996 (2004)

Massachusetts v. EPA

Abate, Randall, Massachusetts v. EPA and the Future of Environmental Standing in Climate Change Litigation and Beyond, 33 Wm. & Mary Envtl. L. & Pol’y Rev. 121 (2008)

Allen, George, et al., Finding the Proper Forum for Regulation of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Legal and Economic Implications of Massachusetts v. EPA, 44 U. Rich. L. Rev. 919 (2010)

Austin, Jay, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency: Global Warming, Standing and the U.S. Supreme Court, 16 Rev. Euro. Comm. & Int’l L. 368 (2007)

Baird, Rachel, Arresting Climate Change through Incremental Steps: Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, 24(4) Envtl. & Plan. L.J. 245 (2007)

Barnett, Todd, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency: Checks and Balances in Disarray, 17 Penn St. Envt. L. Rev. 329 (2009)

Bausinger, P. Leigh, Welcome to the (Impenetrable) Jungle: Massachusetts v. EPA, The Clean Air Act and the Common Law of Public Nuisance, 53 Villanova L. Rev. 527 (2008)

Baylson, Daniel, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. EPA: Passing the Buck on Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 17 Envtl. L.J. 411 (2006)

Biering, R. & Biering, B., Massachusetts v. EPA: Rescuing Icarus With Environmental Federalism, 23J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 35 (2008)

Caudill, David, Images of Expertise: Converging Discourses on the Use and Abuse of Science in Massachusetts v. EPA, 18 Villanova L.J. 185 (2007)

Darrel, Leigh, Massachusetts v. EPA: U.S. Supreme Court Rules that the Clean Air Act Requires the EPA to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 15 U. Balt. J. Envtl. L. 71 (2007)

Freeman, Jody & Vermeule, Adrian, Massachusetts v. EPA: From Politics to Expertise, 2007 Sup. Ct. Rev. 51

Ghoshray, Saby, Massachusettes v. EPA: Is the Promise of Regulation Much Ado about Nothing? Deconstructing States Special Solitude against an Evolving Jurisprudence, 15 Widener L. Rev. 447 (2010)

Galser, Peter & Henderson, Douglas, Massachusetts v. EPA Global Warming Decision: What Does It Mean? 22(2) Nat. Resources & envt. 48 (2007)

Heinzerling, Lisa, Climate Change and the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.F.L. Rev. 111 (2007)

Heinzerling, Lisa, Climate Change in the Supreme Court, 38 Envtl. L. 1 (2008)

Heinzerling, Lisa, Thrower Keynote Address: The Role of Science in Massachusetts v. EPA, 58 Emory L.J. 411 (2008)

Hurie, Kathryn, To Emit is Human; to Regulate, Divine: Statutory Interpretation of the Clean Air Act in Massachusettes v. Environmental Protection Agency, 33 S. Ill. U. L.J. 527 (2009)

Kurz, Dawn, The Return of the Lorax: Massachusettes v. EPA, 127 S. Ct. 1438 (2007), Can States “Speak” for the Trees?, 87 Neb. L. Rev. 1055 (2009)

Long, Andrew, Standing and Consensus: Globalism in Massachusetts v. EPA, 23 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 73 (2008)

Mank, Bradford, Standing and Future Generations: Does Massachusetts v. EPA Open Standing for Generations to Come? 34 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 1 (2009)

Morriss, Andrew, Litigating to Regulate: Massachusettes v. Environmental Protection Agency, 2006Cato Supreme Court Review 193

Osofsky, Hari, The Geography of Climate Change Litigation Part II: Narratives of Massachusetts v. EPA, 8 Chi. J. Int’l L. 573 (2008)

Osofsky, Hari, The Intersection of Scale, Science and Law in Massachusetts v. EPA, 101 Am. Soc. Int’l L. Proceedings 61 (2007)

Percival, Robert, Massachusetts v. EPA: Escaping the Common Law’s Growing Shadow, 2007 Sup. Ct. Rev. 111

Rancilio, Erica, Massachusetts v. EPA: The D.C. Court Stretches Precedent and Ignores the Statutory Standard to Uphold EPA’s Unlawful Rulemaking Petition Denial, 20 Tulane Envtl. L.J. 207 (2006)

Reitze, Arnold Jr., Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Mobile Sources—Massachusetts v. EPA, 37 Envtl. L. Rep. News & Analysis 10535 (2007)

de Saillan, Charles, United States Supreme Court Rules EPA Must Take Action on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Massachusettes v. EPA, 47(4) Natural Resources Journal 793 (2007)

Simpson, Katie, Massachusetts v. EPA: Supreme Court Ruling Spurns Green Investment, 14 U. Balt. J. Envtl. L. 189 (2007)

Stevenson, Dru, Special Solicitude for State Standing: Massachusetts v. EPA, 112 Penn. St. L. Rev. 1(2007)

Taggart, Aaron & Blackmon, Wayne, Statistical base and background rates: the silent issue not addressed in Massachusetts v. EPA, 7(4) L. Probability & Risk 275 (2008)

Wasden, Laurence & Kane, Brian, Massachusetts v. EPA, A Strategic and Jurisdictional Recipe for State Attorneys General in the Context of Emission Accelerated Global Warming Solutions, 44 Idaho L. Rev. 703 (2008)

Welti, Tyler, Massachusetts v. EPA’s Regulatory Interest Theory: A Victory for the Climate, not Public Law Plaintiffs, 94 Va. L. Rev. 1751 (2008)

Wildermuth, Amy, Why State Standing in Massachusetts v. EPA Matters, 27 J. Land Res. & Envtl. L.273 (2007)

Wyckoff, John, et al., Supreme Court Ruling Creates More Standing Room in the Already Heated Global Greenhouse Gas Movement, 19 Envtl. Claims J. 3 (2007)

EPA regulation

Adelman, David, The Challenge of Abrupt Climate Change for U.S. Environmental Regulation, 58Emory L.J. 411 (2008)

Davison, Stephen, Regulation of Emission of Greenhouse Gases and Hazardous Air Pollutants From Motor Vehicles, 1 Pitt. J. Envtl. & Pub. Health L. 1 (2006)

Fisher, D. E., The Statutory Relevance of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Environmental Regulation, 24(3) Envtl. & Plan. L.J. 210 (2007)

Heinzerling, Lisa, Massachusettes v. EPA, 22(2) J. Envtl. & Litig. 301 (2007)

Ludwiszewski, Raymond & Haake, Charles, Climate Change: A Heat Wave of New Federal Regulation and Legislation, 56(5) Fed. Law. 32 (2009)

Martella, Roger, et al., EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Proposal: A Blueprint for Federal Regulation, BNA Daily Environment Report (2008)

Mayer, Eric, Global Warming and the Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 71 Tx. Bar J. 380 (2008)

McCubbin, Patricia, EPA’s Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases and the Potential Duty to Adopt National Ambient Air Quality Standards to Address Global Climate Change, 33 S. Ill. U. L.J. 437 (2009)

Morris, Andrew, et al., Regulating by litigation: the EPA’s regulation of heavy-duty diesel engines, 56(2) Admin. L. Rev. 403 (2004)

Rawlins, Rachel & Paterson, Robert, Sustainable Buildings and Communities: Climate Change and the Case for Federal Standards, 19 Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 335 (2010)

Resnick, David, The New EPA Regulations on Protecting Human Subjects: Haste Makes Waste, 23 Issues in Law & Medicine 207 (2007)

Rubrecht, Gale Lea, Transitioning to Revised NAAQS for Particulate Matter: Up in the Air? 21(4) Nat. Resources & Envt. 57 (2007)

Stewart, James, A Peek into a Future Filled with Climate Change Regulation, 21(2) Envtl. Claims J. 109 (2009)

Taylor, Tiffany, From Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co. to Massachusetts v. EPA: An Overview of America’s History of Air Pollution Regulation and Its Effect on Future Remedies to Climate Change, 38(3) U. Memphis L. Rev. 763 (2008)

California waiver and other vehicle-related litigation

Adler, J., Hothouse Flowers: The Vices and Virtues of Climate Federalism, 17 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 443 (2008)

Abate, Randall, Automobile Emissions and Climate Change Impacts: Employing Public Nuisance Doctrine as Part of a “Global Warming Solution” in California, 40 Conn. L. Rev. 591 (2008)

Gallo, Victoria, Examining the Impact of the EPA’s Decision to Reconsider California’s Request for a Waiver Under the Clean Air Act, 22(2) Tulane Envtl. L.J. 461 (2009)

Haughey, Addie, California Sues EPA after ‘Unconscionable’ Waiver Denial, 8(2) Sustainable Dev. L. & Pol’y 14 (2008)

Pessler, Mark, California v. General Motors Corp.: California’s Attempt to Regain Control of Its Climate, 15 S.E. Envtl. L.J. 537 (2007)

Sport, Morgan, An Inconvenient Suit: California v. General Motors Corporation as a Look at whether Global Warming Constitutes an Actionable Public Nuisance or a Nonjusticable Political Question, 38Cumberland L. Rev. 583 (2007)

Coal plants and other stationary source regulation

Mann, Roberta, Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt: How Tax Incentives Encourage Burning Coal and the Consequences for Global Warming, 20 Pac. McGeorge Global Bus. & Dev. L. J. 111 (2007)

Nathanson, Kirsten, et al., Clean Water Act Compliance and Enforcement: EPA Targets the Coal Industry, Energy & Mineral L. Inst. Vol. 29, Ch. 7 (2008)

Unterberger Glenn, et al., Litigation Challenging Coal Plants, One Permit At a Time, 22 Nat. Res. & Env. 30 (Spring 2008)

Weisselberg, Patricia, Shaping the Energy Future in the American West: Can California Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Out-of-State, Coal-Fired Power Plants Without Violating the Dormant Commerce Clause?, 42 U.S.F.L. Rev. 185 (2007)

Clean Water Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and other water issues

Caldwell, Meg & Segall, Craig Holt, No Day at the Beach: Sea Level Rise, Ecosystem Loss, and Public Access Along the California Coast, 34 Ecology L.Q. 533 (2007)

Craig, Robin, The Clean Water Act on the Cutting Edge: Climate Change and Water Quality Regulation, 24(2) Nat. Resources & Envt. 14 (2009)

Craig, Robin, Climate Change, Regulatory Fragmentation, and Water Triage, 79 U. Colo. L. Rev. 825(2008)

Dellapena, Joseph W., Global Climate Disruption and Water Law Reform in the United States, in Environmental Governance and Sustainability, ch. 8 (Anel Du Plessis et al. eds., Edward Elgar 2012).

Doremus, Holly & Hanemann, MIchael, The Challenges of Dynamic Water Management in the American West, 26 UCLA J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 55 (2007)

Glicksman, Robert, Global Climate Change and the Risks to Coastal Areas from Hurricanes and Rising Sea Levels: The Costs of Doing Nothing, 52 Loyola L. Rev. 1127 (2006)

Graumlich, Lisa, Climate Change and Water: A Long-term Perspective, 6 Wy. L. Rev. 347 (2006)

Gray, B., Global Climate Change: Water Supply Risks and Water Management Opportunities, 14 HastingsW.-Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 1453 (2008)

Klein, Christine, The New Nuisance: An Antidote to Wetland Loss, Sprawl, and Global Warming, 48 B.C. L. Rev. 1155 (2007)

Kosolapova, Elena, Liability for Climate Change-Related Damage in Domestic Courts: Claims for Compensation in the USA, in Climate Change Liability, ch. 8 (Michael Faure & Marjan Peeters eds., Edward Elgar 2011).

Miller, Kathleen, Climate Change and Water in the West: Complexities, Uncertainties and Strategies for Adaptation, 27 J. Land Resources & Envtl. L. 87 (2007)

Mulroy, Patricia, Climate Change and the Law of the River–A Southern Nevada Perspective, 14 Hastings W.-Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 1603 (2008)

Rose, Carol, From H2O to CO2: Lessons of Water Rights for Carbon Trading, 50 Ariz. L Rev. 91 (2008)

Stallworthy, Mark, Sustainability, Coastal Erosion and Climate Change: An Environmental Justice Analysis, 18 J. Envtl. L. 357 (2006)

Waggoner, Paul E. (ed.), Climate Change and U.S. Water Resources (Wiley 1990)

Common law claims

Abate, Randall S., Public Nuisance Suits for the Climate Justice Movement: The Right Thing and the Right Time, 85(2) Wash. L. Rev. 197 (2010)

Adler, Jonathan H. “The Supreme Court Disposes of a Nuisance Suit: American Electric Power V. Connecticut.” Cato Supreme Court Review (2010): 295–317.

Alex, Ken, A Period of Consequences: Global Warming as Public Nuisance, 26A Stan. Envtl. L. J. 77 (2007)

American Elec. Power Co., Inc., et al V. Connecticut et al. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/10-174.pdf

Baker, Lori, Global Warming: Attorneys General Declare Public Nuisance, 27 U. Haw. L. Rev. 525 (2005)

Bausinger, P. Leigh, Welcome to the (Impenetrable) Jungle: Massachusetts v. EPA, The Clean Air Act and the Common Law of Public Nuisance, 53 Villanova L. Rev. 527 (2008)

Bender, Brian A. “Climate Change Public Nuisance Litigation: Contextualizing AEP V. Connecticut.” Environmental Claims Journal 23.3/4 (2011): 177–189.

Bishop, P., and V. Jenkins. “Planning and Nuisance: Revisiting the Balance of Public and Private Interests in Land-Use Development.” Journal of Environmental Law 23.2 (2011): 285–310.

Case, Lauren. “Climate Change: A New Realm of Tort Litigation, and How to Recover When the Litigation Heats Up.” Santa Clara Law Review 51 (2011): 265–298.

Craig, Robin, Adapting to Climate Change: The Potential Role of State Common-Law Public Trust Doctrines, 34 Vt. L. Rev. 781 (2010)

Dana, David A. “The Mismatch Between Public Nuisance Law And Global Warming.” Supreme Court Economic Review 18.1 (2010): 9–42.

Drabick, James, “Private” Public Nuisance and Climate Change: Working within, and around, the Special Injury Rule, 16 Fordham Envtl. L. Rev. 503 (2005)

Eaton, Seth, Winter is Frigid, So I Say Bring On the Greenhouse Effect! A Legal and Policy Discussion of the Strategies the United States Must Employ to Combat Global Warming, 35 Pepp. L. Rev. 787 (2008).

Engel, Kirsten, Harmonizing Regulatory and Litigation Approaches to Climate Change Mitigation: Incorporating Tradable Emissions Offsets Into Common Law Remedies, 155 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1563 (2007)

Fessler, Mark California v. General Motors Corp: California’s Attempt to Regain Control of its Climate, 15Se. Envtl. L. J. 537 (2007)

Fuhr, Joy C. “Connecticut V. AEP: The New Normal.” Natural Resources and Environment 24 (2009): 58–59.

Gerrard, Michael, What the Law and Lawyers Can and Cannot Do About Global Warming, 16 Se. Envtl. L. J. 33 (2007)

Grimm, Daniel Global Warming and Market Share Liability: A Proposed Model for Allocating Tort Damages Among CO2 Producers, 32 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 209 (2007)

Grossman, David, Warming Up to a Not-So-Radical Idea: Tort-Based Climate Change Litigation, 28 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 1 (2003)

Harlow, Brooks E, and Roy M Spencer. “An Inconvenient Burden of Proof – CO2 Nuisance Plaintiffs Will Face Challenges in Meeting the Daubert Standard.” Energy Law Journal 32 (2011): 459–496.

Harper, Benjamin, Climate Change, Insurance, NEPA, and Article III: Does a Policy Holder Have Standing to Sue a Federal Agency for Failing to Address Climate Change Under NEPA?, 74 UMKC L. Rev. 435 (2005)

Hessler, Jeremy. “A Temporary Solution to Climate Change: The Federal Common Law to the Rescue.” Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 38 (2010): 407–438.

Hunter, David & Salzman, James, Negligence in the Air: The Duty of Care in Climate Change Litigation, 155U. Pa. L. Rev. 1741 (2007)

Johnson, Stephen M. “From Climate Change and Hurricanes to Ecological Nuisances: Common Law Remedies for Public Law Failures?” Georgia State University Law Review 27.3 (2011): 565–608.

Kaswan, Alice, The Domestic Response to Global Climate Change: What Role for Federal, State, and Litigation Initiatives?, 42 U.S.F.L. Rev. 39 (2007)

Klein, Christine, The New Nuisance: An Antidote to Wetland Loss, Sprawl, and Global Warming, 48 B.C. L. Rev. 1155 (2007)

Kysar, Douglas A. “What Climate Change Can Do About Tort Law.” Environmental Law 41.1 (2011): 1–71.

Mensher, Dan Common Law On Ice: Using Federal Judge-Made Nuisance Law to Address the Interstate Effects of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 37 Envtl. L. 463 (2007)

Merrill, Thomas, Global Warming as a Public Nuisance, 30 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 293 (2005)

Miller, Matthew Edwin. “The Right Issue, the Wrong Branch: Arguments Against Adjudicating Climate Change Nuisance Claims.” Michigan Law Review 109.2 (2010): 257–289.

Mullen, Sean. “The Continuing Vitality of the Climate Change Nuisance Suit.” Rutgers Law Review 63 (2010): 697–724.

Percival, Robert, Massachusetts v. EPA: Escaping the Common Law’s Growing Shadow, 2007 Sup. Ct. Rev. 111

Rosen, Lisa Hodes, and Adrienne Bossi. “Due Process Rights in the Carbon Markets.” Sustainable Development Law & Policy 11.2 (2010): 9–14.

Shelson, James W. “The Misuse of Public Nuisance Law to Address Climate Change.” Defense Counsel Journal 78.2 (2011): 195–219.

Shi-Ling Hsu, A Realistic Evaluation of Climate Change Litigation Through the Lens of a Hypothetical Lawsuit, 79 U. Colo. L. Rev. 701 (2008)

Weinbaum, Aura. “Unjust Enrichment: An Alternative to Tort Law and Human Rights in the Climate Change Context.” Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 20 (2011): 429–454.

Weisbach, David. “Negligence, Strict Liability, and Responsibility for Climate Change.” Iowa Law Review 97.2 (2012): 521–565.

Environmental law

Cassuto, David N., and Rômulo S. R. Sampaio. “Water Law in the United States and Brazil—Climate Change & Two Approaches to Emerging Water Poverty.” William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 35.2 (2011): 371–412.

Hertzler, Megan, and Mara Koeller. “Environmental Law: Who Pays for Carbon Costs?” William Mitchell Law Review 36.3 (2010): 905–949.

Infelise, R., and E. Biber. “ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW: Foreword.” Ecology LQ 38 (2011): 233–611.

Lightfoot, T.R. “Environmental Law: Climate Change and Environmental Review: Addressing the Impact of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act.” Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 36 (2010): 1068–5249.

Long, Andrew. “Environmental Law: Tropical Forest Mitigation Projects and Sustainable Development: Designing U.S. Law for a Supportive Role.” William Mitchell Law Review 36.3 (2010): 968–991.

Osofsky, Hari M. “The Future of Environmental Law and Complexities of Scale: Federalism Experiments with Climate Change Under the Clean Air Act.” Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 32 (2010): 79–97.

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

Bertsch, Derek. “When Good Intentions Collide: Seeking a Solution to Disputes Between Alternative Energy Development and the Endangered Species Act.” Sustainable Development Law Journal 14 (2011): 74–97.

Brennan, Michael, and Sandra Snodgrass. Climate Change Impacts and the Endangered Species Act. LexisNexis Global Climate Change Special Pamphlet Series, 2010.

Kostyack, John & Rohlf, Dan, Conserving Endangered Species in An Era of Global Warming, 38 Envtl. L. Rep. News & Analysis 10203 (2008)

Kuhn, Maggie. “Climate Change and the Polar Bear: Is the Endangered Species Act up to the Task?” Alaska Law Review 27.1 (2010): 125–150.

Logan, Chris, Is the Endangered Species Act the Right Place to Set U.S. Climate Change Policy?, 9(2)Sustainable Development L. & Pol’y 30 (2009)

Morath, Sarah Jane, The Endangered Species Act: A New Avenue for Climate Change Litigation?, 29 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 23 (2008)

Moritz, Anna T et al. “Biodiversity Banking and Boiling: Endangered Species Act Turning down the Heat.” Tulsa Law Review 44 (2008): 205–236.

Owen, Dave. “Critical Habitat and the Challenge of Regulating Small Harms.” Florida Law Review 64 (2012): 141–200.

Ruhl, J.B., Climate Change and the Endangered Species Act: Building Bridges to the No-Analog Future, 88B.U. L. Rev. 1 (2008)

Environmental justice issues

Burkett, Maxine, Just Solutions to Climate Change: A Climate Justice Proposal for a Domestic Clean Development Mechanism, 56 Buffalo L. Rev. 169 (2008)

Caney, Simon, Cosmopolitan Justice, Rights and Global Climate Change, 19(2) Canadian J. L. & Jur. 255 (2006)

Farber, Daniel, The Case for Climate Compensation: Justice for Climate Change Victims in a Complex World, 2008 Utah L. Rev. 377

Harris, Paul G., Climate Change and the Importance of International Environmental Law: Seeking a Cosmopolitan Cure, 16 Penn St. Envtl. L. Rev. 323 (2008)

Holland, John, The United States and Its Climate Change Policy: Advocating an Alignment of National Interest and Ethical Obligations, 23 Notre Dame J.L., Ethics & Pub. Pol’y 623 (2009)

Kaswan, Alice, Environmental Justice and Domestic Climate Change Policy, 38 Envtl. L. Rep. News & Analysis 10287 (2008)

Low-Income Communities and Climate Change, 43 Clearinghouse Review 402 (2009)

Maguire, Annise, Permitting under the Clean Air Act: How Current Standards Impose Obstacles to Achieving Environmental Justice, 14(2) Mich. J. Race & L. 255 (2009)

Mandell, Bekah, Racial Reification and Global Warming: A Truly Inconvenient Truth, 28 B.C. Third World L.J. 289 (2008)

Posner, Eric & Sunstein, Cass, Climate Change Justice, 96 Geo. L. J. 1565 (2008)

Sinden, Amy, Allocating the Costs of the Climate Crisis: Efficiency versus Justice, 85 Wash. L. Rev. 293 (2010)

Tsosie, Rebecca Indigenous People and Environmental Justice: The Impact of Climate Change, 78 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1625 (2007)

Vandenbergh, Michael & Ackerly, Brooke, Climate Change: The Equity Problem, 26 Va. Envtl. L. J. 77 (2008)

Weston, Burns, Climate Change And Intergenerational Justice: Foundational Reflections 9 Vt. J. Envtl. L.375 (2008)

Legal issues

Standing

Austin, Jay, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency: Global Warming, Standing and the U.S. Supreme Court, 16 Rev. Euro. Comm. & Int’l L. 368 (2007)

Averill, Marilyn. “Getting into Court: Standing, Political Questions and Climate Tort Claims.” Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 19.1 (2010): 122–126.

Bertagna, Blake, “Standing” Up for the Environment: The Ability of Plaintiffs to Establish Legal Standing To Redress Injuries Caused by Global Warming, 2006 BYU L. Rev. 415

Bradford, Gregory. “Simplifying State Standing: The Role of Sovereign Interests in Future Climate Litigation.” Boston College Law Review 52.3 (2011): 1065–1103.

Brown, Christopher. “A Litigious Proposal; A Citizen’s Duty to Challenge Climate Change, Lessons from Recent Federal Standing Analysis, and Possible State-Level Remedies Private Citizens Can Pursue.” Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 25.2 (2010): 385–457.

Engel, Kirsten H. “State Standing in Climate Change Lawsuits.” Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law 26 (2010): 217–238.

Freeman, Jody & Vermeule, Adrian, Massachusetts v. EPA: From Politics to Expertise, 2007 Sup. Ct. Rev. 51

Guarino, Katherine A. “The Power of One: Citizen Suits in the Fight Against Global Warming.” Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 38 (2011): 125–158.

Jackson, Omari, Probing Environmental Discretion: An Argument for Regulating Greenhouse Gases From Motor Vehicles Under the Clean Air Act, 25 UCLA J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 125 (2006-07)

Kronk, Elizabeth Ann. “Effective Access to Justice: Applying the Parens Patriae Standing Doctrine to Climate Change-Related Claims Brought by Native Nations.” Public Land & Resources Law Review 32 (2011): 1–25.

Long, Andrew, Standing and Consensus: Globalism in Massachusetts v. EPA, 23 J. Envtl. L. & Litig.73 (2008)

Mank, Bradford C., Civil Remedies, in Global Climate Change and U.S. Law Chapter 6 (American Bar Association 2007)

Mank, Bradford, Standing and Future Generations: Does Massachusetts v. EPA Open Standing for Generations to Come? 34 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 1 (2009)

Mank, Bradford, Standing and Global Warming: Is Injury to All Injury to None?, 35 Envtl. L. 1 (2005)

Mayer, Brian, Climate Change, Insurance, NEPA, and Article III: Does a Policy Holder Have Standing to Sue a Federal Agency for Failing to Address Climate Change Under NEPA?, 74 UMKC L. Rev. 435 (2005)

Merrill, Thomas, Global Warming as a Public Nuisance, 30 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 293 (2005)

Muelberger, Christopher, One Man’s Conjecture is Another Man’s Concrete: Applying the “Injury-in-Fact” Standing Requirement to Global Warming, 76 UMCK L. Rev. 177 (2007)

Nash, Jonathan, Standing and the Precautionary Principle, 108 Colum. L. Rev. 494 (2008)

Percival, Robert, Massachusetts v. EPA: Escaping the Common Law’s Growing Shadow, 2007 Sup. Ct. Rev. 111

Pleune, Jamie Gibbs, Is Scalian Standing the Latest Sighting of the Lochner-ess Monster?: Using Global Warming to Explore the Myth of the Corporate Person, 38 Envtl. L. 273 (2008)

Stancati, Joseph, Victims of Climate Change and Their Standing to Sue: Why the Northern District of California Got It Right, 38 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 687 (2006)

Stevenson, Dru, Special Solicitude for State Standing: Massachusetts v. EPA, 112 Penn. St. L. Rev. 1 (2007)

Tannahill, Mark, Fee-shifting Provisions and the Clean Air Act: Should Financially-motivated Plaintiffs Be Barred from Recovering Fees? 49 Santa Clara L. Rev. 863 (2009)

Wildermuth, Amy, Why State Standing in Massachusetts v. EPA Matters, 27 J. Land Res. & Envtl. L. 273 (2007)

Wyckoff, John, et al., Supreme Court Ruling Creates More Standing Room in the Already Heated Global Greenhouse Gas Movement, 19 Envtl. Claims J. 3 (2007)

Zdeb, Sara, From Georgia v. Tennessee Cooper to Massachusetts v. EPA: Parens Patriae Standing for State Global-Warming Plaintiffs, 96 Geo. L.J. 1059 (2008)

Political question

Abate, Randall, Automobile Emissions and Climate Change Impacts: Employing Public Nuisance Doctrine as Part of a “Global Warming Solution” in California, 40 Conn. L. Rev. 591 (2008)

Alex, Ken, A Period of Consequences: Global Warming as Public Nuisance, 26A Stan. Envtl. L. J.77 (2007)

Borissov, Erin Casper, Questionable Use of the Political Question Doctrine (Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co., 406 F. Supp. 2d 265 (2005)), 41 Ind. L. Rev. 415 (2008)

Fessler, Mark, California v. General Motors Corp: California’s Attempt to Regain Control of its Climate, 15 Se. Envtl. L. J. 537 (2007)

LaTourette, Shawn, Global Climate Change: A Political Question? 40 Rutgers L.J. 219 (2008)

May, James, Climate Change, Constitutional Consignment, and the Political Question Doctrine, 85(4)Denv. U. L. Rev. 919 (2008)

Thorpe, Amelia, Tort-based Climate Change Litigation and the Political Question Doctrine, 24 J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 79 (2008)

Weinburg, Philip, “Political Questions”: An Invasive Species Infecting the Courts, 19

Choice of law

Haritz, Miriam, Liability with and Liability from the Precautionary Principle in Climate Change Cases, in Climate Change Liability, ch. 2 (Michael Faure & Marjan Peeters eds., Edward Elgar 2011).

Shi-Ling Hsu, A Realistic Evaluation of Climate Change Litigation Through the Lens of a Hypothetical Lawsuit, 79 U. Colo. L. Rev. 701 (2008)

Spier, Jaap, High Noon: Prevention of Climate Damage as the Primary Goal of Liability?, in Climate Change Liability, ch. 2 (Michael Faure & Marjan Peeters eds., Edward Elgar 2011).

Causation and traceability

Biber, Eric, Climate Change, Causation and Delayed Harm, 37 Hofstra L. Rev. 975 (2009)

Duffy, Michael, Climate Change Causation: Harmonizing Tort Law and Scientific Probability, 28(2)Temple Jo. Sci., Tech. & Envtl. L. 185 (2009)

Gerhart, Matthew, Climate Change and the Endangered Species Act: The Difficulty of Proving Causation, 36 Ecology L.Q. 167 (2009)

Haroff, Kevin & Hartis, Jacqueline, Climate Change and the Courts: Litigating the Causes and Consequences of Global Warming, 22(3) Nat. Resources & Envt. 50 (2008)

Lawson, Samantha. “The Conundrum of Climate Change Causation: Using Market Share Liability to Satisfy the Identification Requirement in Native Village of Kivalina V. Exxonmobil Co.” Fordham Environmental Law Review 22.2 (2011): 433–492.

Mank, Bradford C., Civil Remedies in Global Climate Change and U.S. Law Chapter 6 (Michael B. Gerrard ed., 2007)

Reeves, Christopher, Climate Change on Trial: Making the Case for Causation, 32(3) Am. J. of Trial Advocacy 495 (2009)

Scrufari, Carrie. “Down the Rabbit-Hole of Standing: Injury, Traceability and Redress in a Greenhouse Gas Litigation.” Charlotte Law Review 3 (2011): 95–132.

Weisbach, David. “Negligence, Strict Liability, and Responsibility for Climate Change.” Iowa Law Review 97.2 (2012): 521–565.

Takings

Animal Welfare Institute v Beech Ridge Energy, LLC. http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Opinions/Animal%20Welfare%20Institute%20v.%20Beech%20Ridge%20Energy%20%5B09cv1519%5D%20-%20Opinion%20FINAL%202%20(PDF).pdf

Eagle, Josh, Balancing Public and Private Rights in the Coastal Zone in the Era of Climate Change: The Fifteenth Anniversary of Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 16 Se. Envtl. L. J. 1 (2007)

Hiatt, Michael, Come Hell or High Water: Reexamining the Takings Clause in a Climate Changed Future, 18 Duke Envtl. L. & Pol’y F. 371 (2008)

Hubbard, F. Patrick, The Impact of Lucas On Coastal Development: Background Principles, the Public Trust Doctrine, and Global Warming, 16 Se. Envtl. L. J. 65 (2007)

Poirier, Marc, A Very Clear Blue Line: Behavioral Economics, Public Choice, Public Art and Sea Level Rise, 16 Se. Envtl. L. J. 83 (2007)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state equivalents

Baker, Mason. “What Does It Mean to Comply with NEPA: An Investigation into Whether NEPA Should Have Procedural or Substantive Force.” Utah Environmental Law Review 31 (2011): 241–262.

Baldwin, Katherine, NEPA and CEQA: Effective Legal Frameworks for Compelling Consideration of Adaptation to Climate Change, 82(4) S. Cal. L. Rev. 769 (2009)

Chertok, Mark & Miller, Ashley, Environmental Law: Climate Change Impact Analysis in New York under SEQRA, 87 Syracuse L. Rev. 763 (2009)

Christopher, C. Success By a Thousand Cuts: The Use of Environmental Impact Assessment in Addressing Climate Change, 9 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 549 (2008)

Cohen, Aliza M. “NEPA in the Hot Seat: A Proposal for an Office of Environmental Analysis.” University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 44.1 (2010): 169–217.

Cunningham, Paul & Guinivan, James, Perspectives on the Role of NEPA in STB Regulation, 77 J. Transp. L., Logistics & Pol’y 89 (2010)

Gerrard, Michael B., Climate Change and the Environmental Impact Review Process, 22(3) Nat. Resources & Envt. 20 (2008)

Haroff, K. & Moore, K., Global Climate Change and the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.F. L. Rev. 155 (2007)

Holcomb, James R. IV. “NEPA and Climate Change: After the CEQ’s Draft Guidance.” Texas Environmental Law Journal 41 (2010): 259–278.

Kass, Madeline, A NEPA Climate Paradox: Taking Greenhouse Gases into Account in Threshold Significance Determinations, 42 Ind. L. Rev. 47 (2009)

Kraft, Aaron J. “NEPA and Climate Change: Beneficial Applications and Practical Tensions.” Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 25.2 (2010): 559–582.

LaCroix, Catherine, SEPAs, Climate Change, and Corporate Responsibility: The Contribution of Local Government, 58 Case W. Res. Law. Rev. 1289 (2008)

Lightfoot, Thaddeus R., Climate Change and Environmental Review: Addressing the Impact of Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act, 36 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1068 (2010)

Lochridge, W. Riley. “Allowing for Greater Admission of Evidence in NEPA Predetermination Suits.” University of Chicago Legal Forum 2011 (2011): 375–396.

O’Brien, Conor, I Wish They All Could Be California Environmental Quality Acts: Rethinking NEPA in Light of Climate Change, 36 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 239 (2009)

Reiley, Robert. “The Evolution of NEPA in the Fight Against Climate Change.” Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law 5 (2011): 1–48.

Russell, Irma S. “Streamlining NEPA to Combat Global Climate Change: Heresy or Necessity?” Environmental Law 39.4 (2009): 1049–1072.

Salter, Trevor. “NEPA and Renewable Energy: Realizing the Most Environmental Benefit in the Quickest Time.” Environs: Environmental Law and Policy Journal 34 (2010): 173–188.

Selmi, Daniel P. “Themes in the Evolution of the State Environmental Policy Acts.” Urban Lawyer 38 (2006): 949–1002.

Smith, Michael D. “NEPA and Climate Change.” Environmental Practice 10.02 (2008): 75–77.

Stein, Amy, Climate Change under NEPA: Avoiding Cursory Consideration of Greenhouse Gases, 81(2) U. Colo. L. Rev. 473 (2010)

Suttenberg, Jeremy et al. “Unresolved Conflicts: How Revisiting NEPA Section 102(2)(E) Could Increase Efficiency, Simplify Government, and Save Taxpayers Money.” New York University Environmental Law Journal 18 (2010): 156–183.

Thaler, Jeffrey, and Dustin Till. Treatment of Greenhouse Gases Under the National Environmental Policy Act. LexisNexis Global Climate Change Special Pamphlet Series, 2010.

Weiner, Kenneth S., Accountability for Mitigation through Procedural Review: The NEPA Jurisprudence of Judge Betty B. Fletcher, a Trustee of the Environment and Woman of Substance, 85 Wash. L. Rev. 45 (2010)

Wilensky, Meredith. “The Tailoring Rule: Exemplifying the Vital Role of Regulatory Agencies in Environmental Protection.” Ecology Law Quarterly 38.2 (2011): 449–477.

Wishnie, Lauren Giles, NEPA For a New Century: Climate Change and the Reform of the National Environmental Policy Act, 16 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 628 (2008)

Zellmer, Sandra et al. “Throwing Precaution to the Wind: NEPA and the Deepwater Horizon Blowout.” George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law 2 (2011): 62–70.

Zischke, Michael, et al., CEQA and Climate Change – Where Are We Today and Where Are We Going?, 27(2) Cal. Real. Prop. J. 4 (2009)

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