Randall Abate
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Assistant Dean for Environmental Law Studies
Articles
Coastal Migration with Dignity: Safeguards for Vulnerable Communities, 54 Env’t L.
Rep. (forthcoming September 2024) (with Aashini Choksi)
Putting Lipstick on a Pig: Biogas, Methane Digesters, and the Greenwashing Playbook, Envt’l L. (forthcoming spring 2024)
Litigation to Protect the Marine Environment: Parallels and Synergies with Climate Litigation, 47 Wm. & Mary Env’t L. & Pol’y Rev. 595 (2023) (with Nadine Nadow & Hayley-Bo Dorrian-Bak)
“Fool Me Once, Shame on You”: Promoting Corporate Accountability for the Human Rights Impacts of Climate Washing, 18 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 1 (2023)
Youth and Indigenous Voices in Climate Justice: Leveraging Best Practices from U.S. and Canadian Litigation, 45 Pub. Land & Res. L. Rev. 77 (2022)
Presentations & Panels
Guest Lecture, “Antarctica and the Arctic as ‘Polar Opposites’ in International Environmental Law,” International Environmental Law course, Federal
University of Bahia (Brazil) (online) (July 20, 2024)
Panelist, “Trends and Challenges in Environmental Law” panel, co-hosted by GW Law’s Environmental and Energy Law Program and Catholic University of
Guayaquil (Ecuador) (online) (June 13, 2024)
Panelist, “Climate Displacement and Migration: Where Do We Go from Here?” Law and Society Conference (Denver, CO) (June 7, 2024)
Lecture, “Mooting and International Environmental Law,” East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (online) (June 5, 2024)
Lecture Series, “International Environmental Law and Climate Change Governance,” Central Asian University of Environmental and Climate Change
Studies – Green University (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) (May 20-30, 2024)
Lecture, “Climate Washing, Corporate Accountability, and Human Rights,” University of Eastern Piedmont Faculty of Law (Vercelli, Italy) (May 13, 2024)
Lecture, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” University of Eastern Piedmont Faculty of Law (Vercelli, Italy) (May 13, 2024)
Keynote Lecture, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” Animal Welfare and Sustainability Conference, University of
Milan-Bicocca (Milan, Italy) (May 9, 2024)
Panelist, “Sustainable Development Law in Reflection: 20 Years of the MJSDL,” McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy (MJSDL) Spring Symposium, McGill Faculty of Law (pre-recorded online presentation) (Apr. 5, 2024)
Panelist, “Animal Agriculture and Climate Change: The Really Big Cow in the Room,” Lewis & Clark Law School (Portland, OR) (Apr. 5, 2024)
Lecture, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” University of San Francisco School of Law (online) (Mar. 25, 2024)
Panelist, “Science and Law of Sea Level Rise: Reducing Legal Obstacles to Managing Rising Seas,” Shepard Broad School of Law, Nova Southeastern University (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Mar. 21-22:, 2024)
Lecture, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” Haub Law at Pace Univ. (White Plains, NY) (Mar. 6, 2024)
Lecture, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” Daryl Fair Memorial Lecture, The College of New Jersey (Ewing Township, NJ) (Mar. 5, 2024)
Lecture, “Climate Change and the Voiceless: Protecting Future Generations, Wildlife, and Natural Resources,” International Environmental Law and Sustainable Development course, American University of Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic) (online) (Feb. 29, 2024)
Lecture, “Climate Washing, Corporate Accountability, and Human Rights,” Environmental Rights Institute Speaker Series, Widener University Delaware Law School (Wilmington, DE) (Feb. 27, 2024)
Lecture, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” Harvard Law School (Cambridge, MA) (Feb. 22, 2024)
Lecture, “Climate Change and the Protection of Future Generations: Can the Courts Save the Kids?” (George Washington University Pre-Law Student Association) (Feb. 20, 2024)
Panelist, “Corporate Accountability in Climate Change,” Center for International Human Rights, John Jay College, CUNY (Nov. 14, 2023)
Lecture, “Rights of Nature as a Mechanism to Enhance Existing Governance of Shark Finning,” Legal Protection of Aquatic Life: An Online Symposium, DePaul University College of Law (Chicago, IL, Nov. 9, 2023)
Moderator, Second Annual Shapiro Distinguished Lecture on Global Climate Change and Energy Law, GW Law (Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2023)
Panelist, “The Endangered Species Act: Sustainability and Ethics in Conservation,” George Mason University School of Law (Alexandria, VA, Oct. 16, 2023)
Lecture, “Climate Washing, Corporate Accountability, and Human Rights,” Monmouth University (West Long Branch, NJ, Oct. 11, 2023)
Panelist, “Out of the Shadows: Making Animals Visible in the Legal Academy,” Canadian Animal Law Conference, University of Toronto Faculty of Law (Toronto, ON, Sept. 30, 2023)
Panel Chair, “’You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee’: Legal Mechanisms and Strategies to Enhance Protection of Climate Displaced Peoples in the Americas,” Climate Change and International Law at a Crossroad Conference, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Cleveland, OH, Sept. 29, 2023)
Lecture, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” The George Washington University (Sept. 22, 2023)
Moderator, Earth Law Symposium, GW Law (Washington, D.C., Sept. 14-15, 2023)
Lecture, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” Fordham University School of Law (New York, NY, Sept. 11, 2023)
Lecture, “Standing in Climate Litigation: Overcoming a Daunting Barrier to Climate Justice,” University of Washington Ocean Nexus Center (Seattle, WA, June 6, 2023)
Lecture, “Climate Change and the Protection of Future Generations: Can the Courts Save the Indigenous and Traditional Populations? “(Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 31, 2023)
Lecture, “Climate Washing, Corporate Accountability, and Human Rights,” Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 30, 2023)
Lecture, “Standing in Global Climate Litigation: Learning from Best Practices,” EMERJ Climate Justice Forum (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 29, 2023)
Lecture, “Youth and Indigenous Climate Litigation in the U.S. and Canada,” Federal University of Para (Belem, Brazil, May 25, 2023)
Lecture, “Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” Federal University of Bahia (Salvador, Brazil, May 23, 2023)
Lecture, “Climate Washing, Accountability, and Human Rights,” Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota, Colombia, May 10, 2023)
Lecture, “Climate Change, Future Generations, and Climate Refugees,” Universidad de La Sabana (Chia, Colombia, May 10, 2023)
Lecture, “Climate Washing, Accountability, and Human Rights,” Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogota, Colombia, May 9, 2023)
Lecture, “Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” Universidad del Rosario (Bogota, Colombia, May 8, 2023)
Panelist, “Strategic Climate Change Litigation: Can the Courts Save the Kids and the Planet?” Contemporary Conversations in Climate Change Conference, Chapman University School of Law (Orange, CA, Apr. 22, 2023)
Panelist, “Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change,” Climate Change and Global Equity Symposium, Georgetown Environmental Law Society (online, Apr. 14, 2023)
Moderator, The 2023 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium (Washington, D.C., Apr. 6-7. 2023)
Moderator, Climate Justice for Latin American Indigenous Peoples Panel (Washington, D.C., Apr. 3, 2023)
Panelist, “Climate-Induced Displacement and Migration,” Sustainable Development Law and Policy Brief Annual Symposium, American University Washington College of Law (Washington, D.C., Mar. 30, 2023)
Moderator, Mayah’s Lot: Building the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders, GW Law (Washington, D.C., Mar. 27, 2023)
Discussant, Animals and the Anthropocene: A Legal Scholarship Symposium, GW Law (Washington, D.C., Mar. 24, 2023)
Moderator, Climate Change Cross-border Migration and the Biden Administration: What the Future Holds?, GW Law (online) (Mar. 22, 2023)
Lecturer, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” Nova Southeastern University School of Law (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Mar. 15, 2023)
Lecturer, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” St. Thomas University College of Law (Miami, Gardens, FL, Mar. 14, 2023)
Lecturer, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” Gujarat Maritime University Academy on Climate Change, Marine Biodiversity and Sustainable Shipping (online) (Gujarat, India, Mar. 14, 2023)
Presenter, “Climate Washing, Corporate Accountability, and Human Rights,” You Are What You Eat – Or So You Think: The Legal Impact of Humane, Green, and Climate-Friendly Product Advertising, Illinois State Bar Association Animal Law Section CLE Program (Chicago, IL, Mar. 10, 2023)
Lecturer, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” DePaul University College of Law (Chicago, IL, Mar. 9, 2023)
Lecturer, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” The Future of Innovation, Sustainability, and the Law Speaker Series, Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago, IL, Mar. 8, 2023)
Lecturer, “Climate Change and the Voiceless: Protection of Future Generations, Wildlife, and Natural Resources,” Fordham University School of Law (New York, NY, Mar. 6, 2023)
Lecturer, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” St. John’s University School of Law (New York, NY, Mar. 6, 2023)
Lecturer, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” Sai University (online) (Chennai, India, Mar. 6, 2023)
Keynote Lecturer, “Voice to the Voiceless: Protecting Biodiversity, Wildlife, and Natural Resources for Future Generations,” 4th Conference of the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in Middle East and North Africa Universities (ASSELLMU), University of Jordan Faculty of Law (Amman, Jordan, Feb. 27-28, 2023)
Lecturer, “Standing in Global Climate Litigation,” University of Birmingham Law School Dubai (Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 23, 2023)
Lecturer, “Climate Washing, Corporate Accountability, and Human Rights,” American University of Central Asia (online) (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Feb. 21, 2023)
Speaker, “Lessons from Climate Litigation to Enhance Protection of the Marine Environment,” William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review Symposium (online) (Feb. 17, 2023)
Lecturer, “Climate Washing, Corporate Accountability, and Human Rights,” William and Mary School of Law (Williamsburg, VA, Feb. 8, 2023)
Lecturer, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” Program on Environmental and Energy Law Lunch Lecture Series, American University Washington College of Law (Washington, D.C., Jan. 26, 2023)
Lecturer, “Climate Change and the Protection of Future Generations: Can the Courts Save the Kids?” The American Inn of Court of Southern Maryland (Brandywine, MD, Jan. 24, 2023)
Lecturer, “Anthropocene Accountability Litigation: Confronting Common Enemies to Promote a Just Transition,” EEMI Distinguished Lecture Series, GW (Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2023)
Lecturer, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” hosted by Environmental and Energy Law Students Association, GW Law (Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2023)
Lecture, “Climate Change and the Protection of Future Generations: Can the Courts Save the Kids?” University of Florida Pre-Legal Honor Society (Dec. 7, 2022)
Lecture, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” Pace University School of Law (White Plains, NY, Nov. 14, 2022)
Lecture, “Climate Change and the Protection of Future Generations: Can the Courts Save the Kids?” Global Policy, Diplomacy, and Sustainability Fellowship Program (Nov. 14, 2022)
Lecture “Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” CUNY School of Law (Queens, NY, Nov. 11, 2022)
Lecture, “Climate Change and the Voiceless: Protecting Future Generations, Wildlife, and Natural Resources,” Seton Hall Law School (Newark, NJ, Nov. 10, 2022)
Lecture, “Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” Temple University School of Law (Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 10, 2022)
Lecture, “Climate Change and the Voiceless: Protecting Future Generations, Wildlife, and Natural Resources,” University of Baltimore School of Law (Baltimore, MD, Nov. 9, 2022)
Lecture, “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” University of Maryland School of Law (Baltimore, MD, Nov. 9, 2022)
Lecture, “Climate Change and the Voiceless: Protecting Future Generations, Wildlife, and Natural Resources,” Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center (Fort Lauderdale, FL, Oct. 26, 2022)
Lecture, “Climate Change and the Voiceless: Protecting Future Generations, Wildlife, and Natural Resources,” Rollins College (Winter Park, FL, Oct. 25, 2022)
Lecture, “Youth and Indigenous Climate Justice Litigation in the U.S. and Canada,” Barry University School of Law (Orlando, FL, Oct. 24, 2022)
Lecture, “Climate Washing, Corporate Accountability, and Human Rights,” Intercultural Human Rights Symposium, St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami Gardens, FL, Oct. 21, 2022)
Panelist, “GW Perspectives on the Inflation Reduction Act” (Oct. 12, 2022)
Lecture, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections,” Deconstructing Environmental Justice Lecture Series, Jindal Global Law School (Sonipat, India, Oct. 3, 2022)
Speaker, “Virtual Lunch on Rights-Based Climate Litigation” (Sept. 27, 2022)
Panelist, “Rights of Nature and Animals: Advances and Setbacks,” ALDF
Speaker, Animal Law Symposium, (Arlington, VA, Sept. 24, 2022)
Speaker, Climate Justice Roundtable, “Charting a Course for a Progressive Future: Roundtables on Energy Democracy, the Courts, and Climate Justice,” Center for Progressive Reform, (Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022)
“Day 1 Summary Remarks,” Natural Resources Symposium (Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022)
Speaker, “Trends in Climate Litigation,” Seminar on Climate Science and the Energy Transition in Climate Litigation, (Washington, D.C., Aug. 29, 2022)
Media Appearances
Quoted in KYPCNB on ways to improve the effectiveness of global environmental
protection and reduce the impacts of climate change
Interviewed by UzReport World on climate governance and global environmental issues
during two-week lecture series in Tashkent
Quoted in GW Today story on Shapiro Symposium, March 2024
Quoted in “Animal Kingdom” article (starting on p. 22) in Winter ’24 issue of Loquitur, the alumni magazine of Vermont Law and Graduate School
Time to Hold Corporations Accountable for the Human Rights Impacts of Climate Washing, The CLS Blue Sky Blog (Oct. 4, 2023)
Speaker, “SEER Essentials: What Can Animal Law Learn From Environmental Law” ABA SEER Podcast (July 24, 2023)
Quoted in “5 Takeaways from the Montana Climate Trial as We Await a Historic Ruling,” Scientific American (June 23, 2023)
Textbook Chapters
“Climate Change Communication in Kolkata: Applying Communication Theories to Address Climate Change Displacement,” in Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2022) (co-authored with Lisha Samuel)
Robert Glicksman
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J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law
Articles
The Disintegration of Administrative Adjudicatory Enforcement Authority, __ Widener Commonwealth L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming)
Delegated Agency Authority to Address Chemicals of Emerging Concern: EPA’s Strategic Use of Emergency Powers to Address PFAS Air Pollution, 48 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 2 (2024) (with J. Adashek)
In Praise of Dan Mandelker’s NEPA Wisdom, 52 Urb. Law. 258 (2023).
Sackett v. EPA: The Court Delivers Another Massive Blow to Federal Environmental Law, Geo. Wash. L. Rev. On the Docket (May 27, 2023)
A Critical 21st Century Role for Public Land Management: Conserving 30% of the Nation’s Lands and Waters Beyond 2030, 54 Ariz. St. L.J. 1313 (2022) (with Sandra Zellmer)
How to Reform Federal Permitting to Accelerate Clean Energy Infrastructure: A Nonpartisan Way Forward, Brookings (Feb. 14, 2023) (with Rayan Sud and Sanjay Patnaik)
Adjudicating the Future of Agency Adjudication, 48 Admin. & Regulatory L. News 5 (fall 2022) (with R. Levy) (published Jan. 12, 2023)
Fixing What’s Wrong with Environmental Enforcement, Notice & Comment (Jan. 12, 2023)
Protecting the Public Health with the Inflation Reduction Act — Provisions Affecting Climate Change and Its Health Effects, 388 New England J. Med. 84 (Jan. 5, 2023)
Adaptive Management and NEPA: How to Reconcile Predictive Assessment in the Face of Uncertainty with Natural Resource Management Flexibility and Success, 46 Harv. Env’t L. Rev. 121 (2022) (with J. Page) (cited in Ohio Env’t Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 2023 WL 2712454 (S.D. Ohio 2023)
Protecting the Public Health with the Inflation Reduction Act—Provisions Affecting Climate Change and Its Health Effects, New England J. of Medicine, (Dec. 21, 2022)
The New Separation of Powers Formalism and Administrative Adjudication, 90 Geo. Wash. L. Rev.1088 (2022) (with R. Levy)
Enhancing Environmental Enforcement by Example and Erudition, 36 J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 191 (published Dec. 7, 2022)
30 x 30—Conservation and the Multiple-Use Agencies, 68 Nat. Resources & Energy L. Inst. 34-1 (2022) (with S. Zellmer)
The Clean Water Act’s 50th Anniversary: Nine Key Reforms for Clean Water Today (Nov. 2022)
Adjudicating the Future of Agency Adjudication, 48 Admin. & Regulatory L. News 3 (Fall 2022) (with R. Levy)
Preview of Sackett v. EPA, Geo. Wash. L. Rev. On the Docket (2022)
Judicial Review of Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Change Lawsuits: Deferential and Nondeferential Evaluation of Agency Factual and Policy Determinations, 46 Harv. Env’t L. Rev. 367 (2022) (with D. Kim and K. Groth-Tuft)
Addressing Doubts About a Central Panel, Yale J. on Reg. Notice & Comment (Feb. 22, 2022), (with R. Levy)
Toward a Federal Central Panel for Administrative Adjudication, Yale J. on Reg. Notice & Comment (Feb. 14, 2022) (with R. Levy)
Presentations & Panels
Panel presentation, “Reorganizing Government: Structural Choices in Functional Governance Design,” at conference on “Regulatory Governance in a Changing World,” sponsored by the Inaugural Conference of the International Association on Regulation and Governance, Philadelphia, PA (June 17, 2024).
Presentation, “Administrative Adjudication on the Chopping Block in Jarkesy v. SEC,” Widener Commonwealth Law Review Symposium on “Judging and Administrative Law” (on Zoom) (Apr. 15, 2024), available HERE
“Standing Based on Informational Injury: A Paradoxical Tale,” presentation to the GW Law faculty (Apr. 10, 2024)
“Using the Clean Air Act to Reduce PFAS Exposure,” participation at the Harvard Environmental Law Review Virtual Authors Dinner (on Zoom) (Apr. 3, 2024).
“Innovative Management of the Public Lands and National Forests,” presentation at meeting of the Center for Progressive Reform, “Progressive Wins, Challenges Ahead,” Washington, D.C. (Jan. 4, 2024).
Presenter, “Current Issues in Environmental Law,” to GW Law Environmental & Energy Law Adjuncts, GW Law School (Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2023)
Presenter and moderator, “Scaling Up the Smart Grid,” at Broadband Breakfast’s “Made in America Summit,” (Washington, D.C., June 27, 2023)
Presenter, “The Opportunities and Challenges of Empirical Research in U.S. Environmental Law,” Conference on Empirical Legal Research: A State of Knowledge Across Europe, Université Toulouse Capitole (Toulouse, France, June 10, 2023)
Presenter, “Environmental Law in the Supreme Court: A Survey of Recent and Forthcoming Decisions,” Wednesday Morning Group (Bethesda, MD, May 3, 2023)
Participant, “Workshop on Adjudication in the Administrative State” Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA, Apr. 14, 2023)
Closing Remarks, “How to Achieve 30 by 30” The 2023 J.B. & Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium, Conserving Our Nation’s Biodiversity: Progress, Obstacles and Solutions for America’s 30 x 30 Initiatives (Washington, D.C., Apr. 7, 2023)
Presenter, “Climate Mitigation Regulation in the U.S.,” Presentation to the Vietnamese Ministry of the Environment (Washington, D.C., Mar. 29, 2023)
Guest Lecturer, “The New Separation of Powers Formalism and Administrative Adjudication,” Duke University School of Law class on The Administrative State in Crisis (online) (Feb. 27, 2023)
Participant, Workshop, Judicial Remedies and Agency Actions, George Mason University Law School (Arlington, VA, Nov. 18, 2022)
Speaker, Forum on Permitting Reform for Energy Infrastructure Projects, American Enterprise Institute (Washington, D.C. Oct. 28, 2022)
Presentation, Protecting Public Health Through U.S. Climate Action: Making Sense of the Shifting Landscape After West Virginia v. EPA and the Inflation Reduction Act, Milken Institute School of Public Health, GW University (Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2022)
Panelist, “GW Perspectives on the Inflation Reduction Act” (Oct. 12, 2022)
Commentator, “Festschrift Symposium for Daniel Mandelker” (Sept. 28, 2022)
Moderator, “Virtual Lunch on Rights-Based Climate Litigation” (Sept. 27, 2022)
Speaker and Organizer, Climate Justice Roundtable, “Charting a Course for a Progressive Future: Roundtables on Energy Democracy, the Courts, and Climate Justice,” Center for Progressive Reform, (Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022)
Presenter, “The Implications of West Virginia v EPA,” (Aug. 10, 2022)
Speaker, “The Implications of West Virginia v. EPA and the Major Questions Doctrine,” (July 28, 2022)
Presenter, “Conservation and the Multiple Use Agencies,” 68th Annual Natural Resources and Energy Law Institute of the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (July 23, 2022)
Presenter, “Top Policy Reforms for the Clean Water Act’s 50th Anniversary,” Center for Progressive Reform Roundtable at the Waterkeeper Alliance Global Conference, (Washington, D.C., June 10, 2022)
Presenter, “Judicial Review of Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Change Lawsuits: Deferential and Nondeferential Evaluation of Agency Factual and Policy Determinations,” presentation at the 7th Annual SRP Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators (Phoenix, AZ, May 13, 2022)
Presenter, “The Need for and Structure of a Federal Central Panel of ALJs,” Fairness, Justice and the Need for a Federal Central Panel (May 3, 2022)
Media Appearances
Quoted in Maydeen Merino, ‘Chevron’ Deference’s Demise Likely Emboldens EPA’s Opponents, Environmental Law Experts Say, Nat’l L.J. (July 18, 2024), available HERE
Quoted in Daniel Moore & Shayna Greene, Energy Agency Public Interest Actions Face Scrutiny Post-Chevron, Bloomberg Law (July 3, 2024), available HERE
Quoted in Keith Goldberg, Emissions Rules’ Foes May Be Forced To Yield To Automakers, Law360 (Apr. 10, 2024), available HERE
Interview concerning the National Environmental Policy Act, in Rare Toads or Clean Energy? An Environmental Law Fight in Nevada (Mar. 11, 2024) (Bloomberg Law). Available at https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/rare-toads-or-clean-energy-an-environmental-law-fight-in-nevada (Bloomberg News)
Quoted in Justices Don’t Provide All the Answers to Major Questions, Law360 (July 3, 2023)
Quoted in Quote-Unquote: PFAS, PFAS, PFAS, Inside EPA (June 7, 2023)
Quoted extensively in Sam Hess, High Court’s Sackett Ruling ‘Bodes Ill’ for EPA’s Bedrock Legal Authorities, InsideEPA.com (June 1, 2023)
Quoted in What the COTUS Water Ruling Means for Chevron Doctrine, Greenwire (May 30, 2023)
Quoted in We Desperately Need a New Power Grid. Here’s How to Make it Happen New York Times (May 7, 2023)
Author, How Climate Legislation Protects the Environment and Public Health, The Hill (Dec. 25, 2022)
Author, The Interior Department’s Promising but Unfinished Business, CPRBlog (Feb. 2, 2022)
Textbooks
PUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, Release # 50 (2d ed. Thomson Reuters)
PUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, Release # 49 (2d ed. Thomson Reuters).
NEPA Law and Litigation (Thomson/Reuters 2023-2024 ed.) (with D. Mandelker et al.)
Environmental Protection: Law and Policy (9th ed. Aspen Pub. 2023) (with W. Buzbee, D. Mandelker, E. Hammond & A. Camacho)
Public Natural Resources Law (2d edition) (Release # 46-48)
NEPA Law and Litigation (2d ed. 2022) (with D. Mandelker et al.)
Administrative Law: Agency Action in Legal Context (Foundation Press 3d ed. 2020) (with R. Levy)
Book Chapters
Administrative Law, in R. Glicksman et al., Staying Ahead of the Pack: Your Comprehensive Guide to the Upper-Level Curriculum (West Academic) (forthcoming).
Emily Hammond
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Glen Earl Weston Research Professor
Articles
What are “best and “adequate”? The litigation outlook for EPA’s proposed carbon rules for power plants, Threads (May 2024) (with Jennifer Wlodarczyk)
Agency Amici, in U.C. Davis Law Review (forthcoming)
Community Vetoes in the Clean Energy Transition, Ohio State Law Journal (forthcoming)
Finding a Place for Expertise After Loper Bright, 31 GEO. MASON L. REV. 559 (2024)
Responding to Mass, Computer-Generated, and Mallatributed Comments, 74Admin. L. Rev. 95 (2022) (with Steve Balla, Reeve Bull, Bridget C.E. Dooling, Michael Herz, Michael Livermore, & Beth Simone Noveck)
Presentations & Panels
Panelist, Inside Federal Agencies: The Regulatory Process from the Regulator’s Perspective, AHRI Policy Symposium, Washington, DC, May 2024
Panelist, Environmental Justice and Participation in Energy Market Decisionmaking, National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program, Washington, DC, Apr. 2024
Participant, Austin Electricity Conference (invitation only, Feb 29-Mar 1)
Panelist, Ohio State Law Journal symposium, What Next? The Rise, Fall, and Future of American Environmental Law, Feb. 23, 2024
Panelist, “Power to the People: Advancing Energy Equity in North Carolina and Beyond,” Center for Progressive Reform (online, Mar. 30, 2023)
Panelist, Mayah’s Lot: Building the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders (Washington, DC, Mar. 27, 2023)
Panelist, “2022 Supreme Court Preview” (Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2022)
Keynote Speaker, “Center for Progressive Reform’s 25th Anniversary Celebration,” (Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022)
Speaker, “Pride Month Celebration,” Microsoft Energy Team (June 24, 2022)
Panelist, “Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Q&A,” AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers, (Washington, D.C., June 3, 2022)
Media & Congressional Appearances
Planetizen quoted Professor Emily Hammond, available at “SCOTUS Watch: Power of Federal Agencies Likely to be Restricted” (June 28, 2024)
Scientific American quoted Professor Emily Hammond discussing the disruption to the system and years of work to overturn Chevron. (June 25, 2024). Post available Here
Professor Emily Hammond is quoted in the Hill on the Chevron deference Supreme Court decision. (June 25, 2024). Post available Here
Science quoted Professor Emily Hammond on the difference between generalist judges and experts in the field making major decisions in scientific fields (May 28, 2024). Post available Here
CNN quoted Professor Emily Hammond’s take on Florida’s stance on climate mitigation policy (May 15, 2024). Post available Here
Podcast interview: The Conservative War on ‘Agencies That Protect Us’. Available at https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/podcasts/say-more/ (March 27th, 2024).
Congressional Testimony to the House Committee on Small Business on the topic of “Burdensome Regulations: Examining the Effects of Department of Energy Regulations on America’s Job Creators.”
Congressional Testimony as a minority witness to the “Community Reclamation Partnerships Act” (June 14, 2023)
Quoted in How the Supreme Court Could Destroy Environmental Justice Efforts, The New Republic (July 7, 2023)
Quoted in Judiciary Used as ‘Bargaining Chip’ in Debt Limit Pipeline Deal, Bloomberg Law (May 31, 2023)
Quoted in Trump Rolled Back Decades Of Clean Water Protections. The Supreme Court Just Went Even Further, Huffington Post (May 26, 2023)
Quoted in Chevron’s End Unlikely as Justices Weigh Agency Power, Bloomberg Law (May 3, 2023)
Congressional Testimony as a minority witness to the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (Mar. 10, 2023)
Quoted in “House Republicans’ Deregulation Drive Could Be Derailed by Spate of Train Wrecks,” Epoch Times (Mar. 12, 2023)
Quoted in “How the White House Found EJ Areas Without Using Race,” E&E News(Jan. 24, 2023)
Textbook
Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Cases and Materials (Found. Press, 6th ed. (forthcoming 2023)) (with Joel Eisen, Joshua Macey, Jim Rossie, David Spence, and Hannah Wiseman)
Environmental Protection: Law and Policy (9th ed. Aspen Pub. 2023) (with R. Glicksman, W. Buzbee, D. Mandelker & A. Camacho)
Robin Juni
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Associate Professor, Fundamentals of Lawyering
Articles
When the Math Matters: Use of P-Values in Pharmaceutical Decisions, 48 Vt. L. Rev. 153 (2024)
Grappling with DEI Issues through an Environmental Negotiation Case, in Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Beyond the First Year, Carolina Academic Press (2024)
When the Math Matters: Improving Statistical Advocacy in Gerrymandering Litigation, 100 Neb. L. Rev. 727 (2022)
Presentations & Panels
Presenter, Facilitating Student Reflection on Cross-Cultural Issues through an Environmental Negotiation Exercise; New England Legal Writing Conference, Suffolk University Law School (Nov. 2023)
Presenter, Environmental Regulation and Climate Change; National University “Odesa Law Academy” (Ukraine), part of USAID/Global Legal Skills Conference Series (Oct. 2023)
Presenter, Negotiating Diversity: Facilitating Student Reflection on DEI Issues through an Environmental Negotiation Exercise; Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Conference; University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (June 2023)
Discussant, Animals and the Anthropocene: A Legal Scholarship Symposium, GW Law (Washington, D.C., Mar. 24, 2023)
Book Chapters
“Fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Negotiation Classroom“, in Integrating Doctrine & Diversity: Inclusion & Equity Beyond the First Year (Carolina Academic Press 2023)
LeRoy Paddock
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Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in Environmental Law
Articles
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, 53 ELR 10133 (Feb. 2023)
Extended Producer Responsibility: It’s Time to Embrace the Concept, ABA Seer Nat. Res. & Env’t (2022)
Presentations & Panels
Panelist, Technology and the Environmental Rule of Law, April 3, 2024
Panelist, A Primer on Compliance and Enforcement Issues for Plastics Pollution, January 31, 2024
Presenter, Innovations in Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, InterAmerican Development Banks Regional Dialogue (Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 2023)
Presenter, Equity Issues and Net Zero Buildings, SMU Dedman School of Law (Dallas, TX, Oct. 2023)
Presenter, Net Zero Buildings, Arizona State University Law School Annual Sustainability Law Conference (Arizona, May 2023)
Panelist, “Extended Producer Responsibility,” Bergeron and Campbell (online) (Mar. 22, 2023)
Keynote Address, Foundation for Energy and Natural Resources Law NEPA Conference (Washington, D.C., Mar. 16, 2023)
Interviewer, International Network for Environmental Compliance (online) (Mar. 3, 2023)
Featured Guest on “Legal Talk Network,” Environmental Law Series: Pollution, Clean Water and Clean Air (Feb. 17, 2022)
Book Chapters
“Resource Efficiency and Net Zero Buildings,” in Net Zero and Natural Resources Law, Damilola S. Olawuyi et al. eds., Oxford University Press (forthcoming)
“Model Toxics Supply Chain Contract Language” in S. Maslow and D. Snyder (eds), Contracts for Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chains (ABA Press 2023) (written with M. Vandenbergh, E. Currier, L DeHihns, L. Hopkins, A. Horowitz, M. Mahoney, J Pendergast and S. Tai)
“SDG 12, Responsible Consumption and Production,” in Dernbach and Schang, Governing for Sustainability (ELI 2023)
“Creating a Framework that Supports Resilient Renewable Energy” in C. Banet, H. Monsters, L. Paddock, M. Montoya, and I. Del Guayo, Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure, and Natural Resources Law (Edward Elgar Press 2022)
Richard Pierce
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Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law
Essays
Avoiding Unduly Concentrated Clean Energy Markets, Reg. Rev., Sept. 19, 2022
Supreme Court Crushes the United States’ Ability to Mitigate Climate Change, Reg. Rev., July 20, 2022
Nostalgia for Agency Expertise, Reg. Rev., July 19, 2022
Is Chevron Deference Still Alive? Reg. Rev., July 14, 2022
Steven L. Schooner
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Jeffrey & Martha Kohn Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Nash & Cibinic Professor of Government Procurement Law
Articles
Why Sustainable Procurement?, in 64 Contract Management 48, National Contract Management Association (April 2024)
Presentations & Panels
Presenter, Net Zero Buildings, Arizona State University Law School Annual Sustainability Law Conference (Arizona, May 2023)
Plenary Reflections on “Advancing Sustainable Contracting,” World Commerce and Contracting Academic Symposium (Dec. 13-14, 2022)
Panelist, “Addressing Climate Change Through Procurement,” Government Contract Management Symposium (Bethesda, MD, Dec. 5, 2022)
Book Chapters
“Responsible Consumption and Production,” in Dernbach and Schang, Governing for Sustainability (ELI 2023)
Giovanna E Gismondi
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Visiting Associate Professor of Law; Environmental Law Fellow
Articles
Giovanna E Gismondi, Denial of Justice: The Latest Indigenous Land Disputes before the European Court of Human Rights and the Need for an Expansive Interpretation of Protocol 1, 18 Yale Hum. Rts. & Dev. L.J. 1 (2017).
Giovanna E Gismondi, The Renco Group Inc. v. Republic of Peru: An Assessment of the Investor’s Main Contentions in the Midst of Environmental Degradation, 59 Harv. Int’l L. J. 1 (2017).
Books
Giovanna E Gismondi, INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IN INVESTMENT TREATY ARBITRATION, Wolters Kluwer, 2023
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW AND ARBITRATION: HISTORY, MODERN PRACTICE, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS, Brill Research Perspectives in International Investment Law and Arbitration [BRILL | Nijhoff 2018] (coauthored with BORZU SABAHI & IAN A. LAIRD).