Michael Gerrard

Climate victory: NY court rules that State Dept. of Env. Conservation must issue its GHG cap-and-invest rules, as required by NY Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act, by Feb. 6. DEC was ready to issue the rules but Gov. Hochul stopped them. Next question: Will they appeal?
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🔥🌆Combating the “urban heat island” island effect! 🌳Daniel J. Metzger explores how local organizations can transform paved surfaces—“combining the resources and desire to create green spaces that nongovernmental groups offer with cities’ large portfolios of property.”
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This #webinar is happening tomorrow at 10 AM EST! ⤵️

The US became the world’s leading nation due to its science and technology, and it has now decided for a path of self-mutilation and handing world leadership over to 🇨🇳.
Why? 🙄

⭐⭐⭐We have a special edition of the Climate Litigation Newsletter in honor of the Climate Litigation Database 2.0 Relaunch in partnership with @climatepolicyradar.bsky.social. Huge thank you to everyone who attended the launch event yesterday!
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📰 Trump EPA’s Proposed Revocation of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding Raises Tangle of Legal Issues, by Michael B. Gerrard (@michaelgerrard.bsky.social): scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scho...

📆 ⭕ On Wednesday, September 24, join us as we welcome Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, for a lunchtime talk at Columbia Law School (@columbialawschool.bsky.social).
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Far-fetched undersea drone threat seems equally relevant to oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Point is, Trump agencies are concocting pretextual issues with energy infrastructure (drones, road/rail safety, whales, eagles) and applying them only to renewables, not fossils.

With Little Explanation, Trump Throws Wind Industry Into Chaos

As I told the NY Times, the Trump Administration's order to halt this mostly-complete offshore wind project is a flashing red light to the clean energy industry. If you have all your permits and have spent billions of dollars and they still shut you down, who will want to invest?
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Barely 7 months in and we've already documented almost 100 anti-science actions by an administration that thinks that “[r]esearch programs based on gender identity... do nothing to enhance the health of many Americans.” 🫠

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This is my podcast interview on legal issues with EPA's proposed revocation of the endangerment finding for greenhouse gases.

Time To Rename the Environmental Protection Agency the Environmental Destruction Agency Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex

We speak with @michaelgerrard.bsky.social about the need to rename the EPA as Trump's Environmental Destruction Agency following Tuesday's announcement that they plan to eliminate the scientific consensus that underpins the gov's authority to address global warming. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Video EPA moves to repeal scientific finding that allows climate regulation Michael Gerrard, the founder of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, discusses the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest proposal.

I was happy to talk on ABC News today about how little I think of EPA's proposal to repeal the greenhouse gas endangerment finding. abcnews.go.com/US/video/epa...

In high school I got into trouble playing Tom Lehrer songs on the PA system. His 1965 song "Pollution" perfectly summarized the conditions then that led to the environmental laws of the 1970s, which Trump is now trying to dismantle. Give it a listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPrA...

The Trump administration is doing everything it can to squelch the development, use and communication of science. He can't revoke physics or chemistry but can fire the physicists and the chemists.

Thanks, Joshua. We're very excited about our expanded initiative to draft model laws that states can use to fight climate change. Here is how the Washington Post covered it: wapo.st/3IqUR34

Thanks, Alessandro. Here is a link to the article: bit.ly/4ln1BNT

The Model Climate Laws Initiative, a joint project of Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Advocates NY, evolved from our Model Laws for Deep Decarbonization in the US project, and will draft even more state-level model laws. lpdd.org

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is pleased to team with Environmental Advocates NY to expand our work in drafting model laws for state action on climate change. State laws are more important than ever in view of federal retrenchment.

As our new report documents in a 50-state survey, local opposition has become a significant obstacle to the construction of wind and solar energy facilities. Ordinances, litigation, protests, and other tactics are getting in the way. The report has the numbers.

And many of Trump's attacks on climate science may violate federal laws. bit.ly/4jkZatu

The SabinCenter’s new analysis of the boom in climate change litigation in Brazil.

The US produced more energy in 2024 than ever before. What's the energy emergency?

Electric vehicle battery company halts construction of SC manufacturing plant • SC Daily Gazette Battery cell maker Envision Automotive Energy Supply Co. is pausing work on its manufacturing plant under construction in South Carolina.

Citing uncertainty in Washington, a battery cell maker is pausing work on its manufacturing plant under construction in the Pee Dee, delaying its pledge of 1,600 new jobs for South Carolinians. scdailygazette.com/2025/06/05/e... Expect much more of this if Senate doesn't restore sanity soon. 🔌💡

Wildfire smoke poses great health hazards, and will increase as climate change worsens. My analysis of the legal issues, "Wildfire Smoke and U.S. Law": bit.ly/45by4BE

As I've previously shown, the U.S. is far behind in protecting against toxic releases from chemical plants. bit.ly/3HLEIRA Trump proposal to eliminate the agency in charge of investigating these incidents will endanger even more communities.

The deep staffing cuts at the National Weather Service are impeding life-saving forecasting at the onset of the hurricane season. Just one of the many manifestations of Trump’s assaults on science.

Right. The Trump administration has taken so many actions to silence science. climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc... And many of them may be illegal. bit.ly/3H7Nb5b

And here is why many of these actions by Trump attacking climate science are probably illegal. bit.ly/4jkZatu