By James W. Coleman It is now plain that decades of negotiation toward a binding global climate treaty have failed. Yet, at the same time, many nations are adopting a range of unilateral policies to address climate change. The existing literature on climate policy neglects these unilateral climate regulations because it focuses on the necessity and possible design of a … [Read more...] about Unilateral Climate Regulation
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Protecting pensions in the face of climate change and corporate law
By Molly Cohen -- Jan. 21 at 10:25am As climate change threatens to reshape our coastlines and rewrite our expected weather patterns, it poses another less obvious but very real threat: climate change may decimate our retirement funds. Investment funds, like other corporate forms, are bound by the bedrock corporate law tenets of shareholder primacy and profit-maximization. … [Read more...] about Protecting pensions in the face of climate change and corporate law
Corporate Law and Climate Change Disclosures
By Molly Cohen -- Jan. 6, 2013 at 8:57am When it comes to corporate law, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is king. Most people connect the SEC with the stock market, the 2008 financial crisis, and Bernie Madoff. However, for four years, the SEC has required companies to tackle an unlikely target: climate change. Generally, publicly traded companies are required to … [Read more...] about Corporate Law and Climate Change Disclosures
The First Cut is the Deepest: EPA Proposes First GHG Cuts for Power Plants
By Cecilia Segal -- Oct. 9, 2013 at 2:14pm On September 20, 2013, EPA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to set standards of performance for GHGs emitted from new stationary sources. The proposal calls for new natural gas-fired plants to be built with an emissions limit of 1,000 lb CO2/MWh for smaller units and 1,100 lb CO2/MWh for larger units. New coal-fired plants must … [Read more...] about The First Cut is the Deepest: EPA Proposes First GHG Cuts for Power Plants
A global solution to climate change: the possible impact of Bond v. United States
By Theresa Borden -- Oct. 1, 2013 at 3:33pm New legislation to deal with the global problem of climate change may seem politically unrealistic given the current inhospitable environment in Congress, but there are reasons to think that the prospect of reaching an international agreement may be more viable now than it was in the past. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon recently … [Read more...] about A global solution to climate change: the possible impact of Bond v. United States