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Articles Featured in 2010-2011
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Jody Freeman & Andrew T. Guzman, “Sea Walls Are Not Enough: Climate Change and U.S. Interests,” UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1357690 (2009).
Commenters:
- Jeffrey Hopkins, Economic and Environmental Policy Adviser
- Daniel Lashof, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Richard D. Morgenstern, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Wendy E. Wagner, “Administrative Law, Filter Failure, and Information Capture,” 59 Duke Law Journal 1321 (2010).
Commenters:
- Howard Learner, Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center
- Thomas Milch, Chair, Arnold & Porter
Victor B. Flatt & Paul M. Collins, “Environmental Enforcement in Dire Straits: ‘There is No Protection for Nothing and No Data For Free’,” 85 Notre Dame Law Review 55 (2009).
Commenters:
- John Cruden, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice
- Eric Schaeffer, Director, Environmental Integrity Project
- LaJuana Wilcher, Partner, English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley
Heather Hughes, “Enabling Investment in Environmental Sustainability,” 85 Indiana Law Journal 597 (2011).
Commenters:
- Andrew Kaufman, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
- Andy Mims, Vice President for Sustainability, Gaylord Entertainment
Articles Featured in 2009-2010
Richard J. Lazarus, “Super Wicked Problems and Climate Change: Restraining the Present to Liberate the Future,” 94 Cornell Law Review 1153 (2009).
Commenters:
- Mary D. Nichols, Chairman, California EPA Air Resources Board
- Keith Cole, Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, General Motors
- Jeanette Soares, Senior Staff Attorney, Government Accountability Office
Judith Resnik, Joshua Civin, & Joseph Frueh, “Ratifying Kyoto at the Local Level: Sovereigntism, Federalism, and Translocal Organizations of Government Actors (TOGAS),” 40 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10768 (2010).
Commenters:
- Bradley M. Campbell, Counselor at Law, Bradley M. Campbell
- S. William Becker (co-commenter), Executive Director, National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA)
- Amy Royden-Bloom (co-commenter), Senior Staff Associate, NACAA
- Roger R. Martella, Jr., Partner, Sidley Austin
Richard B. Stewart, “U.S. Nuclear Waste Law and Policy: Fixing a Bankrupt System,” 17(1) New York University Environmental Law Journal 783 (2009)
Commenters:
- Vice Admiral John J. Grossenbacher (Ret.), Director, Idaho National Laboratory
- Geoffrey H. Fettus (co-commenter), Senior Project Attorney, Nuclear Program, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Dr. Thomas B. Cochran (co-commenter), Senior Scientist, Nuclear Program, NRDC
- David R. Hill, Partner, Sidley Austin
Katrina Miriam Wyman, “Rethinking the ESA to Reflect Human Dominion over Nature,” 40 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10803 (2010).
Commenters:
- Wm. Robert Irvin, Senior Vice President for Conservation Programs, Defenders of Wildlife
- Steven P. Quarles, Partner, Crowell & Moring
- Richard Johnson, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Government Accountability Office
Sara C. Bronin, “The Quiet Revolution Revived: Sustainable Design, Land Use Regulation, and the States,” 93 Minnesota Law Review 231 (2008).
Commenters:
- Lavea Brachman, Non-Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution & Co-Director, Greater Ohio
- Bert Mathews, President, The Mathews Company
Articles Featured in 2008-2009
John C. Dernbach, Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Thomas D. Peterson, “Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Policy in the United States That Fully Integrates Levels of Government and Economic Sectors,” 26 Virginia Environmental Law Journal 227 (2008).
Commenters:
- Robert D. Brenner, Director, Office of Policy Analysis and Review, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA and Anna M. Wood, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Air & Radiation, U.S. EPA
- Michael B. Gerrard, Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School; Director, Center for Climate Change Law; Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter
- Gary S. Guzy, General Counsel, APX
- Raymond B. Ludwiszewski, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
J.B. Ruhl, “Climate Change and the Endangered Species Act: Building Bridges to the No Analog Future,” 88 Boston University Law Review 1 (2008).
Commenters:
- Donald C. Baur, Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group, Perkins Coie
- Wm. Robert Irvin, Senior Vice President for Conservation Programs, Defenders of Wildlife
Robert N. Stavins, “A Meaningful U.S. Cap-and-Trade System to Address Climate Change,” 32 Harvard Environmental Law Review 293 (2008).
Commenters:
- Richard E. Ayres, Founder, Ayres Law Group
- Kathleen A. McGinty, Founding Partner, Peregrine Technology Partners
- Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy, Center for American Progress
David C. Vladeck, "Information Access-Surveying The Current Legal Landscape of Federal Right-to-Know Laws," 86 Texas Law Review 1787 (2008).
Commenters:
- Mark A. Cohen, Vice President for Research, Resources for the Future; Professor of Management and Law and Co-Director, Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies, Vanderbilt University.
- Gary D. Bass (co-commenter), Founder and Executive Director of OMB Watch
- Sean Moulton (co-commenter), Director of Federal Information Policy at OMB Watch
Wendy Wagner, "Using Competition-Based Regulation to Bridge the Toxics Data Gap," 83 Indiana Law Journal 629 (2008).
Commenters:
- Mark Greenwood, partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Ropes & Gray LLP
- Richard A. Denison, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund
Conference was held on April 10, 2009 in the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill.
Articles Featured in 2007-2008
Kenneth W. Abbott, Gary E. Marchant, and Douglas J. Sylvester, “A Framework Convention for Nanotechnology?,” 38 Environmental Law Reporter 10507 (2008).
Commenters:
- Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell
- Dr. Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth
- David W. Rejeski, Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Jonathan R. Nash, “Trading Species: A New Direction for Habitat Trading Program,” 31 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 1 (2007).
Commenters:
- Virginia S. Albrecht, Partner, Hunton & Williams
- Michael J. Bean, Wildlife Program Chairman, Environmental Defense
Cass R. Sunstein, “Of Montreal and Kyoto: A Tale of Two Protocols,” 31 Harvard Environmental Law Review 1 (2007).
Commenters:
- Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Head of Environmental Strategy Section, Bracewell & Giuliani; Former Assistant Administrator for Air, US Environmental Protection Agency (conference only)
- Daniel B. Magraw, President, Center for International Environmental Law; Former Director of the International Environmental Law Office, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Peter R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office, and Terry Dinan, Senior Advisor for Climate Policy, Congressional Budget Office (co-authors)
J. B. Ruhl & James Salzman, “In Defense of Regulatory Peer Review,” 84 Washington University Law Review (2006).
Commenters:
- Richard E. Melberth, Director, Regulatory Policy, OMB Watch (co-author with Gary D. Bass, Executive Director, OMB Watch)
- Brian F. Mannix, Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation, US Environmental Protection Agency
A. Daniel Tarlock, & Sarah Bates, “Western Growth and Sustainable Water Use: If There are No Natural Limits, Should We Worry About Water Supplies?,” 38 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10582 (2008).
Commenters:
- Thomas J. Graff, Senior Counsel, Environmental Defense, and Jennifer Pitt, Senior Research Analyst, Environmental Defense (co-authors)
- Roger Gorke, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Water (attended the conference on behalf of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, US Environmental Protection Agency)
- David J. Hayes, Global Chair of the Environment, Land & Resources Department, Latham & Watkins; Former Deputy Secretary, US Department of the Interior
Daniel A. Farber, “Basic Compensation for Victims of Climate Change,” 155 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1605 (2007).
Commenters:
- Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001; Managing Partner & Founder, The Feinberg Group
- William E. Dornbos, Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (co-author with Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Counsel)
- Raymond B. Ludwiszewski, Partner, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher; Former General Counsel, US Environmental Protection Agency (co-author with Charles H. Haake, Of Counsel, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher)
Conference was held on April 11, 2008 in the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill.