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"Climate change legal expert says case compelling for international court ruling"Radio New Zealand, Feb. 6, 2012

"Island nations want climate change in world court," Dawn.com, Feb. 6, 2012

"Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, " United Nations Press Conference

"D.C. Circuit Set to Hear Challenges to Greenhouse Gas Regulations in 2012" BNA Daily Environmental Report, January 10, 2012

"Federal Agencies Vary Greatly in Considering Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Projects," Bloomberg BNA, January 13, 2012

"Survey finds inconsistent consideration of climate impacts in NEPA studies", Greenwire, December 15, 2011

"Debate pits Montana’s vast coal reserves against climate concerns," Billings Gazette, Nov. 20, 2011

"Breaking Through," Columbia Law School Magazine, Fall 2011

"Report: EPA Cut Corners On Climate Finding," NPR, Sept. 28, 2011

"Island Nation Girds for Legal Battle Against Industrial Emissions", New York Times, Sept. 28, 2011

"Island Landowners Have That Sinking Feeling" CQ Global Researcher, September 6, 2011 • Volume 5, Number 17

"The Global Lawyer: Blame Canada!,"The American Lawyer, August 02, 2011

"A Golden Opportunity to Please Conservatives and Liberals AlikeAn Economic View of the Environment, by Robert Stavins, July 24, 2011.

"Climate Change and the WTO: Expected Battlegrounds, Surprising Battles" BNA's Daily Environmental Reporter, July 12, 2011; World Climate Change Report, July 11, 2011; and International Environment, July 12, 2011.

"U.S.: Climate Change May Pose Biggest Security Threat" American Chronicle, July 5, 2011.

"Climate Change in Court" Nature Climate Change 1, (2011)

"High court rejects climate change suit"Law.com, June 20, 2011

"Supreme Court Slaps Down Climate Suit by Attorneys General" WNYC.org, June 20, 2011

"High Court Blocks States' Lawsuit Over Coal Plant Emissions" The New York Times, June 20, 2011

"SCOTUS Sides with Emitters in Major Global Warming Case" Mother Jones, June 20, 2011

"Columbia conference asks: What if climate change submerges small island states?" Greenconduct.com, June 8, 2011

"Columbia Law Project to Help Clean-Energy Investment" IndiaWest.com, June 7, 2011

"EPA's Greenhouse Gas Ruling Safe Despite Lawsuit, Legal Experts Say," June 1, 2011

"Rising Seas Threaten Marshall Islands," The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 30, 2011

"I am a Rock, I am an Island: How Submerged Islands Could Keep Their Statehood," The Economist, May 26, 2011

"Island Nations May Keep Some Sovereignty if Rising Seas Make Them Uninhabitable," The New York Times, May 25, 2011

"For Island Nations Threatened by Climate Change, Conference Outlines Their Legal Remedies," Columbia Law School, May 23, 2011

"Va. Supreme Court to Rule on Insurance Coverage of Warming Claims," The New York Times, May 19, 2011

"New York Conference to Consider Legal Challenges of Climate Change," Radio Australia, May 18, 2011

"Threatened Island Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas, May 23-25," The Earth Institue, Columbia University, May 17, 2011

"Climate Change Conference Will Feature Small Islands," The Royal Gazette, May 10, 2011

"Columbia Law School Conference to Address Legal Options for Island Nations Threatened by Rising Seas," Columbia Law School, May 9, 2011

"Major climate change meeting at Columbia University this month" Marianas Variety, May 6, 2011

"President Zedkaia to Address RMI's New York Conference," The Marshall Islands Journal, Vol. 42, No. 18, page 3, May 6, 2011

"Suit Accuses U.S. Government of Failing to Protect Earth for Generations Unborn," The New York Times, May 5, 2011

"Major Law Revision Needed to Cope with Climate ChangeRadio Australia, May 5, 2011

"Climate activists target states with lawsuits" Associated Press, May 4, 2011

"Marshall Islands Prepares to Host Big Climate Conference in New York" Yokwe, May 2, 2011

"Several Liability Scenarios against Nuclear Plant Operator Loom, Professor Curtis Milhaupt SaysCLS website, April 19, 2011

"Sujana group gives grant to India Clean Energy Project" SiliconIndia, April 20, 2011

"Sujana Group awards grant to Foster U.S. Investment in India Clean-Energy ProjectsIndia Infoline News Service, Apr 20, 2011

"An Overview of the Model Green Buildings Ordinance" NYSBA New York Environmental Lawyer, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter 2011
 
 
 
"For Island Nations Threatened by Climate Change, Conference Outlines Their Legal Remedies," Columbia Law School, May 23, 2011
 
Partner Spotlight: "Saving a Sinking Paradise" Partners, Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 2011
 
"GHG Rules' Low Cost Won't Curtail Legal Storm," Law 360, Februrary 18, 2011
 
"Another effort to standardize wind farm setbacks" Midwest Energy News, February 17, 2011

"
Need help creating wind-power ordinances?" Utica Observer Dispatch, February 15, 2011
 
 
 
"The Marshall Islands Question: Does a Vanished Nation Have Legal Rights?" The Wall Street Journal Law Blog, December 7, 2010
 
 
"Nuclear Power: Running on Fumes?"Climate Change: The World Affairs Blog Network, December 1, 2010

"Hope and Pessimism Converge in Cancun" IPS, November 25, 2010

"Law School Conference Will Seek to Throw Legal Lifeline to 'Drowning' Island Nations" DevelopmentProfessionals.org, November 21, 2010

"Threatened Island Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate" UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service, November 19, 2010

"India, China buying U.S. coal mines, shale gas fields" Grist.org, November 18, 2010
 
"Legal experts disagree on Prop 26's effect on AB 32" Southern California Public Radio, November 5, 2010
 
 
"A Surge in Lawsuits Challenging EPA on Climate" New York Times, November 3, 2010

"WV Law School discussion focuses on climate change, coal" WV Public Radio, November 2, 2010
 
 
 
"The Urgent Islands." New York Times, August 29, 2010
 

"Top 1st Quarter Environmental Law Developments," Law 360, April 15, 2010

"Reducing Emissions, and a Guilty Conscience," Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2010

"EPA Cools to Coal, But Other Agencies Slow to Follow,"Law 360, April 13, 2010

"Car Emissions Rules Likely to Trigger Litigation" National Law Journal, April 1, 2010

"Lawyer Limelight: Michael Gerrard,"Lawdragon.com, March 2010

"The Carbon-Minded Professor," The Environmental Forum (vol. 27, no.2), March/April 2010.

"New White House Guidance 'Straightforward, Common Sense' -- CEQ Chief," New York Times, Feb. 19, 2010
 
 
"Courts as Battlefields in Climate Fights," New York Times, January 26, 2010
 
"EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Health," NPR, All Things Considered, December 7, 2009
 
"Cap And Trade (And Sue)," WNYC, December 7, 2009

""The Center of Climate Change Law Offers Law Students Opportunities." Columbia Spectator, September 23, 2009
 
 
"Clunker Program's Environmental Merits Questioned," NPR, Weekend Edition, August 23, 2009
 
 
"'Cash for Clunkers' effect on pollution? A blip," San Francisco Chronicle, August 5, 2009
 
"Dealers Race to Get Their Clunkers Crushed," The Lede, New York Times News Blog, July 31, 2009
 
 
 "Quotes on Climate Bill," Guardian.co.uk, June 27, 2009
 
"House Passage of Climate Bill Lauded by Center for Climate Change" , press release on Columbia Law School website, June 29, 2009
 
"Proposed Climate Bill a Breath of Fresh Air," Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2009.
 
"High Hopes," Elizabeth Kolbert, Columbia Law School Magazine (online edition), Summer 2009.
 
"Law Professors Suggest Adapting Tools in Clean Air Act to Reduce Carbon Emissions," Daily Environment Report 13 Apr (2009).
 
 
"Green Warfare," Inside Counsel, April 1, 2009.
 
"Can NEPA Pass Tests Posed By Climate-Related Projects?The New York Times, March 26, 2009.
 
"Regulate Carbon? Obama Clears a Path," MSNBC.com, January 26, 2009.