Michael B. Gerrard

July 11, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Environmental Law column, Michael B. Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, and senior counsel to Arnold & Porter, writes that especially important decisions concerned the necessity of supplemental environmental impact statements and the relationship of SEQRA to various federal laws.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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November 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In his Environmental Law column, Michael B. Gerrard, a professor at Columbia Law School and senior counsel to Arnold & Porter, writes that In recent years the frequency and severity of heavy precipitation and floods in parts of the United States, including the Northeast, have been increasing to a statistically significant degree, and this trend is expected to worsen, while events such as last August's Hurricane Irene have caused widespread loss of life and property damage.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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May 08, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Environmental Law column, Michael B. Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, writes that an interdisciplinary team at Columbia University has been working on methods to advance the use of Combined heat and power in New York, with financial support from the Earth Institute's Cross Cutting Initiatives program.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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September 12, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Environmental Law column, Michael B. Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, and senior counsel to Arnold & Porter, discusses several litigations involving embattled climate scientist, Michael Mann, and describes how other courts have dealt with the issues of climate science.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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July 12, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In his Environmental Law column, Michael B. Gerrard, a professor at Columbia Law School and and Director of its Center for Climate Change Law, writes: When a litigant brings a lawsuit under SEQRA, the odds of success have never been high. However, the cases decided in 2011 exhibited a stark exception to this general rule: Project applicants who were frustrated by governmental delays or obstacles won six of the seven cases they brought under SEQRA.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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October 06, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In his Environmental Law column, Michael B. Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, writes: For several years the proponents of climate regulation have pinned their hopes on Congress. Now that those hopes have been dashed for at least two more years if the Republicans take control of the House as forecast, the principal action is shifting to the EPA, the courts and the states, though important questions will still be faced by Congress.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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January 27, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Michael B. Gerrard, a partner in the New York office of Arnold & Porter, writes that the New York Legislature passed and Governor George Pataki signed numerous environmental bills in 2005. There was no landmark legislation, but many issues were addressed. Green energy and hazardous materials received special attention.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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January 13, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In his Environmental Law column, Michael B. Gerrard, senior counsel at Arnold & Porter, discusses an abundance of legal techniques are available at the federal, state and municipal levels that cumulatively could accomplish a great deal in cutting energy use, lowering U.S. reliance on foreign oil, and reducing GHG emissions and the other adverse environmental impacts of energy production.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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May 22, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Michael B. Gerrard, professor of professional practice and director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School and senior counsel to Arnold & Porter, writes that the most hotly contested issue under SEQRA during 2008 was standing to sue. Most interesting were a pair of decisions concerning development in the Pine Bush area in and near Albany; both decisions, he notes, were issued by the Appellate Division, Third Department, and written by Justice E. Michael Kavanagh, but they came to opposite conclusions.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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July 28, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Michael B. Gerrard, a partner at Arnold & Porter, writes that The National Environmental Policy Act and its state equivalents require the consideration of a broad array of issues before government may make decisions on significant projects. A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may accelerate the trend, which began years ago but gained steam after 9/11, to disclose the risks of terrorist attacks.

By Michael B. Gerrard

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