Global Climate Change and U.S. Law

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The legal landscape around climate change is complex, unstable, and expanding. Scientists continue to publish new findings, policy makers regularly adopt new regulations, and petitioners file new litigation, nationwide and around the world. Hence the need for this third edition. Most of it is completely new, and the few chapters carried over from the second edition have been thoroughly updated.

Table of Contents:

Part I: Overview and Context

1. Introduction and Overview
2. The Multilateral Climate Regime

Part II: U.S. Federal Regulation and Litigation

3. Evolution of U.S. Climate Law and Policy
4. Regulation of Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act
5. Non-CO2 Pollutants
6. Environmental Impact Assessment
7. Climate Justice
8. Endangered Species Act
9. Climate-Related Financial Risk Management and Disclosure
10. Civil Remedies

Part III: Regional, State, and Local Actions

11. State and Multistate Climate Action
12. Local Initiatives

Part IV: Energy Regulation

13. Electricity Regulation, Markets, and Governance
14. Land Use and Transportation Policies Addressing Climate Change

Part V: The Next Legal Frontiers

15. Carbon Capture and Sequestration and Carbon Dioxide Removal
16. Agriculture
17. Climate Change and Public Natural Resources
18. Climate Adaptation Law
19. U.S. Climate Change Law and Policy: Taking Stock

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