Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Litigation about climate change took off in the early 2000s. Its focus has varied with the occupant of the White House. Under George W. Bush, most suits were brought by environmental groups and blue states, frustrated by the lack of federal action, seeking to push regulations or impede fossil fuel projects. Under Barack Obama, climate litigation was mostly industry and red states seeking to block regulations. And now under Donald Trump, it is largely about environmental groups and blue states trying to preserve the rules adopted under President Obama, and to seek novel remedies to get around federal hostility to action on climate change.
Disciplines
Environmental Law | Law
Center/Program
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Recommended Citation
Michael B. Gerrard & Edward McTiernan,
Patterns of Climate Change Litigation During Trump Era,
259(45)
N.Y.L.J., March 8, 2018
(2018).
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https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3060
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