It is almost certain that the US Congress is going to pass some kind of comprehensive climate change legislation that in some fashion will have mandatory limits or costs for the production of Carbon Dioxide. How this legislation is constructed will have enormous impacts on the economy and the...

In determining whether a federal climate change law should pre-empt state laws in the area, it is helpful to examine the reasons for pre-emption in the environmental context. This examination of when pre-emption is warranted would indicate that in most instances, federal climate change...

The United States has long suffered from a schizophrenia about energy policy. The importance of one of the factors in energy policy, the environment, has never been formally defined. Climate change adds another distinct layer to this complexity, as neither energy policies nor environmental...