JELP Volume 27, Issue 2
Change and the Environment for Volume 27, Issue 2. The Emmett Center is a groundbreaking nexus of legal scholarship, research and policy study, and is the first such center housed at a law school. In the early days of President Obama’s administration and developing federal action on climate change, we are examining state and regional policy and legal efforts to address climate change. The issue focuses on how states are addressing the climate crisis in light of federalism constraints and opportunities, and what their future role will be or should be in the context of a national climate policy.
Congressman Henry Waxman authors the Foreword to the issue, introducing participation by officials in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Wisconsin.
Complementing the policymakers’ memos, we are pleased also to include a constitutional analysis of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) by Professor William Funk of Lewis & Clark Law School, and two comments on climate change issues authored by students at UCLA School of Law.
Foreword
Rep. Henry A. Waxman
UCLA JELP 27-2 Waxman
California’s Climate Change Program: Lessons for the Nation
Mary D. NicholsUCLA JELP 27-2 Nichols
Challenges and Opportunities for Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the State, Regional and Local Level
The Honorable Jim DoyleUCLA JELP 27-2 Doyle
The Changing Climate of Cooperative Federalism: The Dynamic Role of the States in a National Strategy to Combat Climate Change
Jared Snyder and Jonathan BinderUCLA JELP 27-2 Snyder-Binder
The Role of Illinois and the Midwest in Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change
Douglas ScottUCLA JELP 27-2 Scott
A Colorado Perspective: The New Energy Economy
Jim Martin and Ginny BrannonUCLA JELP 27-2 Martin-Brannon
Climate Change Action in Connecticut: Linking Energy, the Environment and the Economy
Paul E. FarrellUCLA JELP 27-2 Farrell
Massachusetts Takes On Climate Change
Ken Kimmell and Laurie BurtUCLA JELP 27-2 Kimmell-Burt
Climate Change Action in Arizona
Steve OwensUCLA JELP 27-2 Owens
The Essential Role of State Enforcement in the Brave New World of Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits
Matt Bogoshian and Ken AlexUCLA JELP 27-2 Bogoshian-Alex
Constitutional Implications of Regional CO2 Cap-and-Trade Programs: The Northeast Regional Greenhouse
Gas Initiative as a Case in Point
William FunkUCLA JELP 27-2 Funk
SB 375: Promise, Compromise and the New Urban Landscape
John DarakjianUCLA JELP 27-2 Darakjian
Not All Carbon Credits Are Created Equal: The Constitution and the Cost of Regional Cap-and-Trade Market Linkage
Juliet HowlandUCLA JELP 27-2 Howland
