Climate Change - Harvard Law Review

Climate Change Essay

Who Decides How to Decarbonize? Environmental Justice and Democratic Decisionmaking in California Climate Regulations

Vol. 139 No. 6 April 2026 In many U.S. states, climate laws and regulations were designed using distinct policy ideologies from those used in traditional environmental laws: Whereas traditional environmental laws typically mandate specific technology changes and pollution reductions at individual facilities...

Amelia Keyes

Statutory Interpretation Blog Essay

An International Duty to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the Clean Air Act

March 13, 2026 EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions is in peril. On the first day of his second term, President Trump issued an executive order...

Zachary D. Steigerwald Schnall

Administrative Law Recent Case

Melone v. Coit

First Circuit Deems Agency Action Not an Interpretation of Law

Vol. 138 No. 3 January 2025

Legislation Recent Legislation

ADVANCE Act Strikes Right Balance for Nuclear Energy Regulation

July 11, 2024 On July 9, President Biden signed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2024 into law. Earning a...

John Martin Weed

Climate Change Recent Case

Held v. State

Montana Court Holds that Montana Youth Can Access Equitable Relief for Climate Impacts.

Vol. 137 No. 5 March 2024

Climate Change Notes

Climate Carceralism: The Future of Climate-Linked Prison Labor

Vol. 137 No. 2 December 2023 In 2017, Sonoma County, California, was hit by the Tubbs Fire, the largest blaze it had experienced in over fifty years. All told, the...

Civil Procedure Recent Case

Mayor of Baltimore v. BP P.L.C.

Fourth Circuit Declines to Apply Federal Common Law for Municipal Climate Change Lawsuit.

Vol. 136 No. 4 February 2023

Climate Change Notes

Necessity Takings in the Era of Climate Change

Vol. 136 No. 3 January 2023 The American West has been in the midst of a megadrought for the last two decades — the worst it has experienced in at least 1200...

International Law Recent Case

Sacchi v. Argentina

Committee on the Rights of the Child Extends Jurisdiction over Transboundary Harms; Enshrines New Test

Vol. 135 No. 7 May 2022

Climate Change Developments in the Law

Developments in the Law — Climate Change

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Vol. 135 No. 6 April 2022