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Rebutting Administrator Wheeler's Denial of a NAAQS for Greenhouse Gases

In 2009, when carbon dioxide (CO2) levels were at 387.43 parts per million, the Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org submitted a citizen petition calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take steps necessary to institute a national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under §§108-110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). For 12 years, the petition was simply ignored. Then, the day President Donald Trump left office, outgoing EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler issued a letter denying the petition.

Projected Changes in Climate Extremes

Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote the interests of American workers, businesses, consumers, and communities, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy.

Heat Wave Characteristics in the United States by Decade, 1961-2019

Climate-Related Financial Risk

Establishment of the Climate Change Support Office

2005 Projections vs. 2020 Outcomes for the U.S. Power Sector

Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis

Marine Protected Areas on the Uncertain Frontiers of Climate Change

Scientific communities and policy experts argue that marine protected areas (MPAs) will increase the potential of marine ecosystems to tackle climate change impacts. Yet to date, there has been little legal scholarship about how to design, manage, and implement climate-resilient MPAs. This Article underscores the importance of considering climate change in the design, planning, and implementation of MPAs, and identifies mechanisms for incorporating climate change elements into MPAs.