Articles

Legal Education for Sustainability: A Report on US Progress, Journal of Education for Sustainable Development (2011)

This article is an overview of sustainability efforts in US law schools. It describes two...

 

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Can the Battle Against Climate Change Become an Effective Social Movement?, Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics (2011)
 

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Creating the Law of Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development, Pace Environmental Law Review (2011)

This article argues that a key to sustainability is redirecting the law of economic development....

 

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Energy Efficiency and Conservation: New Legal Tools and Opportunities (with Robert B. McKinstry Jr and Darin Lowder), Natural Resources & Environment (2011)

Many new and ambitious energy efficiency and conservation laws are being enacted at all levels...

 

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Next Generation Recycling & Waste Reduction: Building on the Success of Pennsylvania’s 1988 Legislation, Environmental Law Center, Widener University White Paper (2011)
 

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The Essential and Growing Role of Legal Education in Achieving Sustainability, Journal of Legal Education (2011)

This article suggests that law schools need to play a leading role in the national...

 

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Environmental Laws and Sustainability: An Introduction (with Joel A. Mintz), Sustainability (2011)

In this introduction to the special issue of Sustainability on environmental laws and sustainability, we...

 

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The "Cash for Clunkers" Program: A Sustainability Evaluation (with Marianne Tyrrell), University of Toledo Law Review (2011)

This article describes and evaluates the effectiveness of the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save...

 

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Making the States Full Partners In a National Climate Change Effort: A Necessary Element for Sustainable Economic Development (with Robert B. McKinstry and Thomas D. Peterson), Environmental Law Reporter (2010)

This article explains why states and localities need to be full partners in a national...

 

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An Agenda for Sustainable Communities, Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal (2009)

This article summarizes progress toward sustainable communities in the United States since the United Nations...

 

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The Ethical Responsibility to Reduce Energy Consumption (with Donald A. Brown), Hofstra Law Review (2009)

This Article argues that developed countries have an ethical responsibility to reduce energy consumption -...

 

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Book Review (reviewing Kenneth P. Murchison, The Snail Darter Case: TVA Versus The Endangered Species Act, 2007), Law and History Review (2009)
 

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National Governance: Still Stumbling Toward Sustainability, Environmental Law Reporter (2009)
 

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Progress Toward Sustainability: A Report Card and a Recommended Agenda, Environmental Law Reporter (2009)
 
Transcript of Panel Discussion, Environmental Law: The Policy Implications of the Reaction to Climate Change, William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review (2009)
 
Engaging Individuals in Climate Change Mitigation, Government Law & Policy Journal (2008)
 

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Achieving Early and Substantial Greenhouse Gas Reductions Under a Post-Kyoto Agreement, Georgetown Journal of International Law (2008)

This article explains why policy makers should seriously consider substantial early reductions in greenhouse gas...

 

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Climate Change Law: An Introduction (with Seema Kakade), Energy Law Journal (2008)

This article explains the basic elements of climate change law, with a particular focus on...

 

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Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Policy in the United States That Fully Integrates Levels of Government and Economic Sectors (with Thomas D. Peterson and Robert B. McKinstry), Virginia Environmental Law Journal (2008)

The United State Supreme Court's holding in Massachusetts v. EPA that greenhouse gases are air...

 

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Federal Climate Change Legislation as If the States Matter (with Robert B. McKinstry, and Thomas D. Peterson), Natural Resources and Environment (2008)

The growing prospect of comprehensive national climate change legislation raises many important questions about the...

 

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Harnessing Individual Behavior to Address Climate Change: Options for Congress, Virginia Environmental Law Journal (2008)
 

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Navigating the U.S. Transition to Sustainability: Matching National Governance Challenges With Appropriate Legal Tools, Tulsa Law Review (2008)

Sustainable development would require the United States to maintain and improve human prosperity while at...

 
Guest Perspective: Energy Efficiency and Conservation: The Most Cost-Effective Approach to Climate Change, Inside Green Business (2007)
 

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Overcoming the Behavioral Impetus for Greater U.S. Energy Consumption, Pacific McGeorge Global Business Development Law Journal (2007)
 

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Stabilizing and Then Reducing U.S. Energy Consumption: Legal and Policy Tools for Efficiency and Conservation, Environmental Law Reporter (2007)

Rising global demand for energy, high energy prices, climate change, and the threat of terrorism...

 
Committee on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: 2005 Annual Report, Environment Energy and Resources Law: The Year in Review (2006)
 
Committee on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: 2004 Annual Report, Environment Energy and Resources Law: The Year in Review (2005)
 

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Targets, Timetables and Effective Implementing Mechanisms: Necessary Building Blocks for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Law & Policy (2005)
 

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Citizen Suits and Sustainability, Widener Law Review (2004)
 
Committee on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: 2003 Annual Report, Environment Energy and Resources Law: The Year in Review (2004)
 

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Introduction, Symposium Facing Climate Change: Opportunity and Tool for States, Widener Law Journal (2004)
 

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Making Sustainable Development Happen: From Johannesburg to Albany, Albany Law Environmental Outlook Journal (2004)
 

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Toward a Climate Change Strategy for Pennsylvania, Penn State Environmental Law Review (2004)
 

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Achieving Sustainable Development: The Centrality and Multiple Facets of Integrated Decisionmaking, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (2003)
 
Committee on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: 2002 Annual Report, Environment Energy and Resources Law: The Year in Review (2003)
 

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Pursuing Sustainable Communities: Looking Back, Looking Forward (with Scott Bernstein), Urban Law (2003)
 
Toward a National Sustainable Development Strategy, Buffalo Environmental Law Journal (2003)
 

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Why Lawyers Should Care, Enivronmental Forum (2002)
 
Committee on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: 2001 Annual Report, Environment Energy and Resources Law: The Year in Review (2002)
 

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Learning from the President’s Council on Sustainable Development: the Need for a Real National Strategy, Environmental Law Reporter (2002)

This is a review of United States sustainable development efforts at the national level from...

 

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Sustainable Development: Now More Than Ever, Environmental Law Reporter (2002)

This Article explains how and why sustainable development emerged as a conceptual framework, the basic...

 

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Sustainable Versus Unsustainable Propositions, Case Western Reserve Law Review (2002)
 

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Targets, Timetables and Effective Implementing Mechanisms: Necessary Building Blocks for Sustainable Development, William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review (2002)
 
Committee on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: 2000 Annual Report, Environment Energy and Resources Law: The Year in Review (2001)
 

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Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Increasing Transparency for Fiscal Policy (with Doug Koplow), Annual Review of Energy & Environment (2001)
 

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Moving the Climate Change Debate from Models to Proposed Legislation: Lessons from State Experience, Environmental Law Reporter (2000)

This Article assesses the relationship between state climate change mitigation measures and potential national climate...

 
Committee on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: 1998 Annual Report, Natural Resources, Energy and Envronmental Law 1998: The Year in Review (1999)
 

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Taking the Pennsylvania Constitution Seriously When It Protects the Environment, Dickinson Law Review (1999)
 

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Reflections on Comparative Law, Environmental Law, and Sustainability, Widener Law Symposium Journal (1998)
 

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Sustainable Development as a Framework for National Governance, Case Western Reserve Law Review (1998)
 
Taking Eco-Efficiency to a New Level (reviewing Ernst von Weizsäcker, Amory B. Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use (1997)), Environmental Forum (1997)
 
Pollution Control and Sustainable Industry, Natural Resources and Environment (1997)
 

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The Unfocused Regulation of Toxic and Hazardous Pollutants, Harvard Environmental Law Review (1997)
 

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U.S. Adherence to Its Agenda 21 Commitments: A Five-Year Review, Environmental Law Reporter (1997)
 

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Out of Focus, Environmental Forum (1996)
 

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Our Common Future, American Style (reviewing President’s Council on Sustainable Development, Sustainable America (1996)), Environmental Forum (1996)
 

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The Global Environment Facility: Financing the Treaty Obligations of Developing Nations, Environmental Law Reporter (1993)
 

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The Other Ninety-Six Percent, Environmental Forum (1993)
 

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Industrial Waste: Saving the Worst for Last?, Environmental Law Reporter (1990)

This article explains why industrial waste that is not legally hazardous must be given greater...

 

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The Wrongs of Legal Writing, Student Lawyer (1987)
 

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Pennsylvania's Implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: An Assessment of How "Cooperative Federalism" Can Make State Regulatory Programs More Effective, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform (1986)
 
Book Review (reviewing Wesley A. Magat, Reform of Environmental Regulation (1982)) (with Thomas Y. Au), Ecology Law Quarterly (1984)
 
Book Review (reviewing Bruce A. Ackerman & William T. Hassler, Clean Coal/Dirty Air (1981)) (with Thomas Y. Au), Ecology Law Quarterly (1982)
 

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Legislative Note, Metallic Mining and Reclamation in Michigan: Environmental Management as a Gentler Approach, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform (1977)
 

Books

A Practical Guide To Legal Writing and Legal Method (with Richard V. Singleton, Cathleen Wharton, Joan Ruhtenberg, and Catherine J. Wasson) (2010)
 

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Agenda for a Sustainable America (2009)
 
Writing Essay Exams to Succeed in Law School (Not Just to Survive) (2009)
 
A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method (with Richard V. Singleton, Cathleen S. Wharton, Joan M. Ruthenberg, and Catherine A. Wasson) (2007)
 
A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method Teacher’s Manual (with Richard V. Singleton, Cathleen Wharton, Joan Ruhtenberg, and Catherine J. Wasson) (2007)
 
Writing Essay Exams to Succeed (Not Just to Survive) (2007)
 
Stumbling Toward Sustainability (2002)
 
A Practical Guide to Writing Law School Essay Exams (2001)
 
Legal Drafting: Teacher’s Manual (with Jane Rutherford, Laurel A. Vietzen, and Susan L. Brody) (1995)
 
A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method (1994)
 
A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method Teacher's Manual (with Richard V. Singleton, Cathleen S. Wharton, and Joan M. Ruhtenbert) (1994)
 
A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method (with Richard V. Singleton) (1981)
 

Contributions to Books

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Federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Laws (with Marianne Tyrrell), The Law of Clean Energy: Efficiency and Renewables (2011)

This paper provides an overview of U.S. law and policy concerning energy efficiency and conservation....

 
Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Ecosystems: 2010 Annual Report (with American Bar Association. Section of Environment, Energy and Resources), Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2010 (2011)
 
Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Ecosystems: 2009 Annual Report, Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2009 (2010)
 
Sustainable Development, Ecosystems, and Climate Change: 2006 Annual Report, Environment Energy and Resources Law: The Year in Review (2007)
 
U.S. Policy, Global Climate Change and U. S. Law (2007)
 

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Sustainable Development and Natural Governance: The Challenges Ahead (with Dan Tarlock), Social Sciences and Humanities, in Encyclopedia Of Life Support Systems (2005)
 
Natural Resources and the Public Estate, The Pennsylvania Constitution: A Treatise on Rights and Liberties (2004)
 
A Reappraisal of Article I, Section 27, Fourth Annual Environmental Law Forum (1999)
 
Implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act in Pennsylvania: A Decade Later, Moving the Earth: Cooperative Federalism and Implementation of the Surface Mining Act (1993)
 
How will DER Implement the New Residual Waste Regulations, The Environmental Regulators Speak (1992)
 
Industrial Waste, Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal Strategies, Environmental Regulation, and Contracts and Financing (1992)
 
Industrial Waste Management, 1992 Proceedings of the Second U. S. Conference on Municipal Waste Management (1992)
 
Residual Waste, Pennsylvania's New Waste Management Rules (1992)
 
Residual Waste Management: A Quick Guide to Decision-Making, Pennsylvania's New Waste Management Rules (1992)
 
The Development of an Industrial Waste Regulatory Program (with William F. Pounds), 1991 Proceedings of the National Solid Waste Forum Integrated Municipal Waste Managment (1991)
 
Land Application of Sewage Sludge in Pennsylvania (with Stephen M. Socash), Proceedings of the National Conference on Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge Management (1989)
 
Planning, Siting, and Flow Control: A Pennsylvania Perspective, Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal Strategies, Environmental Regulation, and Contracts and Financing (1989)
 
Recycling and Waste Reduction: A Pennsylvania Perspective, Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal Strategies, Environmental Regulation, and Contracts and Financing (1989)
 
Municipal Waste, Environmental Law Update: The Hot Issues (1988)
 
The Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, Environmental Law Update (1985)
 

Popular Press

Editorial, Sustainable Trends Offer Reason for Hope in Pennsylvania and Nation, Patriot News (Harrisburg, PA) (2009)
 
Editorial, Sustainable America is Achievable in Our Lifetime, Patriot News (Harrisburg, PA) (2009)
 
Editorial, Smart Use of Resources Makes Good Economic Sense, Patriot News (Harrisburg, PA) (2009)
 

Presentations

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From Rio to Johannesburg: Implementing Sustainable Development at the Global and Local Scale, Second National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment (2001)