McCarter & English: Climate Change & Renewable Energy

Columbia Law School convened a panel on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") yesterday. One of the subtopics was its effect on climate change mitigation…more

In our continuing our discussion of the Delaware Sea Level Rise Advisory Committee ("DSLRAC"), the efforts of the DSLRAC took an ironic - but perhaps predictable - turn when the delegate for the Delaware county likely to be most…more

Res judicata is one of those phrases learned in law school that seemed of limited utility. How often is someone going to bring the same claim twice?…more

On March 13, 2013, the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, in Strassle v. Bimbo Foods Bakeries Distrib., Inc., No. 12-3313 (Mar. 13, 2013), held that a distribution agreement may be subject to the New Jersey…more

I learned the other day that for $3995 I can download nearly a 1000 page report on the climate change industry. The Ah Hah moment was at hand. The President’s promise at his inauguration and then again at the State of the…more

One of the shibboleths of those following climate change litigation is the idea that new legal theories will be surfaced, fired in the furnace of litigation and then forged as the vehicle for addressing climate change in the…more

Here is some food for thought: Catastrophe bond payouts are correlated with climate change. Climate change is correlated with stock market returns. Therefore catastrophe bond payouts are correlated with the stock market. …more

One day short of five years since the case was originally filed, on February 25, 2013 the plaintiffs in Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp. attempt once more to get out of the starting blocks, this time with a…more

The President gave an indication of his environmental focus in his inaugural address, and then again in his state of the union speech. The focus would be on climate change…more

On February 19, 2013, the Delaware Sea Level Rise Advisory Committee ("DSLRAC") held the second of three "public engagement sessions" to solicit public comment on a list of 61 "Options for Preparing Delaware for Sea Level Rise"…more

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court weighed in on an ugly property rights case last Friday concerning some beautiful beachfront on Martha’s Vineyard. In White v. Hartigan, SJC 11072 (Feb. 8, 2013), the Court considered…more

In August of 2010, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act to “spur economic growth in the Garden State through the development of renewable energy resources and the creation of green…more

One would think that preliminary estimates of bird fatalities at a proposed 78 MW wind farm in southeastern Minnesota were hardly news. After all, there are over 60,000 MW of wind energy installed in the United States. But…more

The draft “National Assessment of Supply Chain and Other Developing Risks” was issued just last month. It outlined increasing threats to infrastructure, food and water supplies, air quality, national security, public health and…more

Who knew that civil rights started with an "S" as in Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall? In case you missed it Monday, President Obama laid out an ambitious agenda as he began his second term and delivered his second inaugural…more