Legal Analysis State Wetlands Protections and Climate Change Adaptation: A Comparative Study of New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island Wetlands provide critical ecological and social benefits to the Northeast United States. In addition to providing habitats for many plant and animal species and destinations for recreational activities, wetlands protect […] June 30, 2021
Legal Analysis Adapting Superfund Remedial Plans for Climate Change With the effects of climate change becoming increasingly dire, hundreds of Superfund sites are in danger of destabilizing and releasing toxic chemicals into nearby neighborhoods and the environment.[1] A 2019 […] March 12, 2021
Abandoning structures to rising sea levels, what are the legal issues and solutions? Shifting property lines and flooded structures are not new problems, but with climate change increasing their occurrence, we need new legal tools and better policy to address them. Land loss […] November 3, 2020
Troubled Waters: Coastal Avulsion, A State Survey Click here to download this white paper. As the world warms, rising seas and more intense storms threaten to reshape the American coastline. Climate change has already had a dramatic […] March 24, 2020
The IPCC’s Climate Report on Oceans: What Seven Findings Mean for US Regulations Climate science should inform our environmental and energy programs and regulations. The recent IPCC report, The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, observes and predicts the impacts of climate […] October 8, 2019