Media Mentions and Interviews

Sabin Center experts were interviewed and/ or quoted directly or mentioned via one of the products produced by the Center in approximately 85 media and news items.

Highlights

• Attorneys Eye Glasgow Talks for Progress on Many Climate Issues, Bloomberg Law

Michael Gerrard points out that the success of COP26 and the Paris

Agreement hinges on climate decisions that “are made in national capitals.” • As Biden Heads to Climate Talks, Supreme

Court Move Could Stymie EPA Regulation,

Scientific American

In this article, Michael Burger weighs in on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a challenge to the EPA’s authority to restrict greenhouse gas emissions stating,

“it’s possible that what the court is seeking to review here is Section 111(d) itself.” • Climate Crisis Catches Power Companies

Unprepared, The New York Times

In this article, Romany Webb discusses utilities’ lack of adequate vulnerability planning; her report, Climate Risk in the Electricity Sector, is also referenced. • New York City Council Requires Climate

Resilience Plan, QUARTZ

This article mentions Amy Turner’s paper on Legal Tools for

Achieving Low Traffic Zones. • UN Environment Rights Bolster Case for

Global Climate Litigation, Bloomberg Law

In this article, Maria Antonia Tigre weighs in on a UN resolution recognizing the right to a stable environment as a human right, claiming “[i]t really brings environmental concerns to human rights law.”

• Litigation Increasingly the ‘Only Option’

When Big Emitters Fail to Address

Climate Change, Energy Monitor

In this article, both Korey Silverman-

Roati and Michael Gerrard comment on the growing trend of activists and courts compelling governments to properly address the climate crisis.

• Analysis: As countries wrangle over climate pledges, how enforceable are they? Reuters

In this article, Michael Burger comments on how courts and jurisdictions around the world “have read the Paris Agreement to set legally enforceable targets.” • Gas Projects Reveal Ferc’s Environmental

Justice Conundrum, E&E News

In this article, Jennifer Danis calls for federal agencies to ensure that communities have accurate information on the range of impacts resulting from proposed gas projects. • Fearing Liability, U.S. Resists U.N. Fund for Climate Damages, Scientific American

In this article, Michael Gerrard comments on the U.S.’ reluctance to join a dedicated

UN fund for loss and damage.