Online Resources

• Inflation Reduction Act Tracker

The Sabin Center, together with Environmental Defense Fund, launched the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tracker, a free online resource that catalogs the climate-related provisions in the IRA and tracks actions by federal agencies to implement the law.

• New York City Climate Law Tracker

The New York City Climate Law Tracker monitors New York City’s progress in implementing the Climate Mobilization Act, a suite of local laws that were enacted in 2019. The most prominent of these is Local Law 97, which places limits on the amount of greenhouse gases that large buildings may emit.

• CLCPA Scoping Plan Tracker

The Sabin Center launched a database tracking New York State’s implementation of the Climate Action Council’s Scoping Plan recommendations to meet the goals and requirements of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

• New York State Climate Law Tracker

The New York State Climate Law Tracker monitors New York’s progress in implementing its path-breaking Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, Environmental Justice Law, Community Risk and Resiliency Act, and Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act.

• Climate Attribution Database

The Climate Attribution Database, developed in collaboration between the Sabin Center and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is a repository of scientific infomation relevant to climate litigation and policy-making. Climate attribution science plays a central role in climate litigation and policy-making. The science is central to legal debates on the causal links between human activities, global climate change, and impacts on human and natural systems.

• Climate Change Litigation Databases

The Center maintains U.S. and global climate litigation charts. (The US database is maintained in collaboration with Arnold & Porter.) To subscribe to the Center’s monthly update, contact: columbiaclimate@gmail.com

• Carbon Dioxide Removal Law Database

The Sabin Center and the Center on Global Energy Policy maintain the Carbon Dioxide Removal Law Database, an annotated bibliography of legal materials related to carbon dioxide removal and carbon sequestration and use.

• Climate Reregulation Tracker

The Sabin Center launched the Climate Reregulation Tracker to follow the Biden administration’s progress reinstating and expanding on climate policies that had been rolled back under the previous administration.

• Climate Change Laws of the World

The Sabin Center and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment have collaborated to create an online database of the laws, regulations, policy statements, and other directives issued by national governments, with links to the Sabin Center litigation charts.

• Silencing Science Tracker

The Silencing Science Tracker is a joint initiative of the Sabin Center and the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund. It tracks government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information, since the November 2016 election.

• Model Laws for Deep Decarbonization in the United States

The Model Laws for Deep Decarbonization in the United States website provides policy makers at the federal, state and local levels with the legal tools needed to transition away from fossil fuels. The website is based on the book, Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States, co-edited by Michael Gerrard and John C. Dernbach.

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 80 media and news items.

Highlights

• Climate Expert on Debt Ceiling Deal: “We Were Afraid it was Going to Be Worse,” CNN News

In this interview, Michael Gerrard discusses the debt ceiling deal, stating that while elements of it can go in the “wrong direction,” critical climate initiatives survived the fight.

• A Lawsuit Against Big Oil Gets Personal, The New York Times

In this article, Michael Burger weighs in on ClientEarth’s liability case against Shell’s board members.

• Hawaii Supreme Court Ruling Bolsters Rights-Based Climate Cases, Bloomberg Law

In this article, Maria Antonia Tigre weighs in on the significance of the Hawaii Supreme Court ruling stating that “just having that interpretation of the right to a safe climate within the rights for healthy environment and connected to other human rights, it’s usually significant.”

• What New York’s Natural Gas Ban Means for Other States, CBS NEWS

In this TV interview, Amy Turner discusses New York’s new building electrification law and what it means for cleaner and better buildings around the country.

• EPA’s Plan to ‘De-Carbonize’ Electricity, The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC

In this podcast, Michael Burger shares insights on EPA’s proposed new rule for power plant greenhouse gas emissions.

• Supreme Court Unlocks Climate Cases by Rejecting Oil Industry Bid, E&E News

In this article, Korey Silverman-Roati comments on the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision to reject a batch of climate liability petitions from oil companies, on future litigation.

• Why 23 Dead Whales Have Washed Up on the East Coast Since December, The New York Times

In this article, Matthew Eisenson comments on the impacts of climate change on marine life.

• Natural Disasters, Boosted by Climate Change, Displaced Millions of People in U.S. in 2022, NBC News

In this article, Michael Gerrard comments on the number of displaced people as a result of natural disasters, exacerbated by climate change.

• An Activist Group is Spreading Misinformation to Stop Solar Projects in Rural America, NPR

In this article, Michael Burger comments on the movement initiated by local groups to spread misinformation to stop the development of solar projects.

• On Earth Day, Scientists Tell Us What 2050 Could Be

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Their Answers Might Surprise You, USA Today

Romany Webb suggests that in order to pull more carbon out of the air and stabilize coastal systems, mangrove forests and seaside ecosystems have been restored.