Guarini Center at NYU School of Law

📢 We are thrilled to announce that we will be partnering with the Center on Race, Inequality and the Law at NYU Law on this vital initiative to address environmental racism. Stay tuned for more updates!

📢 This week our Executive Director Christine Billy and Senior Legal Fellow Nathaniel Mattison filed comments to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and NYSERDA regarding how to spend the state's Climate Investment Account, emphasizing the need to act at speed and scale to meet the state's climate goals and promote environmental justice. Specifically, they urged NYSDEC and NYSERDA to: ✏️ Align their recommendations for spending the Climate Investment Account’s funds with the overall framework of the state’s Scoping Plan, which contemplates a comprehensive and coherent state strategy to drive down New York’s GHG emissions at speed and scale, utilizing a combination of complementary regulatory, market-based, and financial investment policy levers; ✏️ Model and disclose how different funding allocations will influence GHG and co-pollutant reductions across economic sectors, geographies, and the state economy as a whole; ✏️ Allocate funds so that the benefits of those investments accrue to disadvantaged communities in compliance with the state climate law (CLCPA), and develop a clear rubric for understanding and tracking benefits to those communities; and ✏️ Give detailed consideration to how funds will be delivered, including how to address structural barriers to ensure that GHG and co-pollutant reductions are achieved equitably and efficiently. Check out the full comments here: https://lnkd.in/eGYDim7R

💡 You won't want to miss the next installment of our fall 2024 Energy Transition Discussion Series at New York University School of Law: “New York City’s Electricity History and Future.” In this moderated discussion, Richard Miller, former Chief Energy Policy Advisor for NYC and Vice President for Energy and Environmental Law at Con Edison, will discuss the history of the electricity grid in New York City and the implications of this history for the city’s clean energy transition. This event has been approved for 1.5 CLE credits. Details and registration here! https://lnkd.in/e3Rhy_rk

📢 This fall we are thrilled to be launching a retrospective assessment of the impact of local Building Performance Standards on GHG emissions with partners at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, made possible by the generous support of Klingenstein Philanthropies.  

🚘 🚚 Are you congestion curious? In this article, our Executive Director Christine Billy analyzes New Jersey's congestion pricing lawsuit as a case study on interstate air pollution disputes, framing the case within Supreme Court litigation of the past, present, and future. Stay tuned for the next installment on the cases spurred by Governor Hochul's congestion pricing pause (https://lnkd.in/eGStTUVz) and the separation of powers clashes brewing in NY state courts as we await a ruling on the merits! Many thanks to the New York State Bar Association. Check out the article here published in the Fall 2024 issue of the NYSBA Journal: https://lnkd.in/ecuDpCn8 #congestionpricing #NEPA #SCOTUS #airquality

Climate week at New York University School of Law brought many uplifting conversations. Among them, we are thankful to our illuminating panelists who joined us on 9/24 for "Climate Change and the Courts," co-sponsored by the Guarini Center at NYU School of Law and the The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law featuring: ⚖️ AG Charity Clark, on how the Vermont Attorney General's Office is using novel litigation to hold polluters accountable; 📊 Don Goodson, on the groundbreaking work the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law is doing to track challenges to major federal rules: https://lnkd.in/em7NMmzS; 🌲 Kirta Datla, on how environmental advocates at Earthjustice are adapting to the changing Supreme Court landscape; and 🌎 Mat dos Santos of Our Children's Trust on how kids are shaping climate conversations in and out of the courtroom. 🎤 Moderated by Christine Billy and Katrina Wyman. Missed it? Watch the recording here! https://lnkd.in/gQyrtFAj

🌎 We're talking #climate all week at New York University School of Law! The Guarini Center at NYU School of Law is delighted to co-sponsor: ⚖ 9/24: Climate Change and the Courts: https://lnkd.in/gQyrtFAj 🌳 9/24: From Forests to Farms: Tackling the Environmental and Social Impacts of Food Production in Brazil: https://lnkd.in/e2r46_Am 🎉 And there's more! Don't miss the full program of Climate Week events at NYU Law! https://lnkd.in/gpG_Xv9v The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice #ClimateWeekNYC #climateconversations #climate justice

🎉 We were privileged to hear from David Spence on 9/17 about his terrific new book "Climate of Contempt": https://lnkd.in/eJR2fvWg at New York University School of Law. Big thanks to the inimitable Basil Seggos, Jack Lienke and Katrina Wyman for their insightful commentary! #climateweekNYC here we come! https://lnkd.in/gpG_Xv9v

Climate Week is coming! Join us for a series of events September 24-27, both at NYU School of Law and beyond, examining a range of issues including renewable energy, decarbonization, climate justice, and responsible investing: https://lnkd.in/gpG_Xv9v

📚 Don't miss this book talk with David Spence today 9/17 at 6pm! And be sure to check out our upcoming Guarini Center at NYU School of Law #ClimateWeek events, including: ⚖ 9/24 Climate Change and the Courts: https://lnkd.in/gQyrtFAj 🌲 9/24 From Forests to Farms: Tackling the Environmental and Social Impacts of Food Production in Brazil: https://lnkd.in/e2r46_Am 🌎 9/27 Can Climate Justice Inform Movements for Reparations for Colonialism and Slavery?: https://lnkd.in/epVN7GXJ 🎉 And many more Climate Week events at New York University School of Law! https://lnkd.in/gpG_Xv9v