@michaelgerrard.bsky.social
Professor of environmental and energy law, Columbia Law School. Founder and faculty director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Practiced environmental law in NYC full-time, 1979-2008.
@michaelgerrard.bsky.socialerecting speed bumps but no full roadblocks (except NY for now); many local governments (500+ and counting) are blocking, but increasingly are being sued by the tech giants.
@michaelgerrard.bsky.socialHere is my new article, "Data Centers Face Volatile Regulatory Landscape." drive.google.com/file/d/1A8lr... It's my legal analysis of developments at the federal, state, and local levels, and in the courts. Bottom line: Trump administration is aggressively pushing data centers; states are 🧵
@michaelgerrard.bsky.socialHere again is my analysis of legal issues with wildfire smoke, including perverse effects of the Clean Air Act in inhibiting prescribed burning, an important preventative; efforts to establish state liability for harm from smoke crossing borders (no success); employer responsibilities; many more.