Combating Climate Change with Section 115 of the Clean Air Act

Edited by Michael Burger, Executive Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School, US

'Combating Climate Change with Section 115 of the Clean Air Act shows how a farsighted section of the Clean Air Act - the international air pollution provision - can provide the President with ample authority to achieve our global climate commitments, even in the absence of new legislation. Its carefully reasoned approach could be the basis for crafting an effective U.S. climate policy under existing law, and once again, make the United States a global leader in tackling the climate crisis.'--ohn Podesta, Former White House Chief of Staff and Founder of the Center on American Progress, US'Produced by an all-star team of top environmental lawyers, Combating Climate Change with Section 115 of the Clean Air Act offers a detailed action plan and legal foundation for taking on climate change using the existing - but untested - Clean Air Act regulatory authority to address international air pollution. Creative, comprehensive, and detailed, this book could well become the go-to guide for those who want to see the United States reassert a leadership role in response to the build-up of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere.'--Dan Esty, Yale University, US

• Contents:Foreword ixHon. Henry Waxman1 Introduction 1Michael BurgerPART I CONTENT2 The legislative history of Section 115 15Philip S. Barnett3 Section 115 in practice 41Justin Gundlach4 The environmental case for action under Section 115 62Michael B. Gerrard5 The economic case for action under Section 115 79Jason Schwartz and Jayni HeinPART II DEFINITIONS6 Judicial review in the new age of deference 101Jonathan Z. Cannon7 The Substantive elements of Section 115 125Michael Burger and Daniel P. Selmi8 Procedural reciprocity 153Keith J. Benes9 Substantive reciprocity 176Ann E. Carlson10 EPA’s nondiscretionary duties to act under Section 115 192Cale Jaffe and Michael A. LivermorePART III IMPLEMENTATION11 The Section 115 SIP call 208Phil Barnett and Alexandra E. Teitz12 Implementing Section 115 through the SIP revision process 239Jared Snyder and Jessica Wentz13 Transportation fuels and consumer natural gas 274Jayni Foley Hein14 Offsets 292Jason Schwartz15 Addressing carbon leakage in a Section 115 world 311Greg DotsonIndex