Press coverage of the LPDD project and the book Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States:

2019

• How to solve climate change? There are a thousand answers, The Hill, March 20, 2019

• Environmental lawyers fight fire with fire, adopt ALEC’s methods to tackle climate change, Think Progress, April 1, 2019

• ‘This is how to build it’: Book aims to provide a legal guide to decarbonization, Energy News, April 18, 2019

• Wanted: ‘Legion of lawyers’ to fight climate change, E&E News, April 24, 2019

• How Lawyers Can Help Save The Planet, Law 360, May 21, 2019

2020

• LAW: Big firms become climate advocates, E&E News, January 7, 2020

• The Role of Lawyers in Decarbonizing Society, Stanford Law Review Vol. 72,  April 2020

Past Events

• Rewiring Law to Fight Climate Change: On September 23, 2020, Michael Gerrard presented the LPDD project on a panel organized by the Chancery Lane Project. The Chancery Lane Project and LPDD are two complementary efforts that lawyers can support to help write model laws and contracts to support decarbonization. This event explored the role that New York lawyers can play in fighting climate change through both of these projects. It is available to view on Youtube.
• Bay Area Chapter Climate Reality Webinar: On July 30, 2020, Michael Gerrard, John Dernbach, and Jordan Gerow held a webinar with the Climate Reality Project’s Bay Area Chapter, presenting about the LPDD text, model law project, and website. The recorded webinar is a good introduction to the project and how to use LPDD.org to search model laws on different topics. It is available to view on Youtube.