Core Team
- Michael B. Gerrard
- John C. Dernbach
- Richard A. Horsch
- Joseph DiMona
- Marcy Kahn
- Jordan Gerow
- Karla Perri
Assistants
- Camille Gertrude Nicolas
- Bennett Byerley
Model Law Drafters
- Robert Freedman (Shearman & Sterling LLP), contributing “Model Green Bank State and Local Legislation” under Ch. 5 (“Financing Large-Scale Projects”) and Ch. 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Claire Melvin (Shearman & Sterling LLP), contributing “Model Green Bank State and Local Legislation” under Ch. 5 (“Financing Large-Scale Projects”) and Ch. 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Nathan Bishop (Shearman & Sterling LLP), contributing “Model Green Bank State and Local Legislation” under Ch. 5 (“Financing Large-Scale Projects”) and Ch. 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Mary Capdeville, Office of General Counsel, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), contributing “Model Law for Reduction of Arctic Shipping Emissions,” “Model Law for Reducing Black Carbon in Arctic Shipping,” and “Model Amendments to Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships,” under Ch. 17 (“Shipping”), “Model Law for Exempting Renewables on Brownfields from CERCLA Liability” under Ch. 18 (Utility-Scale Renewables), and “Model Instruction Memorandum for Geologic Carbon Sequestration on Federal Lands” under Ch. 28 (“Carbon Capture and Sequestration”).
- Craig Gannett (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP), contributing “Model State Legislation to Decarbonize the Generation of Electricity”, under Ch. 23 (“Electricity Charges, Mandates, and Subsidies”)
- Patrick Ferguson (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP), contributing “Model State Legislation to Decarbonize the Generation of Electricity”, under Ch. 23 (“Electricity Charges, Mandates, and Subsidies”)
- Katie Jorrie (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP), contributing “Model State Legislation to Decarbonize the Generation of Electricity”, under Ch. 23 (“Electricity Charges, Mandates, and Subsidies”)
- Anna Fero (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP), contributing “Model State Legislation to Decarbonize the Generation of Electricity”, under Ch. 23 (“Electricity Charges, Mandates, and Subsidies”)
- James B. Kobak, Jr., former partner and now Senior Ethics Counsel at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, and Counsel Amina Hassan, Associate David Lansky and Olivia Bensinger, a former Hughes Hubbard associate now clerking for a federal judge contributed the “Model Declaration Easement with Declaration of Covenants,” under Chapter 31 (“Forestry”).
- Frank A. Fritz, III (Senior Fellow & Adjunct Professor at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law), contributing “Model Local Ordinance Adopting NFPA Hydrogen Technologies Code”, “Model State Statute on Updating Fire Codes Periodically”, and “Best Practices for Streamlining Siting, Permitting, and Construction of Hydrogen Fueling Stations” under Ch. 15 (“Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Freight”)
- Julia Kindlon (Arnold & Porter LLP), contributing “Model Renewable Gas Standard” under Ch. 26 (“Production and Delivery of Low-Carbon Gaseous Fuels”)
- Jennifer Sklenar (Arnold & Porter LLP), contributing “Model Renewable Gas Standard” under Ch. 26 (“Production and Delivery of Low-Carbon Gaseous Fuels”)
- Chase Raines (Arnold & Porter LLP), contributing “Model Renewable Gas Standard” under Ch. 26 (“Production and Delivery of Low-Carbon Gaseous Fuels”)
- James Goldberg, contributing “Model Curbside EV Charging and Reserved Parking Ordinance”, “State Statute Providing Rebates for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles and Hydrogen Refueling Stations”, and “EV-Ready Commercial Building Code” under Ch. 14 (“Light Duty Vehicles”)
- Scott W. Badenoch, Jr. (Environmental Law Institute), contributing “Local Resolution in Support of a Circular Economy” under Ch. 7 (“Materials Consumption and Solid Waste”)
- Sara Zimmerman (Climate Equity Policy Center), contributing “Local Resolution in Support of a Circular Economy” under Ch. 7 (“Materials Consumption and Solid Waste”)
- Moira O’Neill (Associate Research Scholar, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), contributing “Local Resolution in Support of a Circular Economy” under Ch. 7 (“Materials Consumption and Solid Waste”)
- Paul Barker (Kirkland & Ellis), contributing “State Provision to Promote Local Employment in Decarbonization Policies”, under Chapter 8 (“International Trade”)
- Noble Smith (Student, Howard University School Of Law), contributing “Local Resolution in Support of a Circular Economy” under Ch. 7 (“Materials Consumption and Solid Waste”)
- Nick Ognibene (Allen & Overy), contributing “Arctic Shipping Tax Act” under Ch. 17 (“Shipping”) and “Removing Favorable Tax Treatment from Coal” under Ch. 17 (“Technological Innovation”)
- Cara Eisenstein (Allen & Overy), contributing “Arctic Shipping Tax Act” under Ch. 17 (“Shipping”)
- Ken Rivlin (Allen & Overy), contributing “Arctic Shipping Tax Act” under Ch. 17 (“Shipping”) and “Removing Favorable Tax Treatment from Coal” under Ch. 17 (“Technological Innovation”)
- Jamison Colburn (Professor, Penn State Law School), contributing Model Carbon-Neutral Bioenergy Acquisition Law under Ch. 25 (“Bioenergy Feedstocks”)
- Lisa Cumming (Student, Penn State Law School), contributing “Model Carbon-Neutral Bioenergy Acquisition Law” under Ch. 25 (“Bioenergy Feedstocks”), with her professor, Jamison Colburn, above.
- Karen Anderson (Student, Yale Law School), contributing “Memorandum on State Statutory Definitions of ‘Public Utility'” under Ch. 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Mark Riedy (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), contributing Model Law Enabling Government Entities to Engage In Guaranteed Conservation Performance Contracting, under Chapter 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Siegmar Pohl (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), contributing Model Law Enabling Government Entities to Engage In Guaranteed Conservation Performance Contracting, under Chapter 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Dongyu “Eddie” Wang (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), contributing Model Law Enabling Government Entities to Engage In Guaranteed Conservation Performance Contracting, under Chapter 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Michael Cline (Gaffney, Cline & Associates), contributing “Model State Legislation Addressing the Geologic Storage of CO2,” under Chapter 28 (“Carbon Capture and Sequestration”)
- Stephanie Phillips (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati), contributing “Occupational Wage and Benefit Standards in Clean Energy Legislation,” under Chapter 24 (“Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity”)
- Nkasi Okafor Wilken (Director of Legal Services, Teach For All) contributing “Model State Legislation Promoting the Adoption of Green Leases in Multi-Family Residential Buildings” under Ch.3 (“Individual and Household Behavior”)
- Brennan Meier (Goodwin Procter), contributing “Model State Natural Resources Trust Law” under Ch. 31 (“Forestry”)
- Robert Fitzgerald (Goodwin Procter), contributing “Model State Natural Resources Trust Law” under Ch. 31 (“Forestry”) and “Prioritizing Funding of Clean Transportation Alternatives” under Ch. 13 (“Transforming Transportation Demand”)
- Brendan Holman (Allen & Overy), contributing “Removing Favorable Tax Treatment from Coal” under Ch. 17 (“Technological Innovation”)
- Felise Cooper (Allen & Overy), contributing “Removing Favorable Tax Treatment from Coal” under Ch. 17 (“Technological Innovation”)
- Jake Ely (Allen & Overy), contributing “Removing Favorable Tax Treatment from Coal” under Ch. 17 (“Technological Innovation”)
- John Hibbard (Allen & Overy), contributing “Removing Favorable Tax Treatment from Coal” under Ch. 17 (“Technological Innovation”)
- Gada Al Herz (Allen & Overy), contributing “Removing Favorable Tax Treatment from Coal” under Ch. 17 (“Technological Innovation”)
- Cynthia Cho (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs), contributing “Federal and State Model Law on Carbon Labeling” under Ch. 7 (“Materials Consumption and Solid Waste”)
- Wenqing Zhao (Goodwin Procter), contributing “Prioritizing Funding of Clean Transportation Alternatives” under Ch. 13 (“Transforming Transportation Demand”)
- Suzanne Nguyen (Goodwin Procter), contributing “Prioritizing Funding of Clean Transportation Alternatives” under Ch. 13 (“Transforming Transportation Demand”)
- Mulan Luo (Goodwin Procter), contributing “Prioritizing Funding of Clean Transportation Alternatives” under Ch. 13 (“Transforming Transportation Demand”)
Model Law Peer Reviewers
- Jim Rossi (Associate Dean for Research and Judge D.L. Lansden Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School), contributing to “Model State Legislation to Decarbonize the Generation of Electricity”, under Ch. 23 (“Electricity Charges, Mandates, and Subsidies”)
- Karla Perri (Spectrum Group LLC)
- Jessica Wentz (Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School)
- Amy Turner (Senior Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School)
- Aoife O’Leary (Director, Environmental Defense Fund), contributing to “Model Amendments to the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships” and “Arctic Shipping Tax Act” under Ch. 17 (“Shipping”)
- Richard Wallsgrove (William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa), contributing to “Model Law on HOV Lane Benefits”, under Ch. 14 (“Light-Duty Vehicles”)
- Marc Melaina, Ph.D. (Senior Analyst, Boston Government Services, U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office) contributing to “Model Federal Statute Providing Tax Credits for Hydrogen Refueling Stations”, and “Model Federal Hydrogen Refueling Station Funding Act” under Ch. 14 (“Light-Duty Vehicles”)
- Romany Webb (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), contributing to “Model Renewable Gas Standard” under Ch. 26 (“Production and Delivery of Low-Carbon Gaseous Fuels”)
- Craig Gannett (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP), contributing to “Model Federal Fossil Fuels Leasing Reform Act”, under Ch. 24 (“Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity”)
- Scott Reichle (P.E., Esquire, of Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, L.C., Newport News, Virginia), contributing to “Local Resolution in Support of a Circular Economy” under Ch. 7 (“Materials Consumption and Solid Waste”)
- James J. Murray, Esq., contributing to “Arctic Shipping Tax Act” under Ch. 17 (“Shipping”)
- Kenneth B. Roberts (Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP)
- Elizabeth Trujillo (Texas A&M University School of Law)
- Tracey Roberts (Samford University)
- Nadia Ahmad (Barry University School of Law), contributing to Model Carbon-Neutral Bioenergy Acquisition Law under Ch. 25 (“Bioenergy Feedstocks”)
- Peter Fox-Penner, Ph.D (Founder and Director of the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy), contributing to Model State EV Charging Station Rebates under Ch. 14 (“Light-Duty Vehicles)
- C. Baird Brown (Principal at eco(n)law LLC and author of Chapter 6 of the LPDD text), providing oversight on “Memorandum on State Statutory Definitions of ‘Public Utility'” under Ch. 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Charles B. Howland (Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP), providing oversight on “Memorandum on State Statutory Definitions of ‘Public Utility'” under Ch. 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Karl Pielmeier, providing oversight on “Memorandum on State Statutory Definitions of ‘Public Utility'” under Ch. 6 (“Financing at the Grid Edge”)
- Esmeralda Colombo, Ph.D, LL.M, contributing to “Model State Legislation Addressing the Geologic Storage of CO2,” and “Model Instruction Memorandum for Geologic Carbon Sequestration on Federal Lands” under Chapter 28 (“Carbon Capture and Sequestration”)
- Michael Craig, Ph.D (Assistant Professor of Energy Systems at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan), contributing to “Model State Legislation Addressing the Geologic Storage of CO2,” and “Model Instruction Memorandum for Geologic Carbon Sequestration on Federal Lands” under Chapter 28 (“Carbon Capture and Sequestration”)
- Robert B. Stulberg (Stulberg & Walsh LLP), contributing to “Occupational Wage and Benefit Standards in Clean Energy Legislation,” under Chapter 24 (“Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity”)
- Patrick J. Walsh (Stulberg & Walsh LLP), contributing to “Occupational Wage and Benefit Standards in Clean Energy Legislation,” under Chapter 24 (“Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity”)
- Michael Burger (Executive Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), contributing to “Occupational Wage and Benefit Standards in Clean Energy Legislation,” under Chapter 24 (“Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity”), and “Federal and State Model Law on Carbon Labeling” under Ch. 7 (“Materials Consumption and Solid Waste”)
- Warren G. Lavey (Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL) contributing to “Model State Legislation Promoting the Adoption of Green Leases in Multi-Family Residential Buildings” under Ch.3 (“Individual and Household Behavior”)
- Kathryn Guillou (formerly of the Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and former advisor to the U.S. Forest Service), contributing to “Model State Natural Resources Trust Law” under Ch. 31 (“Forestry”)
- Janet Milne (Professor of Law and Director of Environmental Tax Policy at the University of Vermont Law School), contributing to “Removing Favorable Tax Treatment from Coal” under Ch. 17 (“Technological Innovation”)
- Doug Koplow (Founder of Earth Track, Inc.), contributing to “Removing Favorable Tax Treatment from Coal” under Ch. 17 (“Technological Innovation”)
- Mary Capdeville (Office of General Counsel, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Scott Badenoch (Environmental Law Institute), contributing to “Federal and State Model Law on Carbon Labeling” under Ch. 7 (“Materials Consumption and Solid Waste”)
- Trip Pollard (Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center), contributing to “Prioritizing Funding of Clean Transportation Alternatives” under Ch. 13 (“Transforming Transportation Demand”)
LPDD Chapter Authors
- Stephen Oliver Andersen, American Director of Research, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
- Nathan (BP) Borgford-Parnell, Science Affairs Adviser and Regional Assessment Coordinator, Climate & Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
- C. Baird Brown, Principal, eco(n)law LLC
- Keturah Brown, Associate, Van Ness Feldman LLP
- Michael Burger, Executive Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
- Andrea Hudson Campbell, Partner, Van Ness Feldman LLP
- Federico Cheever (deceased) was Professor of Law at the University of Den- ver Sturm College of Law
- Michael T. Craig, recent Ph.D. recipient, Carnegie Mellon University
- John C. Dernbach, Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
- K.K. DuVivier, Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Steven Ferrey, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
- Joshua P. Fershée, Dean, Creighton University School of Law
- Robert L. Fischman, George P. Smith, II Distinguished Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- Robert Freedman, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Michael B. Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School
- Ben Haley, Co-Founder, Evolved Energy Research
- Stephen Herzenberg, Executive Director, Keystone Research Center Tracy Hester, Lecturer, University of Houston Law Center
- Shi-Ling Hsu, D’Alemberte Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law
- Blake Hudson, A.L. O’Quinn Chair in Environmental Law and Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
- David Ismay, Senior Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
- Wendy B. Jacobs (deceased), Emmett Clinical Professor of Environmental Law and Director, Harvard Law School Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic
- Ryan A. Jones, Co-Founder, Evolved Energy Research
- Réna Kakon, Legal Counsel, Fenix International (ENGIE Group)
- David Kanter, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, New York University
- Kit Kennedy, Senior Director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Alexandra B. Klass, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota Law School
- Gabe Kwok, Principal, Evolved Energy Research
- Monica Lamb, Clean Energy Lawyer and Advisor
- Peter H. Lehner, Senior Strategic Advisor and Senior Attorney, Earthjustice
- Gregg P. Macey, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
- Gary E. Marchant, Regents’ Professor and Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies, Law and Ethics, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Caitlin McCoy, Climate, Clean Air & Energy Fellow, Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program
- Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Environmental and Climate Law Attorney and Consultant
- Claire Melvin, Associate Attorney, Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Aoife O’Leary, Senior Legal Manager, Environmental Defense Fund
- Uma Outka, Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law
- Lee Paddock, Associate Dean for Environmental Law Studies, The George Washington University Law School
- Trip Pollard, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center
- Melissa Powers, Jeffrey Bain Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School
- David A. Repka, Partner (retired), Winston & Strawn LLP
- Nathan A. Rosenberg, Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa College of Law
- Jim Rossi, Associate Dean for Research and Judge D.L. Lansden Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Charles R. Sensiba, Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP
- James Charles Smith, John Byrd Martin Chair of Law Emeritus, University
of Georgia School of Law - Tyson R. Smith, Nuclear Energy Lawyer and Advisor
- Amy L. Stein, Professor of Law and University Term Professor, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Paul C. Stern, President, Social and Environmental Research Institute (USA)
- Michael A. Swiger, Partner, Van Ness Feldman LLP
- Melinda E. Taylor, Senior Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law, and Academic Director, Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law, and Business
- Elizabeth Trujillo, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
- Michael P. Vandenbergh, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
- James M. Van Nostrand, Professor and Director, Center for Energy and Sustainable Development at West Virginia University College of Law
- Romany M. Webb, Associate Research Scholar and Senior Fellow, Columbia Law School Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
- Steven Weissman, Lecturer, University of California Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy and Vermont Law School, and Senior Policy Advisor, Center for Sustainable Energy
- Jessica Wentz, Senior Fellow and Associate Research Scholar, Columbia Law School Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
- Sharon L. White, Of Counsel, Van Ness Feldman LLP
- James H. Williams, Associate Professor of Energy Systems Management, University of San Francisco, and Director, Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project for the Sustainable Development Solutions Network
- Durwood Zaelke, Founder and President, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
- Avi B. Zevin, Attorney, Institute for Policy Integrity, New York University School of Law