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Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

About the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxi

About the Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxiii

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxi

CHAPTER 1

Global Climate Change Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

James L. Arnone, Beth A. Collins-Burgard, and Ryan R. Waterman

I.Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

II.Global Climate Change and Its Anticipated Effects . . . . . . . . .2

III. Case Study: Current State and Regional Efforts to Address

Global Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

A.California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

B.Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

IV.Litigation Involving Global Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

A.Standing in Climate Change Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

B.Actions against Industry Claiming Clean Air Act

Violations for GHG Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

C.Challenges to Federal and State Action and Inaction

Regarding GHG Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

1.Federal Action and Inaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3

a. Massachusetts v. EPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

b.Clean Air Act Regulation after Massachusetts

v. EPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

c.Energy-Efficiency Standards for Utility

Transformers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

2.State Regulatory Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

a.Background on California’s Regulations and

Waiver Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

b.Suits Regarding California’s Waiver Request . . .17