by Scott Stringer and Danielle Spiegel-Feld When storm clouds gather, 62 square miles of roofs keep us dry in New York City. Unfortunately, most of the dozens of inches of rain that hit New York each year cascades into our gutters, swelling sewers and often causing raw sewage to pour into our waterways. The city […]
In the United States, city governments have been among the most vocal actors in pledging climate action. Yet, in both their greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and their climate action plans, cities are often leaving out a significant piece of their own climate footprint—the GHG emissions embodied in the meat and dairy products consumed in cities. […]
Vegetated, or “green,” roofs provide numerous social and environmental benefits to urban areas. Compared with conventional roofs, green roofs promote biodiversity, reduce building energy use, decrease noise, and improve the productivity of solar photovoltaic installations. They can also mitigate the urban heat island effect and reduce stormwater runoff, thereby diminishing flooding and pollution of local waterways. […]
The planned closure of the Indian Point nuclear facility, which currently supplies about 25 percent of New York City’s electricity, could cause a substantial rise in greenhouse emissions and local air pollution if concerted action is not taken to secure alternative clean energy resources for the City. In this Policy Brief, Guarini Center Energy Law […]
The Guarini Center, along with the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law and the Center for International Governance Innovation, welcomes proposals for paper presentations at the II TRAMEREN’s International Conference on Frontiers in Ocean Environmental Governance: Private Actors, Public Goods, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the 17th and 18th of September 2018. The […]
Monday, April 30, 2018, 6:30 – 8:00 pm NYU School of Law Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 REGISTER HERE 1.5 credits of CLE in the Areas of Professional Practice category The outlook for natural gas fired generation across America defies easy prediction. With record levels of production ongoing, the EIA […]
The Guarini Center for Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law seeks to hire a full-time Legal Fellow to conduct policy-relevant research, writing and outreach related to innovation in energy and environmental law and policy. The Guarini Center, housed at NYU School of Law, is an academic research center that advances energy and environmental policies to […]
Thursday, March 29, 2018, 6:30 – 8:00 pm NYU School of Law Faculty Library, Vanderbilt Hall 40 Washington Square New York, NY 10012 REGISTER HERE 1 credit of CLE in the Areas of Professional Practice category In 2017, Yale University adopted an internal carbon charge across its campus, becoming one of the first universities in […]
The Caribbean hurricanes of 2017 made clear that many of the islands’ power systems are woefully unprepared to withstand the increasingly severe weather events that climate change is generating. Perhaps no island exemplified this inadequacy better than Puerto Rico; one month after hurricane Maria barreled into the island, approximately eighty percent of its population was […]
Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 6:30 – 8:00 pm Reception to follow NYU School of Law Lipton Hall, D’Agostino Hall 108 West Third Street New York, NY 10012 REGISTER HERE 1.5 credits of CLE in the Areas of Professional Practice category Please join the Guarini Center and a group of leading energy policy experts for a […]
