The Environmental Law Institute is publishing Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States (Michael B. Gerrard & John C. Dernbach eds.). The book is a playbook of state, local, federal, and private legal pathways for enabling the United States to address climate change and builds upon the U.S. Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project work.
Our team at Evolved Energy Research, including Jim Williams and David Ismay, collaborated on the project authoring the first chapter and helping provide technical review.
The book is being published in two forms. The Summary and Key Recommendations version is now available in paperback and e-book here.
The complete book is available and can be ordered here.
Table of contents:
I. CONTEXT
- Ch. 1. Technical and Policy Aspects of Deep Decarbonization in the United States, by Jim Williams, David Ismay, Ryan Jones, Gabe Kwok, and Ben Haley
II. CROSS-CUTTING APPROACHES TO REDUCING EMISSIONS
- Ch. 2. Carbon Pricing, by Shi-Ling Hsu
- Ch. 3. Individual and Household Behavior, by Michael P. Vandenbergh and Paul C. Stern
- Ch. 4. Law for Technological Innovation, by Gary E. Marchant
- Ch. 5. Financing Large-Scale Projects, by Robert Freedman, Monica Lamb, and Claire Melvin
- Ch. 6. Financing at the Grid Edge, by C. Baird Brown
- Ch. 7. Materials Consumption and Solid Waste, by Michael Burger
- Ch. 8. Trade Considerations for Decarbonization Strategies, by Elizabeth Trujillo
III. ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CONSERVATION, AND FUEL SWITCHING IN BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRY
- Ch. 9. Lighting, Appliances, and Other Equipment, by Kit Kennedy
- Ch. 10. New Buildings, by Lee Paddock and Caitlin McCoy
- Ch. 11. Existing Buildings, by James Charles Smith
- Ch. 12. Industrial Sector, by Gregg P. Macey
IV. ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CONSERVATION, AND FUEL SWITCHING IN TRANSPORTATION
- Ch. 13. Transforming Transportation Demand, by Trip Pollard
- Ch. 14. Light-Duty Vehicles, by Amy L. Stein and Joshua Fershee
- Ch. 15. Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Freight, by Andrea Hudson Campbell, Avi B. Zevin, and Keturah A. Brown
- Ch. 16. Aviation, by Aoife O’Leary
- Ch. 17. Shipping, by Aoife O’Leary
V. ELECTRICITY DECARBONIZATION
- Ch. 18. Utility-Scale Renewable Generating Capacity, by Michael B. Gerrard
- Ch. 19. Distributed Renewable Energy, by K.K. DuVivier
- Ch. 20. Transmission, Distribution and Storage: Grid Integration, by Alexandra B. Klass
- Ch. 21. Nuclear Energy, by David A. Repka and Tyson R. Smith
- Ch. 22. Hydropower, by Charles R. Sensiba, Michael A. Swiger, and Sharon L, White
- Ch. 23. Electricity Charges, Mandates, and Subsidies, by Jim Rossi
- Ch. 24. Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity, by Steven Weissman and Réna Kakon
VI. FUEL DECARBONIZATION
- Ch. 25. Bioenergy Feedstocks, by Blake Hudson and Uma Outka
- Ch. 26. Production and Delivery of Low Carbon Gaseous Fuels, by Romany M. Webb and Melinda E. Taylor
- Ch. 27. Production and Delivery of Bioenergy Fuels, by James M. Van Nostrand
VII. CARBON CAPTURE AND NEGATIVE EMISSIONS
- Ch. 28. Carbon Capture and Sequestration, by Wendy B. Jacobs and Michael Craig
- Ch. 29. Negative Emissions Technologies and Direct Air Capture, by Tracy Hester
- Ch. 30. Carbon-Neutral Agriculture, by Peter Lehner and Nathan A. Rosenberg
- Ch. 31. Forestry, by Federico Cheever with Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., and Robert L. Fischman
VIII. NON-CARBON DIOXIDE CLIMATE POLLUTANTS
- Ch. 32. Black Carbon, by Melissa Powers
- Ch. 33. Methane, by Steven Ferrey with Romany M. Webb
- Ch. 34. Fluorinated Gases, by Nathan Borgford-Parnell, Stephen Oliver Andersen, and Durwood Zaelke
- Ch. 35. Nitrous Oxide, by Jessica Wentz and David Kanter