Fall 2017
Message from the Chair
By Kevin Bernstein
Message from the Editor-in-Chief
By Miriam E. Villani
Message from the Student Editorial Board
By Linnea E. Riegel
Section News
Comments on the NYSDEC Proposed Amendments to 6 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 617 SEQRA Implementing Regulations
Letter to President Trump on Paris Agreement
Virginia Robbins Receives Prestigious Feinstone Award
New York State Bar Association Environmental & Energy Law Section Report and Recommendations Concerning Environmental Aspects of the N.Y. State Constitution
Photos from Forum and Luncheon; Phaneuf, Nasca, Cozzy Receive Section Awards
Photos from the Fall 2017 Meeting in Saratoga Springs
Feature Articles
Global Climate Change Blog
By Carl R. Howard
Developments in Climate Change: The IPCC Reports
Record Warmth and Polar Ice Melt
The Need to Move from Carbon-Based Energy to Non-Carbon-Based Energy
Five-Year Review: Evolving Environmental Law and Advice to "Green" Lawyers
By Alexis Saba
Asbestos: The Miraculous but Deadly Mineral
By Walter Mugdan
Whatever the Political Climate May Be, Corporate America Is Stepping Up to the Challenge of Climate Change
By J. Kevin Healy and Brian M. Jacobson
Lessons Learned from Legacy Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Hudson River PCB Dredging
By Robert A. Michaels and Uriel M. Oko
Legal Pot Industry Bugged by Lack of Pesticide Guidance
By Telisport W. Putsavage
Administrative Decisions Update
By Robert A. Stour Jr.
Recent Decisions and Legislation in Environmental Law
By Student Editorial Board