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America at the Epicenter of Climate Lawsuits
POLITICO
October 7, 2026
in climate litigation, with more than 2,100 cases filed since the 1980s, according to Michael Gerrard , founder and faculty director of Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, which tracks climate lawsuits worldwide. …
Supreme Court Weighs Landmark Climate Deception Case Against Oil Companies
Inside Climate News
October 5, 2026
“I think Boulder’s best shot is on the jurisdictional question, whether this case is too early,” Michael Gerrard, faculty director at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, said in an interview. … Several of the conservative justices seemed inclined to agree that federal law preempts at least some of Boulder’s claims, Gerrard said.
Why Cities and States Are Fighting Climate Change in Courtrooms
The New York Times
October 5, 2026
“Globally, neither national legislatures nor governments are taking adequate action, and so the advocates of climate action are turning to the courts,” said Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. …
Court Nixes Michigan’s Novel Antitrust Case Targeting Big Oil
Inside Climate News
September 23, 2026
… “With the [climate] tort cases [the fossil fuel industry] has won some and lost some,” said Michael Gerrard, founder and faculty director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. …
Trump’s EPA Repeals Pollution Limits on Fossil Fuel Power Plants
NPR
September 14, 2026
The EPA's decision to repeal emission regulations on power plants comes at a time when the world needs to be limiting planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions, not allowing more emissions, says Michael Gerrard, law professor at Columbia University and director of the Sabin Center...
Why a Climate Law Expert Sees ‘Small Glimmers of Hope’
HeatMap
September 11, 2026
Talking about the data center backlash, the midterm elections, and the future of renewables with Columbia Law School’s Romany Webb.
Data Centers Face Volatile Regulatory Landscape
New York Law Journal
September 8, 2026
By Michael Gerrard.
A Supreme Court Case May Be Slowing Trump’s Next Climate Rollback
E&E News
August 20, 2026
Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, said EPA had already started down the path of denying its own statutory authority to regulate greenhouse gases when it scrapped the endangerment finding in February. …
The U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear a Major Climate Change Case This Fall
TIME
August 11, 2026
“The main issue is whether state courts have the power to issue money damages over climate change, or whether that's exclusively a matter of federal law that has to be decided by federal courts or by Congress or the president,” says Michael Gerrard, founder of Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate...
State of the Planet (Climate School)
New Report: Ocean Carbon Removal Shows Promise, But Big Questions Remain
September 21, 2026
Marine carbon dioxide removal could support climate action but faces major scientific, technical and governance challenges, according to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report.
Grief, Recovery and the Environmental Lessons of 9/11
September 11, 2026
Michael Gerrard revisits the profound grief and overlooked environmental hazards of the World Trade Center attacks, including asbestos and toxic debris.
The Irreversible Global Impacts From the Loss of Earth’s Frozen Regions
July 10, 2026
In June, climate negotiators from around the world met in Bonn, Germany for the annual Subsidiary Body meetings in preparation for the Conference of the Parties.