Engagement Work

_{^{The Sabin Center frequently engages with federal, state and local agencies by submitting comment letters urging decision-makers to account for the causes and effects of climate change. We also submit amicus briefs in climate cases as well as testimonies at both the domestic and international levels.}}

Amicus Brief (Renew Northeast v. US DOI)
Amicus Brief on Climate Science and Human Rights Obligations
Amicus Brief (Climate United Fund v. Citibank, D.C. Cir.)
Amicus Brief (MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd v. Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Inc )
Comments on New York State Public Service Commission Proceeding
Comments on NHTSA's Proposed Safe Rule III
Comments on California Air Resource Board’s Proposed Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting
Comments on Massachusetts CDR Review
Comments on CARB's Carbon Capture Program
Comments on Washington State Department of Ecology's Carbon Capture Program
Amicus Brief (New York City in Association of Contracting Plumbers of the City of New York v. City of New York (2nd Cir.))
Amicus Brief (Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council v. USDA, et al (1st Circ.))
Comment Letter on EPA's Proposed Rule to Reconsider the Endangerment Finding & Vehicle GHG Standards
Template Letter on EPA's Proposed Endangerment Finding Rollback for Local Government Use
Comments on EPA's Proposed Rule to Repeal GHG Performance Standards for Power Plants
Written Testimony of Amy Turner before the New York City Department of Buildings
Written Testimony of Amy Turner before New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection Hearing on Building Electrification and Intro. 2317
Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiffs in the Willow Project Case
Amicus Brief in Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic v. Bureau of Land Management Case
Amicus Brief in Support of New York City in Glen Oaks Village Owners, et al. v. City of New York, et al.
Comment Letter to CARB of its development of GHG reporting requirements for 2027-2030
Comment Letter to the California Department Of Insurance (CDI)
Commenter Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Comment Letter to CARB on California’s Climate Disclosure Legislation
Comment Letter to the CFTC on Risk Management Program Regulations for Swap Dealers, Major Swap Participants, and Futures Commission Merchant
Comment Letter to the New York DFS on Proposed Guidance for New York State Regulated Banking and Mortgage Institutions Relating to Management of Material Financial Risks from Climate Change
Comment Letter to the FAR Council on Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk
Comment Letter to the FAR Council on behalf of climate scientists
Comment Letter to the EPA on Low Emissions Electricity Program & GHG Corporate Reporting
Comment Letter to the CFTC on on climate-related financial risk
Comment Letter to the SEC on behalf of Climate Scientists/Experts on Proposed Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures
Amicus Brief to IACtHR on Climate Science and Human Rights Obligations
Comment Letter on the Proposed Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units
Comment Letter on the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's Request for Information to Improve Scientific Integrity Policies
Comment Letter to DEC Following EJ Siting Law Regulations Input Session
Third-party intervention in the case of Verein KlimaSeniorinnen and others v Switzerland
Comments to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in the 'Study on the Impact of Climate Change on Human and Peoples' Rights in Africa
Amicus Brief of the National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors in Texas v. EPA
Comments on the OSHA's’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
Comments on the New York DEC ’s Proposed Amendments to SEQRA Regulations re: Environmental Justice Siting Law
Amicus Brief on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Support of Plaintiff States in New York v. Trump (1st Cir.)
Amicus Brief on behalf of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Support of EPA in Nebraska v. EPA
Amicus Brief on behalf of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Support of EPA in Kentucky v. EPA
Amicus Brief on behalf of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Support of EPA in West Virginia v. EPA
Amicus Brief in Support of New York City's Motion for Leave to Appeal to the New York State Court of Appeals in Local Law 97 case
Amicus Brief on behalf of National League of Cities, League of California Cities & California State Association of Counties In Support of California Restaurant Ass'n v. City of Berkeley
Amicus Brief National League of Cities, League of California Cities & California State Association of Counties In Support of Defendant-Appellee City of Berkeley's Petition for Rehearing En Banc in California Restaurant Ass'n v. City of Berkeley
Local Government Amicus Brief in California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkley
Local Government Amicus Brief in West Virginia v. EPA by Michael Burger (January 2022)
Local Government Amicus Brief in Competitive Enterprise Institute v. NHTSA

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