Municipalities in the lower Hudson Valley are joining a small but growing trend in trying to combat global warming by requiring that new building projects and some renovations receive LEED, green building certification. Earlier this week the County Executive of Rockland County signed a local law which requires that for…
In a challenge to attempts by several north Texas cities to address climate change issues, cement manufacturer Ash Grove LLP has brought an action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The lawsuit, which was filed on November 26, 2008, alleges that the local resolutions, favoring…
The United Nations Climate Change conference has begun with reports of criticism of the failure of industrialized nations to agree to meaningful targets for emission controls and financial and technical support to developing nations. A substantial amount of the criticism by environmentalists has reportedly been directed at the Bush Administration.…
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has created an Office of Climate Change which has as its purpose developing “responses needed for significant emissions reductions.” In addition to working on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGHI) a ten state cap and trade program to reduce CO2 emissions,…
Earlier this year the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a “Climate Change Program Assessment and Action Plan“. The DEP provides management of the drinking water, drainage and waste water for the City of New York. The DEP describes the Plan in a report which “summarizes this…
One of the interesting aspects of the movement to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the many layers of government that are getting involved in how to curb global warming and confront the problems of climate change. In October, 2008 Sonoma County California issued its Community Climate Action Plan. The…
The attorneys at Silverberg Zalantis LLC believe that global warming and the resulting climate change will be one of, if not the most, important issue to confront us all for the balance of the 21st century. Climate change has and will continue to have social and economic impacts that will…