Robert R. M. Verchick

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

Gauthier-St. Martin Chair in Environmental Law

7214 St. Charles Ave., Box 901

Campus Box 901

New Orleans, LA 70118

United States

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1.

The Case Against Cost Benefit Analysis

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Apr 2005
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Cost benefit analysis, environment, public health, regulation, economics

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When Retreat is the Best Option: Flood Insurance after Biggert-Waters and Other Climate Change Puzzles

47 John Marshall Law Review 695 (2014), Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series 2014-19
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2014
Robert R. M. Verchick and Lynsey Johnson
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Loyola University New Orleans
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climate change adaptation, flood insurance, disaster law, natural resources, environmental law, legislation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Biggert-Waters Insurance Reform Act of 2012

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Culture, Cognition, and Climate

2016 University of Illinois Law Review 969 , Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2016-05
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2016
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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climate change, cognitive bias, cultural cognition theory, environmental law, climate change, environmental law, jurisprudence, motivated reasoning, administrative law

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Preemption and Theories of Federalism

PREEMPTION CHOICE: THE THEORY, LAW, AND REALITY OF FEDERALISM'S CORE QUESTION, W. Buzbee, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2008, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 98
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2012
Robert R. M. Verchick and Nina A. Mendelson
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and University of Michigan Law School
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federalism

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Risk, Fairness, and the Geography of Disaster

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Risk, Fairness, and the Geography of Disaster

International Law Forum of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Law Faculty Research Paper Series No. 01-07
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Jan 2007
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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natural disasters, global warming, cost-benefit analysis, risk management, Hurricane Katrina

Risk, Fairness, and the Geography of Disaster

Issues in Legal Scholarship, Issue 10, 2007, Loyola New Orleans Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Feb 2013
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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natural disasters, global warming, climate change, cost-benefit analysis, risk management, Hurricane Katrina

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Steinbeck's Holism: Science, Literature, and Environmental Law

Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2003
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 30 Jan 2003
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Disaster Justice: The Geography of Human Capability

23 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 23 (2012), Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2013-02
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 31 Jan 2013
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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environmental law, disaster preparation, discrimination, land use, risk management, administrative law, social justice

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Why the Global Environment Needs Local Government: Lessons from the Johannesburg Summit

Urban Lawyer Urban Lawyer, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2003, p. 471
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Apr 2004
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Sustainability, environment, local government, global

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From Surviving to Thriving: Equity in Disaster Planning and Recovery

U of Houston Law Center No. 2019-A-7, University of Hawai’i Richardson School of Law Research Paper No. 3340133
Number of pages: 120 Posted: 05 Mar 2019
Victor Byers Flatt, Alyson Flournoy, Karen C. Sokol, Robert R. M. Verchick, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Maxine Burkett, John D. Echeverria, Daniel A. Farber, David Flores, Evan Isaaceson, Alice Kaswan, Christine A. Klein, Sarah Lamdan, Joel A. Mintz, Sidney A. Shapiro, Joseph P. Tomain and Katie Tracy
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, City University of New York - School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law, Vermont Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Center for Progressive Reform, Center for Progressive Reform - CPR Policy Analyst, University of San Francisco - School of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, CUNY School of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Wake Forest University School of Law, University of Cincinnati - College of Law and Center for Progressive Reform
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environment, environmental law, disaster, disaster law, RCRA, CERCLA, Emergency Waiver, EPCRA,FEMA, Planning, Migration, Relocation, Resilience, Stormwater, NEPA, Stafford Act, climate, Environmental Justice

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Katrina, Feminism, and Environmental Justice

Cardozo Women's Law Journal, 2007
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 May 2007
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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feminism, environmental justice, New Orleans, Katrina, disaster, flood, social justice

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Inequality, Social Resilience and the Green Economy

86 University of Missouri-Kansas City L. Rev. 1 (2018), Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2018-13
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2018
Sidney A. Shapiro and Robert R. M. Verchick
Wake Forest University School of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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The False Promise of Carbon Capture as a Climate Solution in Louisiana and Beyond

Center for Progressive Reform (2021), Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2021-12
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 15 Dec 2021
Karen C. Sokol, Robert R. M. Verchick and David Flores
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Center for Progressive Reform
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carbon capture, environmental law, global warming, Paris Agreement, Glasgow Climate Pact

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Disaster Law and Climate Change

Climate Change Law (Daniel A. Farber & Marjan Peeters Eds., Edward Elgar Publishing 2016) (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Jul 2015
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Climate change adaptation, Climate impacts, Disaster risk reduction, Human rights, ‘Loss and damage’

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Feathers or Gold? A Civic Economics for Environmental Law

Harvard Environmental Law Review, Vol. 25, 2000
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 31 May 2001
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Climate Change and the Puget Sound: Building the Legal Framework for Adaptation

Center for Progressive Reform White Paper No. 1108, Lewis & Clark Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-18
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 13 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2014
Robert L. Glicksman, Catherine O'Neill, Ling-Yee Huang, William L. Andreen, Robin Kundis Craig, Victor Byers Flatt, William Funk, Dale D. Goble, Alice Kaswan and Robert R. M. Verchick
George Washington University - Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, Independent, University of Alabama - School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, University of Idaho College of Law, University of San Francisco - School of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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climate change, adaptation, prior appropriation, sea level rise, planning, disaster law, public health, clean air act, clean water act, adaptive management, flexibility, uncertainty

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Protecting the Coast

THE LAW OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS, Michael Gerrard, Katrina Kuh, eds., 2012
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2016
Robert R. M. Verchick and Joel D. Scheraga
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Office of Policy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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climate change, adaptation, natural resources, disaster, mitigation, clean water act, coastal protection

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Let the People Speak: Notice and Comment Rulemaking (Lessons from the Controversial New Source Review Proposal of the Clean Air Act)

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 34, p. 10115, 2004
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Dec 2011
Victor Byers Flatt, Mark Stephen Squillace, Michael M. O'Hear and Robert R. M. Verchick
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, University of Colorado Law School, Marquette University - Law School and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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administrative law, environment, clean air act, rulemaking, notice and comment, administrative procedures act, section 553, new source review, nsr

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Introduction - Climate Disaster Law: Barriers and Opportunities

This is a draft chapter. The final version will be available in Climate Disaster Law: Barriers and Opportunities edited by Rosemary Lyster & Robert R.M. Verchick, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2018, Forthcoming, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 17/87
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Oct 2017
Rosemary Lyster and Robert R. M. Verchick
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Climate science, climate disasters, Climate Disaster Law, International Law, Public Law, Environmental Law, Private Law, barriers and opportunities

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Natural Disaster and Climate Change

International Environmental Law and the Global South: Comparative Perspectives (Shawkat Alam, Sumudu Atapattu, Carmen G. Gonzalez & Jona Razzaque eds., Cambridge University Press 2015) (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Apr 2015
Robert R. M. Verchick and Paul Govind
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Macquarie Law School
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climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, disaster law, disaster risk reduction, international environmental law, international development, international law, resilience, wealth inequality

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Protecting the Power Grid from Climate Disasters

This is a draft chapter. The final version will be available in Climate Disaster Law: Barriers and Opportunities edited by Rosemary Lyster & Robert R.M. Verchick, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2018, Forthcoming, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 17/86
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Oct 2017
Rosemary Lyster and Robert R. M. Verchick
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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electricity infrastructure, extreme weather and slow onset events, hardening, smartening and greening the grid, resilience, renewable energy, battery storage, smart grids

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A Survey of Federal Agency Response to President Clinton's Executive Order No. 12898 on Environmental Justice

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 31, No. 10, 2001
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Sep 2013
Denis Binder, Colin Crawford, Eileen Gauna, M. Casey Jarman, Alice Kaswan, Bradford C. Mank, Catherine O'Neill, Clifford L. Rechtschaffen and Robert R. M. Verchick
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law, University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of New Mexico - School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law (Retired), University of San Francisco - School of Law, University of Cincinnati - College of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Golden Gate University - School of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Adapting to Climate Change While Planning for Disaster: Footholds, Rope Lines, and the Iowa Floods

2011 Brigham Young University Law Review 2203 (2011), Loyola New Orleans Law Research Paper No. 2012-05
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2013
Abby Hall and Robert R. M. Verchick
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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natural disaster, climate change, climate adaptation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force

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Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World, Introduction

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Jul 2010
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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disaster, environment, Katrina, environmental justice, risk management, ecosystem services, natural resources, emergency response

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Reaching Higher Ground: Avenues to Secure and Manage New Land for Communities Displaced by Climate Change

Center for Progressive Reform (May 2017), Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2017-07
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Sep 2017
Maxine Burkett, Robert R. M. Verchick and David Flores
University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Center for Progressive Reform
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Climate Disruption, Community Relocation, Disaster Law, Displaced Peoples

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Fairness in the Bay: Environmental Justice and Nutrient Trading

U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-57
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2012
Rena I. Steinzor, Robert R. M. Verchick, Nicholas W. Vidargas and Ling-Yee Huang
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Center for Progressive Reform and Independent
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Nutrient Trading, CWA, Environmental Justice, Chesapeake Bay

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Critical Space Theory: Keeping Local Geography in American and European Environmental Law

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 31 Oct 2001
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Building a Climate-Resilient Power Grid: Lessons from Texas-Size Storms and the Queensland Floods

Frontiers in Climate 3:734227 (2021), Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2021-13
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 16 Dec 2021
Rosemary Lyster and Robert R. M. Verchick
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Australia, climate change adaptation, climate change disaster, electricity, infrastructure, United States

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Toward Normative Rules for Agency Interpretation: Defining Jurisdiction Under the Clean Water Act

Alabama Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Jun 2004
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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administrative law, agency, wetlands, clean water act, jurisdiction, statutory interpretation

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Unique Property: An Annotated Bibliography

18 J. Am. Acad. Matrim. Law 589 (2004)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Jun 2015
Nancy Levit and Robert R. M. Verchick
University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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annotated bibliography; unique property

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Letting Nature Work in the Pacific Northwest: A Manual for Protecting Ecosystem Services Under Existing Law

Center for Progressive Reform White Paper No. 1304
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Apr 2013
Robert W. Adler, Robert L. Glicksman, Dan Rohlf, Robert R. M. Verchick and Ling-Yee Huang
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, George Washington University - Law School, Lewis & Clark College Paul L Boley Library, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Independent
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ecosystem services, adaptive management, flooding, floodplains, Clean Water Act, biological criteria, ecological integrity, water quality standards, designated uses, public trust doctrine, takings, Fifth Amendment, National Flood Insurance Program

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Can 'Loss and Damage' Carry the Load?

376 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 20170070 (2018), Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2018-06
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Apr 2018
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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1.5°C warming scenario, adaptation, climate change, disaster risk reduction, loss and damage, risk management

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The Long Goodbye: How to Build A Responsible Climate Migration Program

93 Temp. L. Rev. 713 (2021), Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2021-08
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2021
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Planning for Climate Change Disaster

Climate Disaster Law: Barriers and Opportunities (Rosemary Lyster & Robert R.M. Verchick eds., Edward Elgar 2018) (Forthcoming) , Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 Nov 2017
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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climate change, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, planning

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Testimony Before the Committee on the Budget of the United States Senate, Hearing on 'Moving Toward a Stronger Economy with a Regulatory Budget'

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Feb 2016
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Administrative Law, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Budgeting

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Renewable Energy: 2023 and Beyond

39 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1163 (2023), Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2023-15
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Oct 2023
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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climate disruption, environmental law, climate resilience

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The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience (Columbia Univ. Press, 2023)

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2023-17
Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Robert R. M. Verchick
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

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climate resilience, climate change, climate breakdown

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Disaster

The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law, Second Edition (2021)
Posted: 12 Oct 2023
Robert R. M. Verchick and Paul Rink
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

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natural disaster, international law, environmental law, climate change, transboundary harm, disaster risk