Alice Kaswan

University of San Francisco - School of Law

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2130 Fulton Street

San Francisco, CA 94117

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1.

Environmental Justice and Domestic Climate Change Policy

Environmental Law Reporter, May 2008
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2014
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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environmental justice, climate change, environmental law, cap and trade programs, economic development, sustainable development, biofuels

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Environmental Justice: Bridging the Gap between Environmental Laws and 'Justice'

American University Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 2, 1997
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 06 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2014
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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environmental movement, environmental justice movement, environmental law, justice, environmental justice, environmental racism

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Reconciling Justice and Efficiency: Integrating Environmental Justice into Domestic Cap-and-Trade Programs for Controlling Greenhouse Gases

ETHICS AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, p. 232, Denis G. Arnold, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2011, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2011-23
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2013
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, environmental law, environmental justice, market-based mechanisms, global warming, cap-and-trade

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Distributive Justice and the Environment

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 81, No. 3, 2003
Number of pages: 118 Posted: 12 Aug 2007
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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distributive justice, environmental justice, neoclassical economics, land use, facility siting

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The Domestic Response to Global Climate Change: What Role for Federal, State, and Litigation Initiatives?

University of San Francisco Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2007, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2010-10
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 07 May 2008 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2010
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, air pollution, vehicle emissions, federalism, public nuisance, NEPA, Clean Air Act

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Environmental Justice and Environmental Law

24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 149 (2013), Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2013-31
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2013
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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environmental justice, environmental movement, environmental law

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Domestic Climate Change Adaptation and Equity

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 42, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2013-05
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2013
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, adaptation, environmental justice, climate justice, disasters, public health

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Climate Change, the Clean Air Act, and Industrial Pollution

UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 30, 2012, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2012-13
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 17 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2012
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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environmental law, climate change, global warming, Clean Air Act, air pollution, cap-and-trade, regulatory policy, environmental justice, co-pollutants

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A Cooperative Federalism Proposal for Climate Legislation: The Value of State Autonomy in a Federal System

Denver University Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, 2008, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2009-10
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 09 May 2013
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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environmental law, climate change, federalism, environmental justice

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Climate Adaptation and Theories of Justice

Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (2016, Forthcoming), Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2016-01
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2016
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, adaptation, environmental justice, climate justice, corrective justice, distributive justice

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Seven Principles for Equitable Adaptation

13 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 41 (2013), Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2013-18
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 03 May 2013 Last Revised: 20 May 2013
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, adaptation, environmental justice, climate justice, disasters, public health

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Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Lessons from the California Lawsuits

5 San Diego J. Climate & Energy Law 1 (2013-14), Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2015-03
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2015
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, AB 32, environmental justice, cap-and-trade, offsets

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Climate Change, Consumption, and Cities

Fordham Urban Law Journal, 2009, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2009-01
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2009
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, local government, greenhouse gas reduction, land use

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Climate, Energy, Justice: The Policy Path to a Just Transition for an Energy-Hungry America

U of Houston Law Center 2021-W-1
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 04 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2021
Victor Byers Flatt, Shalanda Helen Baker, Daniel A. Farber, Robert L. Glicksman, Alice Kaswan, Alexandra B. Klass, Christine A. Klein, Joel A. Mintz, Dan Rohlf, Karen C. Sokol, Joseph P. Tomain, Sandra B. Zellmer, Sarah Krakoff, Uma Outka, Dave Owen, Alejandro E. Camacho and Hannah Jacobs Wiseman
University of Houston Law Center, Northeastern University - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, University of San Francisco - School of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Lewis & Clark Law School, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, University of Cincinnati - College of Law, University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Colorado Law School, University of Kansas - School of Law, UC Hastings Law, University of California, Irvine, School of Law, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR) and Penn State Law – University Park
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climate change, climate justice, energy, energy policy, climate policy, electricity, electricity policy, transportation

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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
University of Houston Law Center, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 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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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, University of Houston Law Center, 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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Greening the Grid and Climate Justice

Environmental Law, Vol. 39, 2009, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2010-03
Number of pages: 140 Posted: 05 Feb 2010
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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energy law, energy policy, alternative energy, green energy, environmental justice, climate justice, climate change, global warming

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The Clean Power Plan: Issues to Watch

Center for Progressive Reform Issue Alert, No. 1506, August 2015, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2015-50, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-50, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-43
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 12 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2016
Alice Kaswan, William W. Buzbee, David M. Driesen, Kirsten H. Engel, Victor Byers Flatt, Robert L. Glicksman, Emily Hammond, Alexandra B. Klass, Thomas Owen McGarity, Melissa Powers and Joseph P. Tomain
University of San Francisco - School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Syracuse University College of Law, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Houston Law Center, George Washington University - Law School, George Washington University - Law School, University of Minnesota Law School, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School and University of Cincinnati - College of Law
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Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Clean Air Act, federalism, environmental justice, energy, cap-and-trade, offsets

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Controlling Power Plants: The Co-Pollutant Implications of EPA's Clean Air Act § 111(d) Options for Greenhouse Gases

Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 32, No. 173, 2014, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2014-17
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2014
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, Clean Air Act, pollution, environment, Section 111(d), cap-and-trade, environmental justice

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California Climate Policies Serving Climate Justice

ABA Natural Resources & Environment Journal 12 (Spring 2019), Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2020-10
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 20 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2020
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, climate justice, environmental justice, California climate policy, state climate policy, global warming

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Decentralizing Cap-and-Trade? State Controls within a Federal Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program

Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 28, 2010, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2010-22
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 27 May 2010 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2013
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, federalism, offsets, regulation, cap-and-trade programs, air pollution, states rights, greenhouse gases

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Adaptation Justice

Daniel A. Farber & Marjan Peeters, eds., Encyclopedia of Environmental Law: Climate Change Law, Edward Elgar, 2016, Forthcoming, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2016-06
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2016
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate justice, climate adaptation, global warming, climate change, international development, environmental justice, corrective justice, distributive justice

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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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Energy, Governance, and Market Mechanisms

72 Miami L. Rev. 476 (2018)., Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2018-08
Number of pages: 105 Posted: 06 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2018
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, democracy, cap-and-trade, carbon tax, carbon pricing, climate justice, environmental justice

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Climate Adaptation and Land Use Governance: The Vertical Axis

Columbia Journal of Environmental Law Vol. 39, No. 2014, Forthcoming, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2014-31
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 19 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2014
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, land use, climate adaptation, federalism

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Decentralizing Cap-and-Trade? The Question of State Stringency

San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law, Vol. 1, 2009, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2009-19
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 03 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2010
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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environmental law, climate change, federalism, states’ rights, global warming, cap-and-trade

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A Broader Vision for Climate Policy: Lessons from California

9 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 83 (2017-2018)
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 06 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2018
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, climate justice, cap-and-trade

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'Carbon Pricing: Essential but Insufficient'

Center for Progressive Reform, July 2019, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2020-11
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2020
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, market mechanisms, carbon tax, cap-and-trade, energy, electricity, climate policy

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Environmental Laws: Grist for the Equal Protection Mill

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 2, 1999
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Sep 2007
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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Equal Protection Clause, environmental justice movement, environmental justice, environmental law

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Creating Home: Multilevel Governance Structures for Emerging Climate Migration

Temple Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 735, 2021, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Oct 2021
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change; adaptation; climate change, global warming, affordable housing, federalism, cooperative federalism, land use policy, migration

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Climate Justice and the Social Pillar in California’s Climate Policies

THE CAMBRIDGE HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Sumudu A. Atapattu, Carmen G. Gonzalez, and Sara L. Seck, eds, 2021), Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Jul 2021
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, climate mitigation, climate justice, sustainable development, California climate policy, state climate policy, environmental justice, global warming

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Untapped Potential: The Carbon Reductions Left Out of EPA's Clean Power Plan

The Center for Progressive Reform, (2016), CPR Paper 1607, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2016-26
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2016
Alice Kaswan and Kirsten H. Engel
University of San Francisco - School of Law and University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law
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climate change, power sector, greenhouse gases, Clean Power Plan, electricity sector, Clean Air Act

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Statutory Purpose in the Rollback Wars

71 Hastings Law Journal 1177 (2020), Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2020-12
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Aug 2020
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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climate change, global warming, air pollution, administrative agencies, statutory interpretation, vehicle standards, air pollutioncomma separated]