Victor Byers Flatt

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Coleman P. Burke Chair in Environmental Law; Associate Director, Burke Environmental Law Center

11075 East Boulevard

Cleveland, OH 44106-7148

United States

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1.

The Energy Transition Governance Research Materials

Energy Transition Governance Research Materials (ERM), 2020 DOI/10.6084/m9.figshare.12123792.v1
Number of pages: 165 Posted: 08 May 2020
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, University of Lyon 3, University of Houston Law Center, University of Houston Law CenterJean Moulin University Lyon 3 and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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energy transition, decabonization, carbon neutral, energy law, environment, natural resources, clean energy, just transition

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Regulatory Blowout: How Regulatory Failures Made the BP Disaster Possible, and How the System Can Be Fixed to Avoid a Recurrence

U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-49, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1685606
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 02 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2015
University of Florida Levin College of Law, University of Alabama - School of Law, City University of New York - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, Nova Southeastern University, Lewis & Clark College Paul L Boley Library, Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Cincinnati - College of Law, University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law and Center for Progressive Reform
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BP Oil Spill, Regulatory Policy, Natural Resources, Public Safety, OCSLA, NEPA, ESA, Precautionary Principle, Energy Policy

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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
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 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 Michigan Law School, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Lewis & Clark College Paul L Boley Library, affiliation not provided to SSRN, 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 Law, San Francisco, University of California, Irvine, School of Law, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR) and Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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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
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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Long Term Recovery in Disaster Response and the Role of Non-Profits

Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2013
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2015
Victor Byers Flatt and Jeffrey Stys
Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Strategic Decision Associates
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disaster, disaster law, non-profit, charity, disaster response, FEMA, Desastres, derecho sobre desastres, organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro, caridad, respuesta ante desastres, FEMA

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Climate Changes Property: Disasters, Decommodification, and Retreat

82 Ohio State Law Journal 331 (2021), U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-05
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 27 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2021
Michael Pappas and Victor Byers Flatt
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, adjustment failure costs, flood insurance, natural disasters, recurrent disasters, FEMA, NFIP, real estate markets

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environment, climate, climate change, federalism, private sector, corporations, multi-national corporations, local government, social norms, norm creation, public/private partnership, mayors, environmental law, corporate culture, advertising, personal reputation

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The Legislative Temperature for Climate Change

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Nov 2007
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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environment, environmental, climate, climate change, legislation, environmental law, environmental administration, carbon dioxide, tradeable emissions, carbon dioxide allocations, greenhouse gases, auctions, carbon tax, CO2 auction

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Let Us Drink Our Fill: The History of Water and its Impact on Resource and Environmental Management

Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Vol. 17, No. 3, March 2006, University of Houston Law Center Paper No. 2005-A-18
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 15 Dec 2005
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Environment, water, rights, property, resource, management, use

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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
George Washington University - Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, Independent, University of Alabama - School of Law, University of Kansas - 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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Disclosing the Danger: State Attorney Ethics Rules Meet Climate Change

Utah Law Review, U of Houston Law Center No. 2019-A-8
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2021
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, attorney ethics, greenhouse gas emissions, climate, environment, death

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Adapting Laws for a Changing World: A Systemic Approach to Climate Change Adaptation

Florida Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 269, 2012, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2042607
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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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
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, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, George Washington University - Law School, University of Michigan 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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Climate Change Adaptation: The Impact of Law in the Private Sector

Center for Progressive Reform, Briefing Paper No. 1209
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Aug 2012
Victor Byers Flatt and Ling-Yee Huang
Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Independent
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climate change, adaptation, private sector, insurance, zoning and land-use law, building codes, agriculture, property

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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
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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The Effects of State and Local Anti-Discrimination Policies on the Earnings of Gays and Lesbians

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 17, No. 4, 658-686 (1998)
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2016
Marieka M. Klawitter and Victor Byers Flatt
University of Washington - Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance and Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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gay, lesbian, earnings, same-sex, discrimination, anti-discrimination ordinances, sexual orientation, employment, housing

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Not One Without the Other: The Challenge of Integrating U.S. Environment, Energy, Climate, and Economic Policy

Environmental Law, Vol. 44, No. 4, 2014, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2429029
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2015
Victor Byers Flatt and Heather Payne
Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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integrated policy, energy policy, environmental policy, environment, energy, climate, climate change, climate change policy, economic development, legislation

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Environmental Enforcement in Dire Straits - 'There is No Protection for Nothing and No Data for Free'

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 2, 2009, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1424214
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Jun 2009
Victor Byers Flatt and Paul M. Collins
Case Western Reserve University School of Law and University of Massachusetts Amherst - Department of Political Science
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environment, enforcement, environmental enforcement, deterent based enforcement, cooperative based enforcement, environmental administration, environmental agency funding, agency funding, EPA, state environmental agencies

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Climate Change Risk Information Disclosure, Insurance, the Private Sector and the Role of Government

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2015
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate, adaptation, climate change, climate change adaptation, insurance, risk, regulation, environment

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Gasping for Breath: The Administrative Flaws of the Federal Hazardous Air Pollutant Program

Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 107, 2007, U of Houston Law Center Working Paper No. 2006-W-01
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 11 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2013
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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air, toxic, hazardous, pollution, chemical, petrochemical, clean air act, ambient

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Climate Change Common Law Nuisance Suits: A Legal-Efficiency Analysis

Environmental Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Aug 2019
Victor Byers Flatt and Richard O. Zerbe
Case Western Reserve University School of Law and University of Washington - Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
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climate, climate change, climate change litigation, nuisance, common law, economic efficiency, strict liability, regulation, pre-emption

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A Dirty River Runs Through it (the Failure of Enforcement in the Clean Water Act)

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1998
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Jan 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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state enforcement, environment, citizens suit, federalism, cooperative federalism, Clean Water Act, Georgia water act enforcement, Washington water act enforcement

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Technology Wags the Law: How Technological Solutions Changed the Perception of Environmental Harm and Law

Roger Brownsword, Eloise Scotford and Karen Yeung (eds); Oxford Handbook on the Law and Regulation of Technology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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technology, environmental control, technology forcing, environment, environmental law, regulation

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'Offsetting' Crisis? - Climate Change Cap and Trade Need Not Contribute to Another Financial Meltdown

Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 619, 2012, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2042639
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Apr 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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carbon trading, greenhouse gases, climate change, AB32, cap and trade, offsets, environment, environmental justice, environmental law, offsets, financial crisis, commodity, commodity trading

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The Enron Story and Environmental Policy

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 33, 10483, 2003
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Jan 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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environment, environmental policy, regulation, economic incentives, Enron, accounting, self-enforcement

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Curtailment First: Why Climate Change and the Energy Industry Suggest a New Allocation Paradigm is Needed for Water Utilized in Hydraulic Fracturing

University of Richmond Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 3, 2014, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2420041
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Victor Byers Flatt and Heather Payne
Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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hydraulic fracturing, fracking, water use, water quantity, energy, natural gas, environment, natural resources

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A Brazen Proposal: Increasing Affordable Housing Through Zoning and the Eminent Domain Powers

Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 7, p. 115, Spring 1994
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Jan 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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zoning, eminent domain, land use, housing, affordable, condemnation

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The Costs of Creating Environmental Markets: A Commodification Primer

9 U.C. Irvine Law Review (2019 Forthcoming), U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-03
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 06 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2019
Michael Pappas and Victor Byers Flatt
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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environmental management, severance costs, adjustment costs, command-and-control, laissez faire, market-based governance, rent seeking, regulatory tools

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The Benefits of Non-Delegation: Using the Non-Delegation Doctrine to Bring More Rigor to Benefit-Cost Analysis

U of Houston Law Center No. 2006-W-02
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Sep 2006
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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non-delegation, agency, benefit-cost, cost-benefit, separation, executive, legislative, environmental

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Environmental Markets

Environmental Decision Making (LeRoy C. Paddock, Robert L. Glicksman, & Nicholas S. Bryner, eds.) (Edward Elgar, Encyclopedia of Environmental Law series), 2016, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Mar 2016
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Environmental markets, market-based control strategies, economic incentives, cap-and-trade, environmental trading systems, clean air act market-based trading systems, acid rain control strategies, Kyoto Protocol, wetlands banking, ecosystem services, ecosystem stacking, tragedy of the commons

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The 'Worst Case' May Be the Best: Rethinking NEPA Law to Avoid Future Environmental Disasters

6 Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal 181 (Vol. 2. 2011), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2055239
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 May 2012 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2014
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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C(r)ap and Trade: The Brave New World of Non-Point Source Nutrient Trading and Using Lessons from Greenhouse Gas Markets to Make It Work

Houston Law Review, Vol. 52, p. 301, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 26 May 2013 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2015
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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clean water act, NPDES, TMDL, pollution trading, nutrient pollution trading, water pollution trading, environmental pollution markets, pollution markets, offsets, greenhouse gas markets

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Too Big to Jail or Too Abstract (or Rich) to Care

Maryland Law Review, Vol. 72, p. 101, 2013, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2269808
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 May 2013
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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environmental law, environmental enforcement, communitarian ideals, climate change, environmental rights, economic disparity, individualization, cost-benefit analysis

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Paving the Legal Path for Carbon Sequestration

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, Vol. 19, No. 211, 2009
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Sep 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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coal, carbon capture and sequestration, coal-fired power plant, sub-surface property space, energy production

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Restating Environmental Law

Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 40, 2015, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2516075
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Oct 2014
University of Houston Law Center, University of Maryland - Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Nova Southeastern University
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environmental, law, natural resources, energy, American Law Institute, ALI, Restatement, Project, Principles

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Frozen in Time: The Ossification of Environmental Statutory Change and the Theatre of the (Administrative) Absurd

Fordham Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 24, No. 125, 2013
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 May 2013
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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environmental law, administrative law, Clean Air Act, legislative process, environmental complexity, rulemaking, standard of review, reviewing courts, court competency

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Unsettled: How Climate Change Challenges a Foundation of Our Legal System, and Adapting the Legal State

2016 Brigham Young University Law Review 1397 (Vol. 5 2017)
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2019
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, climate, adaptation, law, legal history, finality, repose, settlement, settled doctrine

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Focus and Fund: Executing Our Way to a Federal Climate Change Adaptation Plan

Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2014, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2420038
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 01 May 2014
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, adaptation, climate change adaptation, executive action, resilience, disaster response, environmental law, federal agencies

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Adaptation, Legal Resiliency, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 89, No. 1499, 2011
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Apr 2012
Victor Byers Flatt and Jeremy Tarr
Case Western Reserve University School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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climate change adaptation, adaptation, resiliency, Army Corps, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, water, water storage, water management, multiple use, environment, environmental law, water law

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What is the Best Formula to Protect the Environment in Electricity Restructuring

Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 1, p. 221, Symposium 2005 , U of Houston Law Center No. 2006-A-19
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Sep 2006
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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electricity, environment, climate change, air, energy, pollution, deregulation, restructuring

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Federal Parameters on the Definition of Avoided Cost Under PURPA and Legal Methods Currently Used and Acceptable Under PURPA Application for States to Encourage or Discourage Distributed Generation

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2019
Victor Byers Flatt, Seth Yeazel and Miles Wobbleton
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Law, Students
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electricity, renewable energy, distributed generation, solar power, wind power, microgrids, PURPA, energy

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Should the Circle Be Unbroken?: A Review of the Honorable Stephen Breyer's 'Breaking the Vicious Circle: Toward Effective Risk Regulation'

Environmental Law, Vol. 24, No. 1707, 1994
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Apr 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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risk regulation, economics, environmental regulation, environment, toxic torts, RCRA

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Law, Policy, and the Future of Solar Financing

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2904343
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Jan 2017
Heather Payne and Victor Byers Flatt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy, Electricity, Finance, Solar Finance, Environmental Finance, Environment

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The Human Environment of the Mind: Correcting Nepa Implementation by Treating Environmental Philosophy and Environmental Risk Allocation as Environmental Values Under Nepa

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 46, pp. 85-123, November 1994
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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NEPA, environment, environmental law, risk, risk allocation, environmental philosophy, harm

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Holding Polluters Accountable in Times of Climate and COVID Risk: The Problems with 'Emergency' Enforcement Waivers

12 San Diego Journal of Environment & Energy Law 1 (2021)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Apr 2021
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Enforcement waiver, emergency waiver, COVID, climate emergency, enforcement, environmental enforcement

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From DNA to PVC: The 'Everything' Policy of Climate Change

4 Wake Forest Law and Policy Journal (2014), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2429001
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 26 Apr 2014
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, global warming, environmental law, energy

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This Land is Your Land (Our Right to the Environment)

West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 107, 2004
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2016
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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environment, torts, property, rights, entitlement, common law

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Federal Pricing of Carbon – A Snapshot from February 2018

UHLC EENR Center – UH Energy Initiative White Paper Series 2018
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Sep 2018
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, carbon, carbon pricing, environment, climate, cap and trade, carbon tax, greenhouse gases

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More than Winners and Losers: The Importance of Moving Climate and Environmental Policy Debate Toward a More Transparent Process

97 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 26 (2013)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 31 May 2013
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, climate change winners, environmental policy, environmental debate, global warming, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, J.B. Ruhl

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Adapting Energy and Environmental Policy for Climate Change

Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 11, No. 655, 2010, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2165342
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 Oct 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, energy, environment, energy law, energy policy, environmental law

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Clearing Some Worldwide Haze: Daniel Bodansky's The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law

Victor B. Flatt, Clearing Some Worldwide Haze: Daniel Bodansky's The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law, 10 Santa Clara J. Int'l L. 221 (2013)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 May 2013
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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environmental law, international environmental law, moral suasion, UNFCCC, climate change, climate change negotiations

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Will the Means Justify the End of Environmental Law? Environmental Law Must Undergo Reasoned Legislative Debate

Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 9, 2019, U of Houston Law Center No. 2019-A-6
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 05 Mar 2019
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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environmental law, environment, climate, climate change, policy debate, statutory amendments, Endangered Species Act

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Disclosing the Danger

37 Environmental Law Institute Environmental Forum 38 (Jan./Feb. 2020)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 Apr 2020
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, attorney ethics, client confidentiality, disclosure

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Notice and Comments for Nonprofit Organizations

55 Rutgers L. Rev. 65 (Fall 2002)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2013
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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nonprofit, organization, board, governance

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Spare the Rod and Spoil the Law: Why the Clean Water Act Has Never Grown Up

University of Houston Law Center Paper No. 2004-05
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2013
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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OSHA Regulation of Low-Exposure Carcinogens: A New Approach to Judicial Analysis of Scientific Evidence

Seattle University Law Review, Vol. 14, p. 283, 1991
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Jan 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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OSHA, toxics, carcinogen, risk, benzene, AFL-CIO, scientific uncertainty, judicial masters

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He Should at His Peril Keep it There: How the Common Law Tells Us that Risk Based Corrective Action is Wrong

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, p. 341, 2001
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Dec 2011
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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torts, CERCLA, RBCA, RCRA, risk based corrective action, common law, environmental law, pollution

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Rotting Under the Bridge: How False Data is Polluting Administrative Rulemaking

Columbia Journal of Environmental Law Vol. 48, No. 216, U of Houston Law Center No. 2022-A-11
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Victor Byers Flatt and Nicholas Bryner
Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Louisiana State University
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Administrative Law, Clean Water Act, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Administrative Procedure Act

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Saving the Lost Sheep: Bringing Environmental Values Back into the Fold with a New EPA Decision Making Paradigm

Washington Law Review, Vol. 74, p. 1, 1999
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Dec 2011
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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environment, values, EPA, cost benefit, administrative law, law, environmental policy

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The History of State Action in the Environmental Realm: A Presumption against Pre-Emption in Climate Change Law?

1 San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law 63 (2009), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2158965
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Oct 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, environment, preemption, federalism

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Environmental 'Contraction' for America (or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the EPA)

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 29, p. 585, 1996
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 16 Jan 2012
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Newt Gingrich, Congress, law, contract with america, EPA, executive branch, environment, environmental enforcement

62.

Getting “Woke” Out of Business - Is Attorney Anti-ESG Anti-Ethical?

Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-9
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 May 2025
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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ESG, sustainability, Corporate social responsibility, Environment Social and Governance, Anti-ESG, ethics, rules of professional conduct, ABA Model Rules, Environment, Environmental Law, Business Reporting

63.

The New NEPA? - A Case Study In Congressional Frustration

Case Western Reserve Law Review: Volume 75, Issue 1, 2024, Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-7
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 May 2025
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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NEPA, statutory interpretation, environment, legislation, infrastructure, Supreme Court

64.

Attorney Responsibility for Climate Change?

Environmental Forum, Volume 41, Issue 6, p. 41, 2024, Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-8
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 06 May 2025
Victor Byers Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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climate change, attorney responsibility, greenhouse gases, emissions, ethics, scope 4