Robert B. McKinstry

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Making the States Full Partners in a National Climate Change Effort: A Necessary Element for Sustainable Economic Development

Environmental Law Reporter, 2010, Widener Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-08
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2015
John C. Dernbach, Robert B. McKinstry and Thomas D. Peterson
Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, Independent and Center for Climate Strategies
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climate change, Clean Air Act, federalism, legislation, Massachusetts v. EPA, greenhouse gas emissions, states, sustainable development, sustainability

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Energy Efficiency and Conservation: New Legal Tools and Opportunities

Widener Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-06
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 22 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2015
John C. Dernbach, Robert B. McKinstry and Darin Lowder
Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, Independent and Ballard Spahr LLP
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energy efficiency, energy conservation, climate change, sustainable development, sustainability, energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, taxation, tax credit, tax deduction

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Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Policy in the United States: Integrating Levels of Government and Economic Sectors

Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 26, 2007, Widener Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-20
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2015
John C. Dernbach, Thomas D. Peterson and Robert B. McKinstry
Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, Center for Climate Strategies and Independent
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climate change, Clean Air Act, federalism, legislation, Massachusetts v. EPA, greenhouse gas emissions, states

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Federal Climate Change Legislation as if the States Matter

Section of Natural Resources Law, Forthcoming, Widener Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-04
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2015
Robert B. McKinstry, John C. Dernbach and Thomas D. Peterson
Independent, Widener University - Commonwealth Law School and Center for Climate Strategies
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climate change, legislation,environment, clean air act, emmissions reductions, greenhouse gas

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UNFCCC, Clean Air Act,International law, statutory construction, obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Clean Power Plan

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Applying the Pennsylvania Environmental Rights Amendment Meaningfully to Climate Disruption

8 Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law 49, 2018, Widener Law Commonwealth Research Paper No. 18-06
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 16 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2019
John C. Dernbach and Robert B. McKinstry
Widener University - Commonwealth Law School and Independent
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Robinson Township, Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation, climate change, Paris Agreement, cap and trade, environmental law, environment, environmental, greenhouse gases, Environmental Rights Amendment, social cost of carbon, public trust

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Unpave a Parking Lot and Put up a Paradise: Using Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services to Achieve Cost-Effective Compliance

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Aug 2012
Robert B. McKinstry, H. Prior, Jennifer Drust, Ana Montalbán and Kimberly Magrini
Independent, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Unlocking Willpower and Ambition to Meet the Goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement (Part Two): The Potential for Legal Reform and Revision

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 47, No. 10135, 2017
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2018
Robert B. McKinstry, Thomas D. Peterson and Steven Chester
Independent, Center for Climate Strategies and Center for Climate Strategies
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UNFCCC, Paris Agreement, greenhouse gases, willpower, ambition, Clean Air Act, Clean Power Plan, NAAQS, mandatory duty, state climate planning, SIP, section 115

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The New Climate World: Achieving Economic Efficiency in a Federal System for GHG Regulation through State Planning

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 06 Mar 2009
Robert B. McKinstry, Thomas D. Peterson, Adam Rose and Dan Wei
Independent, Center for Climate Strategies, University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy
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climate change, state climate programs, federalism, GHG regulations, economic impacts, economic effects of climate regulation

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Brief of Amici Curiae Climate Scientists in Support of Petitioners, Massachussetts V. Epa, 415 F.3d 50 (D.C. Cir. 2005) (Aug. 31, 2006)

Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 05-1120
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Dec 2006
John C. Dernbach, Kirsten H. Engel, Robert B. McKinstry and Steph Tai
Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law, Independent and University of Wisconsin Law School
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climate change, Clean Air Act, Massachusetts v. EPA, Amicus brief, scientists, scientific certainty

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Viewing the Environmental Justice Critiques of Greenhouse Gas Auction-Cap-Trade-and-Invest Programs Through an Ethical Lens

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 13 Mar 2021
Robert B. McKinstry
Independent
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GHG, Greenhouse Gas, Cap-and-Trade, Environmental Justice, EJ, Ethics, California, RGGI, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

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How States Implement the Clean Power Plan is Critically Important to Industries Outside the Power Sector

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. & Ronald M. Varnum, State Implementation of the Clean Power Plan: Why It Matters to Industries Outside the Power Sector, 45 E.L.R. 11008 (Nov. 2015)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2017
Robert B. McKinstry and Ronald Varnum
Independent and Ballard Spahr LLP
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Clean Power Plan, greenhouse gases, climate change, pollution trading

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Unlocking Willpower and Ambition to Meet the Goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement (Part One): Shifting Needs of Law, Policy, and Economics

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 46, No. 11024, 2016
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Mar 2018
Thomas D. Peterson, Steven Chester and Robert B. McKinstry
Center for Climate Strategies, Center for Climate Strategies and Independent
Downloads 38 (711,207)

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UNFCCC, Paris Agreement, greenhouse gases, willpower, ambition

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From RPS to Carbon: An Evolutionary Proposal

Environmental Law Reporter, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 24 Jul 2020
Baird Brown and Robert B. McKinstry
eco(n)law LLC and Independent
Downloads 34 (738,940)

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Clean energy standard, CES, RPS, renewable, nuclear, CRS, climate change, climate disruption, carbon reduction standard, CRS, electricity generation, renewables, solar, wind, CCS, carbon capture and sequestration, greenhouse gases, GHG, emissions trading, market-based, carbon price,comma separated]