Great Lakes Law

The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change: United States and International Aspects

The American Bar Association has just published The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change: United States and International Aspects. This massive volume (just under 900 pages), edited by Michael B. Gerrard and Katrina Fischer Kuh, has twenty-five chapters covering the landscape of legal issues regarding climate change adaptation. Here’s the publisher’s description: The laws that attempt to reduce climate change are well known. But what about laws to deal with the climate change that will... Read more →

United States and Canada sign new Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

After three years of negotiations and several limited opportunities for public input, the United States and Canada have signed a new Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was initiated pursuant to the Boundary Waters Treaty and first signed in 1972 by President Richard Nixon and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The 1972 agreement focused on phosphorus pollution and created a precedent for environmental leadership by the International Joint Commission. The Great... Read more →