On March 10, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Lisa Jackson, signed proposed regulations that would mandate the annual reporting of greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions by 13,000 major private sources.  The regulations would cover all sectors of the economy.  These reporting regulations are an important step towards cap-and-trade regulation.

The Federalist Society and The Vanderbilt Climate Change Research Network present, "A Conversation on Climate Change Policy: A Look Ahead at 2009," with Professor Michael Vandenbergh, an advocate of comprehensive federal and international climate change regulation including a cap-and-trade system, and Professor Jonathan Adler, an advocate of a carbon tax system for addressing greenhouse gas emissions.

Two-thousand-and-eight was, relatively speaking, not a blockbuster year for any major federal environmental initiatives. The Supreme Court issued a ruling in just one significant environmental case and eff orts to enact legislation on key environmental priorities failed. Indeed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), while busy, promulgated just a few regulations which caught national attention....

The February 2009 issue of Engage is now online. Engage provides original scholarship on current, important legal and policy issues. Through its publication, we aim to contribute to the marketplace of ideas in a way that is collegial, measured, and insightful—and hope to spark a higher level of debate and discussion than is all too often found in today’s legal community. [Read now!]