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Innovation, Management Systems and Trading Committee - Newsletter Archive

Vol. 9, No. 1 - May 2009

In this issue:

Message from the Chair: Information As Innovation
Irma S. Russell…1

Mainstreaming Innovation
LeRoy Paddock…3

Going Green? Take a Closer Look at the Issue of Greenwashing As Spelled Out in the Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guides
Michelle Diffenderfer and Keri-Ann C. Baker…4

How Cap-and-Trade Legislation Can More Effectively Foster Community Partnerships
Michael D. Wallander…6

Electrical Grid and Innovation: Improvements That Are Needed to Expand Use of Distributed Generation and Renewable Energy
Neil M. Peretz…8

The Montreal Protocol: Greenhouse Gas Success Story
Catherine Ware Kilduff…9

Transmission Investment Key to Continued Renewable Energy Growth
Brian Buie…10

Solar Energy: A Mediterranean Approach
Anthony Craiker…12

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Vol. 8, No. 1- July 2008

In this issue:

From the Editor: Sustainable Supply Chain Strategies
Michael Wallander…1

The Global Private Governance Response to Climate Change
Michael P. Vandenbergh…2

Carbon in the Supply Chain: The Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration
Paul Dickinson…5

Using Management Systems and Process Improvements to Create a Sustainable Supply Chain
John Kinsella…8

Reach and the Sustainable Use of Industrial Chemicals
Tzvi Levinson and Christina Folman…10

ICLEI—The Power of Green Procurement by Local Governments
Annie Strickler…13

Small Steps to a Greener Law Firm
Yalmaz Siddiqui…16

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Vol. 7, No. 1 - November 2006

Message from the Chair
Lee Paddock…1

Notes from the Editor
David A. Savage…2

Environmental Management Systems at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Susanne M. Savely…3

Colleges and Universities Turn to EMS When Faced with Enforcement
Laurie Cecere, Molly McGovern and Tom Balf…5

Clean Texas’ Environmental Management System
De’ Anne Meeh and Sean Wilson…8

Government Agencies Realize Benefits from Third-Party Certification of Environmental Management Systems
John C. Shideler, Ph.D.…14

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Vol. 6, No. 2 - July 2006

Message from the Chair
Joseph Dawley…1

The Kyoto Flexibility Mechanisms and the Lawyer’s Role
Dennis D. Hirsch…3

Europe ’s GHG Emissions Trading Scheme: Assessing the First Year
Steve McMillen…7

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: The First Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Trading Program in the United States
Andrew S. Bergman…10

Contracting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Overview of the Basic Components of Trading and Transferring
Michael E. Heintz…14

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading, Environment Integrity and Project-Based Additionality: A Three-Legged Stool
Dr. Mark C. Trexler, Laura H. Kosloff, Derik J. Broekhoff…16

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Vol. 6, No. 1 - December 2005

Message form the Chair
Joseph Dawley...1

Notes from the Editor
David A. Savage...2

Why Should Environmental Lawyers Care About Ecosystem Services?
J.B. Ruhl...3

Hurricane Katrina, Ecosystem Services and Regulatory Innovation
Dennis D. Hirsch...5

New York City: Clean Water Services from the Watershed
Howard J. Hoffman...6

Incentivizing Land Conservation: Carrots and Sticks
Bradley I. Raffle...11

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Vol. 5, No. 2 - August 2005

From the Editor: Mainstreaming Leadership Programs
Lee Paddock...1

The Value from Implementing Responsible Care® is Adding Up
Amy L. DuVall...3

Wisconsin's Green Tier Leadership Program
Mary Woolsey Schlaefer, Esq....5

Rewarding Top Performers: Learning from EPA's Performance Track
Charles W. Kent...13

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Vol. 5, No. 1 - February 2005

Message from the Chair
Joseph Dawley...1

Notes from the Editor
Lee Paddock...3

EPA's New Strategy for Determining the Role of EMSs in Regulatory Programs
George Wyeth and Jon Silberman...4

Moving Environmental Regulation in a New Direction: The Environmental Management System Model
Jill Cooper...8

The Environmental Performance Ladder
Helen Waldorf...13

Environmental Management Systems: Managing Sarbanes-Oxley and Environmental Risk
A.W. Armstrong and Thomas P. Kunes...16

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Vol. 4, No. 3 - August 2004

Message from the Chair
Dennis Hirsch...1

Message from the Editor
Joseph M. Dawley...2

Wisconsin's Environmental Cooperation Pilot Program: Comments of a Participating Company
Kristine A. Euclide...3

Wisconsin's Green Tier Law
Scott Hassett, Esq., Sen. Neal Kedzie and Rep. Mark Miller...10

Get Out of the Way of EMS Developments
Dennis H. Treacy, Esq....18

EPA's Latest EMS Policy Provides Opportunities for Innovative Organizations
Todd Palmer, Esq....21

Section Calendar...26

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Vol. 4, No. 2 - June 2004

Message from the Chair
Dennis Hirsch...1

Message from the Editor
Joseph M. Dawley...1

Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Accounting and Registry Issues: The Enabling Infrastructure for GHG Emission Trading
James A. Holtkamp...3

Agents of Change? How Attorneys in the U.S. May Play a Vital Role in the GHG Trading Market
Patrick R. Esposito II, Esq....8

Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Requirements & Permit Trading in Europe: Assess Your Risk & Optimal Strategy
Andrew D. Otis, Esq....12

State Greenhouse Gas Standards: A Review and Analysis
Paige Messec...17

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Vol. 4, No. 1 - January 2004

Message from the Chair
Dennis Hirsch...1

Message from the Editor
Joseph M. Dawley...1

Environmental Enforcement in the Face of Diminished Resources: A Summary and Analysis of Incentives to Implement Environmental Management Systems
Allison F. Gardner...3

Second Generation Environmental Initiatives in the Mining Industry: Coal and Mineral Producers Embrace Pollution Prevention as a Core Value
Lawrence D. Emerson...9

Environmental Management Systems: The Investor Perspective
Andrew Bregle...13

Are EMSs the Answer?
Jennifer Nash...17

Environmental Management Systems: A Mining Industry Perspective
Tony B. Szwilski...23

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Vol. 3, No. 3 - August 2003

Message from the Chair
Dennis Hirsch

Message from the Editor
Joseph M. Dawley

E-Government and the Environment: New Opportunities for Policy and Public Participation
Thomas C. Beierle

The Northwest Collaborative Air Priorities Project: A Working Model for the Stakeholder Process
Margaret Yowell Hall, Esq.

PBLAC Public Service Pilot Underway
Brenda Hustis Gotanda

Report Summary: Building Capacity to Participate in Environmental Protection Agency Activities - a Needs Assessment and Analysis
Kristin A. Scali, Esq.

The Pathologies of Consensus-Building
Cary Coglianese, Esq.

Environmental Policy Through Shareholder Resolutions
James R. Barrett, Esq. and Ahmad E. Nassar

New from ABA Publishing

Calendar of Section Events

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Vol. 3, No. 2 - May 2003

Message from the Chair
Dennis Hirsch

Message from the Editor
Joseph M. Dawley

Making Water Quality Trading a Real World Option
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn

Towards Better Bubbles: What Does EPA’s Water Quality Trading Policy Have to Do with Fish Sticks and Thermometers?
Rena Steinzor

The Sting: How Louisiana’s Emission Credit Trading System Dirties the Air
Adam Babich

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading in the European Union
Matt Kittell and Ned Helme

Emission Trading and Allowance Distribution
Dallas Burtraw

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Vol. 3, No. 1 - October 2002

Message from the Chair
Dennis Hirsch

Message from the Editor
Joseph Dawley

Oregon's Green Permits
William Funk

A Manifesto for the Radical Middle
J.B. Ruhl

EPA'S Colleges and Universities Initiative
Fern Fleischer Daves and Camille A. Corb

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Vol. 2, No. 3 - May 2002

Regulatory Reform Contracts and Regulatory Reform
William F. Pedersen

Reforming Permitting
Ruth Greenspan Bell

New Faces of Environmental Programs in Michigan
Kelie Caudell and Charles M. Denton, Esq.

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Vol. 2, No. 2 - February 2002

A Comprehensive Effort by the Mining and Minerals Sector to Promote Sustainable Development
Fern Fleischer Daves

The States' Approach to Second Generation Environmental Innovation in California and New Jersey
Jodi Smith

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Vol. 2, No. 1 - September 2001

The States' Approach to Second Generation Environmental Innovation: Illinois and Wisconsin

Second Generation Reform in Illinois - Innovation Pilot Program
Kevin B. Hynes, J.D., M.P.H.

Green Tier: Wisconsin's Second Generation Approach
Marylou Barton, J.D., M.B.A.

Environmental Permitting Innovations: A Top Ten List
Dennis D. Hirsch

ABA Resolution Encouraging Environmental Management Systems
Frank B. Friedman

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Vol. 1, No. 2 - April 2001

State and Federal Developments in Regulatory Innovation During 2000
Joseph M. Dawley and Charles B. Howland

United Egg Producers' Project XL
Patricia (“Pat”) Tidwell Wilkinson

ECOS and MSWG Call Upon Congress and the EPA to Modernize Environmental Protection in the United States
Jeff Smoller

The Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Management Systems: Overview of Organizational and State Activities
Jeff Smoller

Inserts
Environmental Council of the States - December 2000

Transition Letter to Dick Cheney

MSWG Letter to Congress - List of Names

MSWG Letter to Congress

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