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20 Pac. McGeorge Global Bus. & Dev. L.J. 61 (2007)
The Implications of the New Old Federalism in Climate-Change Legislation: How to Function in a Global Marketplace When States Take the Lead

handle is hein.journals/tranl20 and id is 63 raw text is: The Implications of the New Old Federalism in Climate- Change Legislation: How to Function in a Global Marketplace When States Take the Lead Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. * and Thomas D. Peterson** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 62 II. THE NEW OLD FEDERALISM ..................................................................... 64 III. STATE CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMS: LETTING A THOUSAND FLOWERS B LO O M ...................................................................................................... 70 A . The Issue ............................................................................................. 70 B. The Variety of Approaches and the Process in State Programs .......... 72 IV. ADVANTAGES OF STATE-LED APPROACHES-THINKING GLOBALLY WHILE ACTING LOCALLY .......................................................................... 87 A. Bottom-up Decision-making and Greater Stakeholder Involvement ....... 87 B. More Narrowly Focused Targets and Strategies ................................ 87 C . F lexibility ............................................................................................ . . 88 D. Ability to Innovate with Less Severe Consequences ............................ 88 E. Police Power Not Subject to Federal Constitutional Limitations ..... 89 V. PROBLEMS WITH A STATE-LED APPROACH .................................................... 89 A . Lack of Consistency .............................................................................. 89 B. Uneven Performance ........................................................................... 92 C. Limitations on State Authority ............................................................ 92 1. Jurisdictional Lim itations .............................................................. 92 2. Constitutional and Statutory Limitations on State Power ............... 93 VI. HOW TO ACCOMMODATE STATE INITIATIVES IN A FEDERAL SYSTEM-THE OLD TRUNCATED FEDERALISM ..................................... 97 A. Existing Clean Air Act Mechanisms to Accommodate the New Old Federalism in Climate Change Programs .......................................... 97 • Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. is the Maurice K. Goddard Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources Conservation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. He is also Of Counsel to the law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, where he was formerly the Co-Partner in Charge of its Environmental Law Practice Group. ** Thomas D. Peterson is a Senior Research Associate at the Penn State Department of Geography and Adjunct Professor at the Dickinson-Penn State Law School. He also serves as Executive Director of the Center for Climate Strategies, a nonprofit center specializing in assistance to state officials in the formulation of state climate change policies and plans.

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