32 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 209 (2007)
Global Warming and Market Share Liability: A Proposed Model for Allocating Tort Damages among CO2 Producers

handle is hein.journals/cjel32 and id is 213 raw text is: Global Warming and Market Share Liability: A Proposed Model for Allocating Tort Damages among CO2 Producers DanielJ. Grimm In tro d u ctio n ....................................................................................................... 209 I. A N ote on C ausation ...................................................................................... 211 II. A T heory of L iability ..................................................................................... 215 A. Volum e and Risk Proportionality ............................................................ 218 B . B alancing Social U tility ............................................................................. 221 C. The Problem of Absent Causes ................................................................ 224 III. A Proposed Model for Apportioning Damages among a Class of CO2 P ro d u cers ..................................................................................................... 232 A . Background and Theory .......................................................................... 232 B. A M ethod for Allocating Dam ages .......................................................... 236 IV . C o n clu sio n ................................................................................................... 250 INTRODUCTION The growing focus on global warming as a serious public policy issue has amplified the role of the courts in addressing the fallout of climate change.1 The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency found that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has statutory authority to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from motor vehicles as air pollution under the Clean Air Act.2 Several less-visible lawsuits * J.D. Candidate 2007, Columbia Law School; B.A. International Relations 2004, Michigan State University; Finance Editor 2006-07, Columbia Business Law Review. I would like to thank Geoff Roughton and April Day for their editing and production assistance. t Best Student Writing Prize Winner 2006-07 (co-winner with Vivian H.W. Wang, Investor Protection or Environmental Protection? GreenDevelopment under CAFI'A, 32 COLUM.J. ENVTL. L. 251 (2007)). 1. Increasing public concern about global warming is fuelling lawsuits based on climate change. Adele Nichols, Warming Trend: Government and Private Plaintiffs Get Creative with Climate Change Litigation, 12/06 INSIDE COUNS. 18 (2006). 2. 127 S. Ct. 1438 (2007).

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