Michael P. Vandenbergh

Publications

• The Energy and Environmental Footprint of AI
  15 MICH. J. ENVTL. & ADMIN. L. 194 (2026) · Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law · 2026
• Filling the Sackett Gap: The Private Governance Option
  Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present) · 2025
• Disclosure of Private Climate Transition Risks
  63 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1695 (2022) · William & Mary Law Review · 2022
• Oversight Riders
  97 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 127 (2021) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2021
• The Pandemic Legacy: Accounting for Working-from-Home Emissions
  48 ECOLOGY L. Q. 767 (2021) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2021
• The New Revolving Door
  70 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 1121 (2020) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2020
• Essay: Forks In the Road
  31 DUKE ENVTL. L. & POL'Y F. 163 (2020) · Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum · 2020
• Social Checks and Balances: A Private Fairness Doctrine
  73 VAND. L. REV. 811 (2020) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2020
• Beyond Wickedness: Managing Complex Systems and Climate Change
  73 VAND. L. REV. 1777 (2020) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2020

• Private Governance Responses to Climate Change: The Case of Global Civil Aviation
  30 FORDHAM ENVTL. L. REV. (2018) · Fordham Environmental Law Review · 2018
• Keynote: Motivating Private Climate Governance: The Role of the Efficiency Gap
  71 ARK. L. REV. 349 (2018) · Arkansas Law Review · 2018
• Prospective Grandfathering: Anticipating the Energy Transition Problem
  102 MINN. L. REV. 1019 (2018) · Minnesota Law Review · 2018
• Lamarck Revisited: The Implications of Epigenetics for Environmental Law
  7 MICH. J. ENVTL. & ADMIN. L. 1 (2017) · Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law · 2017
• Reconceptualizing the Future of Environmental Law: The Role of Private Climate Governance
  32 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 382 (2015) · Pace Environmental Law Review · 2015
• Climate Change: Leveraging Legacy
  42 ECOLOGY L. Q. 139 (2015) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2015
• Private Environmental Governance
  99 CORNELL L. REV. 129 (2013) · Cornell Law Review · 2013
• An Empirical Assessment of Corporate Environmental Crime-Control Strategies
  103 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 231 (2013) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2013
• Good for You, Bad for Us: The Financial Disincentive for Net Demand Reduction
  65 VAND. L. REV. 1527 (2012) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2012
• Symposium - Supply and Demand: Barriers to a New Energy Future
  65 VAND. L. REV. 1447 (2012) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2012
• Macro-Risks: The Challenge for Rational Risk Regulation
  21 DUKE ENVTL. L. & POL'Y F. 401 (2011) · Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum · 2011
• Regulation in the Behavioral Era
  95 MINN. L. REV. 715 (2011) · Minnesota Law Review · 2011

• Legitimacy, Selectivity, and the Disunitary Executive: A Reply to Sally Katzen
  105 MICH. L. REV. 1511 (2007) · Michigan Law Review · 2007
• Inside the Administrative State: A Critical Look at the Practice of Presidential Control
  105 MICH. L. REV. 47 (2006) · Michigan Law Review · 2006
• From Smokestack to SUV: The Individual as Regulated Entity in the New Era of Environmental Law
  57 VAND. L. REV. 515 (2004) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2004

• An Alternative to Ready, Fire, Aim: A New Framework to Link Environmental Targets in Environmental Law
  85 KY. L.J. (1997) · Kentucky Law Journal · 1997

• The Rutabaga That Ate Pittsburgh: Federal Regulation of Free Release Biotechnology
  72 VA. L. REV. 1529 (1986) · Virginia Law Review · 1986