Publications and Speaking

Books and treatises

Carbon Trading Law and Practice

A practical guide to United States and international carbon emissions trading, climate change regulation, carbon credit project development, and financing — written for practitioners, developers, and investors.

Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0199732210.

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Texas Environmental Law

Author, Indoor Air and Vapor Intrusion chapter. Thomson Reuters, Texas Practice Series, volumes 45–46 — contributed by members of the environmental section of the State Bar of Texas.

Teaching

Adjunct Professor, University of Texas at Austin School of Law — Climate Change Law, four years.

Presentations

Renewable energy and storage

• Negotiating Solar Leases: Issues for Developers and Landowners — University of Texas School of Law Renewable Energy Conference (January 2020)
• Keys to Developing Solar Projects in Texas (February 2020)
• On-the-Ground Realities of Renewable Energy — Harvard Club (February 2020)
• Behind the Meter Energy Storage — University of Texas School of Law Renewable Energy Conference (January 2018)
• Renewables and the Micro Grid — Utility Supply Management Alliance Conference (May 2017)

Blockchain and emerging technology

• Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Smart Contracts and Oil and Gas — Dallas Bar Association, Energy Law: Review of Oil & Gas Law (August 2018)
• Why Smart Contracts Matter? — Blockchain Conference, University of Texas at Dallas (July 2018)
• Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Smart Contracts and the Law — Dallas Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section (March 2018)

Climate change and greenhouse gas regulation

• EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulation: Clash with Texas — TexasBarCLE (October 2010)
• Climate Change Nuisance Litigation — Strafford (June 2010)
• EPA's New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule and the Second Circuit's Ruling on Public Nuisance Claims — Strafford (November 2009)

Oil, gas, and shale

• View from the Defense — Shale Gas and Hydraulic Fracturing: Defending or Pursuing Private Tort Actions — Strafford (July 2012)
• Managing Environmental Risk for Successful Oil and Gas Shale Investment — EUIC (February 2012)
• Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Gas Drilling — Bureau of National Affairs (May 2011)
• Environmental Factors in Oil and Gas Operations — Advanced International Program in Oil and Gas Financial Management, University of Texas at Dallas (May 2010)
• Environmental Regulation of Shale Gas Development — Ecology and Environment, Marcellus Shale seminar (October 2009)
• Oil and Water: The Relationship of Groundwater and Oil and Gas Exploration and Production — Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law (June 2008)

Contaminated property and wetlands

• Vapor Intrusion Regulation in Texas
• Mitigating Environmental Liability from Construction Debris and Contaminated Soil — Strafford (December 2013)
• Wetlands Challenges and Use of Mitigation Bank Credits — Lorman (May 2013)

Articles

• The Emerging Mutual Dependence of Energy and Blockchain Technologies (July 2018)
• Blockchain Coming to Energy Markets, Faster Than You Think (October 2017)
• How Disruptive Technology Can Provide Money-Making Emissions Reductions — Texas Lawyer (November 2015)
• Financing Shale Development: Managing Environmental Issues — Financier Worldwide (May 2012)

Recent writing on ERCOT and data center power, renewable energy leases, battery storage regulation, and legal technology is collected under Articles.

Professional leadership

• Institute for Energy Law — member; former Chair, Power and Alternative Energy Committee
• American Bar Association — founder and former Chair, Environmental Disclosure Committee
• State Bar of Texas — Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, board of the Environmental Committee (1998–2001)
• Dallas Bar Association — Chair, Environmental Law Section (1997); Executive Council (1991–1997)
• Bureau of National Affairs — former Texas Representative, State Law Advisory Committee, Environmental Due Diligence Guide