Michael P. Vandenbergh

Professor Vandenbergh is the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School. An award-winning teacher, Professor Vandenbergh has published numerous articles and book chapters on private environmental governance and household energy use. Beyond Gridlock, his article on private climate governance, won the Morrison Prize as the top sustainability article in North America in 2015. Prior to joining the Vanderbilt faculty he was a partner at Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C., and he served as Chief of Staff of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1993-95. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard and the University of Chicago, and his research has been discussed in major media outlets such as National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, National Geographic, USA Today, and the Washington Post.

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Link to Beyond Politics Website:

https://www.beyondpoliticsbook.com

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Links to Related Articles:

"Beyond Gridlock" (winner of the 2017 Morrison Prize)

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2533643

"Private Environmental Governance"

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2237515

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Links to Op-Eds and Blog Posts:

The Private Sector Can Cut Billions of Tons of Carbon, Salon.com: http://www.salon.com/2017/07/04/government-action-is-not-enough-for-climate-change-the-private-sector-can-cut-billions-of-tons-of-carbon_partner/

VU TIPs Blog Post:

https://my.vanderbilt.edu/universityfundingprograms/2017/09/the-private-sector-response-to-climate-change/