Law Student Janine Maney Publishes in NYU Journal

December 1, 2004

Capital University Law School student Janine Maney has had an article accepted by the New York University Environmental Law Journal. Her article, “Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Global Warming, and the Clean Air Act” will appear in the journal’s Volume 13 Issue 1 scheduled for print in January 2005.

According to Maney, more than 2,000 scientists world-wide have prepared documents which identify the projected adverse impact of greenhouse gases on human health and the environment. The EPA has recently ruled that man-made carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases, responsible for the increased greenhouse effect projected to cause global climate change, are not air pollutants for regulatory purposes under the Clean Air Act. The EPA reneged on prior admissions that carbon dioxide is an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act by weighing the economic and political nature of the substance, in contravention to the Act which prohibits a cost analysis. Maney’s article addresses whether under §108(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act the Administrator of the EPA must list carbon dioxide as a pollutant for the purpose of issuing air quality criteria.

Maney’s interest in science led her to pursue an environmental law concentration in conjunction with her juris doctorate degree. She wrote the article as part of the concentration requirement and was encouraged by Professor Dennis Hirsch to submit her work for publication.

“This was an exhilarating process and an incredible learning experience,” said Maney. “Capital University Law School has talented students and an excellent faculty and legal writing department. I would encourage other students to submit their articles for publication. There are many opportunities to be published,” said Maney.

Maney’s article was accepted by four publications, but she chose the NYU journal for publication.

At Capital, Maney is an associate editor of the Capital University Law Review and a research assistant to Professor Margaret Cordray. Before coming to Capital, she was an aquatics director. Maney is a graduate of Clemson University where she majored in education. She is a fourth-year evening student from Newark, Ohio, and will graduate from Capital in May 2005.