Through the work of the U.S.-Asia Partnership, faculty and students of Vermont Law School and its partners conduct extensive research on practical approaches to strengthen environmental governance and rule of law in China and throughout Asia. Past student and faculty research has been supported by the Lingnan Foundation, the Rockfeller Brothers Fund, and USAID, among others. Below is a list of recent publications by PEL staff and partners.
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Publications
“Forging Partnerships and Fostering Wisdom: Dynamics of an Environmental Public Interest Litigation Network in Advocating Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management in China” (with Natalie W. M. Wong), The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 10, Oxford University Press (2022).
"Overview of U.S. Wildlife Cases Litigated by DOJ;" "A Case Study on Wildlife Protection through Natural Resources Damages Claims;" two book chapters in a book on US-China Comparative Wildlife Environmental Public Interest Litigation (forthcoming 2021).
"Wildlife crime in China: Analysis of Legislation and Selected Court Cases," LIN Yanmei and Carolyne Clermont, IUCN Environmental Law Centre Report (forthcoming 2021).
"Forging Partnerships and Fostering Wisdom: Dynamics of NGOs Using Environmental Public Interest Litigations in Advocating Sustainable Waste Management in China," LIN Yanmei and Natalie Wong, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, (forthcoming 2021).
"Practical Analysis on Ecological Environmental Damages Assessment System: A Case Study of Onondaga Lake’s Ecological Damages Assessment," LIN Yanmei, ZHANG Wei and DAI Rong, Journal of Minzu University (Natural Science), 2020, 29(03).
LIN Yanmei and Natalie Wong, “Alternative Form of Environmental Contention in China: the Case of Zero Waste Alliance,” conference proceedings of Modes of activism under authoritarian governance regimes in the Asia-Pacific, Sydney, Australia, November 14–15, 2019.
LIN Yanmei, “Waterkeepers’ EPIL Actions to Restore Watershed Health,” Journal of Chinese Prosecutors, August 2019.
“Environmental Mission Scholars Program: Fostering Next Generation of Environmental Public Interest Law Practitioners” China’s Environmental Law Education and Innovation in Practical Training (June 2019)
William J. Schulte and Matthew H. Baird, Myanmar’s Nascent Environmental Governance System: Challenges and Opportunities, 33 Natural Resources & Environment 21, forthcoming Fall 2018.
“A Perfect Storm: How China’s Taizhou Case Marks the Beginning of a New Wave of Environmental Enforcement” (with Amy Pickering), Environmental Story around the World, the Proceedings of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 15th Colloquium (University of Cebu Philippines, Edward Elgar) (May 2020).
"China’s Waste Ban Exposes Missing Links in Recycling," Vermont Journal of Environmental Law's 2019 Top 10 Watch List, December 2018.
“Rules and Practices of Citizen Suits Settlement: Lesson from the United States”, Review of Public Interest Litigation in Environmental Protection, edited by Li Dun, Legal Press (November 2018).
"U.S-China Comparative Study on Environmental Public Interest Litigation Practices," Journal of Social Governance, February 15, 2018
Article, "Comparative Study on U.S. China Environmental Public Interest Litigation Practice," Journal of Social Governance in China, December 2017.
“Yunnan Chemical Factory Becomes Testing Ground for Citizen Lawsuits,” Chinadialogue.net, August 23, 2017.
Tuholske, Jack and Judge Sun Qian, “Explorations of and Reflections on China's System of Environmental Public Interest Litigation,” published in the June edition of the Environmental Law Reporter, 47 ELR 10497.
LIN Yanmei Abstract, "A Perfect Storm: How the Taizhou Case Marks the Beginning of a New Wave of Environmental Enforcement in China" (with Amy Pickering), IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 15th Annual Colloquium (29 May - 2 June 2017).
LIN Yanmei , Ma Rongzhen, Ge Feng Where the Compensation Fund Comes from in the Environmental Public Interest Litigation? How to Manage the Fund? China Environment, Issue 2, 2017, February 20, 2017
LIN Yanmei “Environmental and Biodiversity Law Clinic at Southwest Forestry University: A New Environmental Law Clinic Model in China,” 18 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 19, (Winter 2016).
LIN Yanmei and Yin Hong “Digital Environment and Public Participation in China” (with Yin Hong), Southeast Academy Research 2016, No.254 (04) 95-100
LIN Yanmei, “International Perspectives: Citizen Suits in the U.S.,” in Environmental Public Interest Litigation Annual Observation Report in China, Li Dun, Legal Press, (December, 2016).
LIN Yanmei “International Perspectives: Citizen Suits in the U.S.”, Environmental Public Interest Litigation Annual Observation Report, Li Dun(eds.), Law Press, China (October, 2016)
“Environmental and Biodiversity Law Clinic at Southwest Forestry University: A New Environmental Law Clinic Model in China”, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, October 2016.
“Environmental Civil Public Interest Litigation: Empowering Chinese Environmental NGOs to Fight against Pollution” (with Hu Shaobo), China Environmental Series 13, (2016)
LIN Yanmei , An Analysis on the Implementation Effects of India's Access and Benefit Sharing Regime on Biological Resources and Relevant Traditional Knowledge, Journal of Guizhou Normal University (Social Science), 2015, No.192(01) 98-103
LIN Yanmei, Comparative Study on Comprehensive and Centralized Jurisdiction Model of Specialized Environmental Courts and Tribunals, Journal of China University of Political Science and Law, Issue 1, 2015: 62-71
Schulte, William and Ashlee Stetser, On the Path to Sustainable Development: An Assessment of Cambodia's Draft Environemtnal Impact Assessment Law, Cambodia Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 3, December 2014
William J. Schulte and Ashlee Stetser, On the Path to Sustainable Development: An Assessment of Cambodia’s Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Law, 3 Cambodia L. & Pol’y J. 97 (2014).
LIN Yanmei and CHENG Gong, India’s Legal Regime on Access to and Benefits Sharing of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Journal of Guizhou Social Science, Issue 10, 2014: 87-91
“Public Participation Still Lacking from China’s Environmental Laws,” Chinadialogue.net, November 12, 2013.
LIN Yanmei and Jiaru Hou, Toxic Release Inventory: US Lessons and Experiences for China, Journal of Ocean University of China (Social Sciences Edition), Issue No. 1, 2014
LIN Yanmei, Case Analysis of Interfaith Community Organization, et al., v. Honeywell International, Inc., et al, Review of Public Interest Litigation In Environmental Protection, Li Dun, Legal Press, December, 2016, 361-365
LIN Yanmei, CHEN Yue, China’s New National Rules on Wetland Protection, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law E-Journal, Issue 5: 2014, 117
LIN Yanmei, Wang Xiaoxi, Environmental Public Interest Litigation Back to the Beginning in 2013, Annual Report on Environment Development of China (2014), Social Science Academic Press, May, 2014, 146, Brill Press 2015
Zhuang, Yu, Improving the Enforceability of the Genetically Modified Food Labeling Law in China with Lessons from the European Union, 14 VT. J. ENVTL. L. 465 (2013)
LIN Yanmei and Jack Tuholske, Green NGOs Win China's First Environmental Public Interest Litigation: The Nanping Case, Environmental Law Reporter, December, 2016.
WANG Canfa, LIN Yanmei, Improve and Perfect China’s Government Environmental Information Disclosure System, Administration Reform, Issue 6: 2014, July, 2014
LIN Yanmei, Hudson River Keeper’s Environmental Public Interest Litigation, Review of Public Interest Litigation In Environmental Protection , Li Dun, Legal Press, December, 2016, 365-370
archived publications
2013
Yanmei Lin and Gong Cheng, Bluprint and Roadmap for Access to and Benefits Sharing of Genetical Resources and Traditional Knowledge, China Invention and Patent, Issue No. 11, November 2013
Yanmei Lin and Yangfan Gong, Two Recommendations on Judicial Interpretations on Environmental Tort Liability, China's Environmental Rule of Law, Issue No. 2, Law Press, April 2013
Jason Czarnezki and Yu Wenxuan Challenges and Solutions: China's Natural Resource Conservation & Biodiversity Legislation
Jason Czarnezki, Yanmei Lin, and Cameron Field Global Environmental Law: Food Safety & China. Georgetown International Environmental Law Review. SSRN
Wenxuan Yu, Jingjing Liu and Po Dong The Impacts of Climate Change on Indigenous Populations in China and the Legal Remedies, in Climate Change, Indigenous People and the Search for Legal Remedies: Balancing on the Tip of the Spear, Edward Elgar Publishing (forthcoming January 2013 in the UK and March 2012 in the U.S.)
Yu Zhuang and Wenxuan Yu Improving the Enforceability of Genetically Modified Food Labeling Legislation in China - With Lessons Learned from the EU, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
Allison Cameron and Wei Luo An Environmental Impact Assessment for Hydropower Development in China, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
Adam Moser Law in China's Environmental Governance, In China and the Environment: The Green Revolution, Zed Books publishers, the U.K.
2012
Yanmei Lin and Gong Cheng, Public Interest Litigation: A New Tool to Hold Hazardous Waste Generator Liable for Illegal Deposition, China's Environment and Resources Law Review, Vol. 9, Law Press, January 2012
Yanmei Lin, How to Make Environmental Protection Law Easy to Use, China Reform, Issue No. 12, December 2012
Wenxuan Yu and Canfa Wang Agricultural GMO Biosafety Legislation, Vermont Journal of Environmenta Law
Yanfang Li China's Renewable Energy Policy, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
Zhiping Li The Practice of Water Pollution Public Interest Cases, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
Brian Marshall and Po Dong Cleaning Squids off Chinese City Streets: China's Vehicle Scrappage Program, online research brief for the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Jingjing Liu Environmental Justice with Chinese Characteristics: Recent Developments In Using Environmental Public Interest Litigation to Strengthen Access to Environmental Justice, Green Justice for All: International and Comparative Dimensions of Environmental Justice Symposium edition, 7 Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Law Review, 2012 (in print). SSRN
Jingjing Liu and Dejin Gu Environmental Judicial Activism in China, India, and Southeast Asia, in Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol. 7: China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability, 2012
Jingjing Liu (editor, joint with Sam Geall & Sony Pellissery), Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol. 7, China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability, 2012
Yanmei Lin and Gong Cheng Legal Analysis on Why Daily Penalty Provision Has Been Taken Out from the Draft of Environmental Protection Law Amendments to be Reviewed by Standing Commitee of National People's Congress, Environmental Rule of Law (2011 2nd Issue), Law Press, April 2012 (in Chinese)
Jason Czarnezki Boom to Bust: China, the U.S. and the Environment, HUFFPOST GREEN, 18 January 2012
Abigail Barnes Kite Sensorship: Regulating China's Airways, China Environment Forum, October 2012.
Wenxuan Yu Low-Carbon and More: Challenges and Solutions of China's Coal Industry Legislation, 13 VT. J. ENVTL. L. 334, 2012.
2011
Yanmei Lin China's Evolving Energy Governance: A Case Study of Mining Rights Disputes, Energy Governance Case Study #13, National University of Singapore, December 2011. SSRN
Adam Moser & Benjamin Sovacool Public Participation in China's Energy Governance: The Non-Case of Chongqing Green Volunteers v. Guodian Yangzonghai Power Company, Energy Governance Case Study #13, National University of Singapore, December 2011. SSRN
Jason Czarnezki & Cameron Field Are Food Imports from China Safe?, VTDIGGER, November 11, 2011
David K. Mears, Observations of an Illiterate Law Professor: The Pearl River and Chinese Traffic Laws, Among Other Important Topics, 13 VT. J. ENVTL. L.1,2011
Patricia Ross McCubbin The Role of Judicial Review in Chinese and U.S. Energy and Climate Change Policy, 13 VT. J. ENVTL. L. 27,2011
Jingjing Liu,China's Procuratorate in Environmental Civil Enforcement: Practice, Challenges and Implications for China's Environmental Governance, 13 VT. ENVTL. L. 41, 2011
Brandon Gillin, Keeping Up With Chinese Consumerism: Offsetting China's Individually-Generated Garbage With Regulatory and Social Mechanisms, 13 VT. J. ENVTL. L. 69,2011
Kate Swartz & Guan Lin Taming The Dragon: How Corporations in China Can Be Employed to Further Environmental Risk Management, 13 VT. ENVTL. L. 97, 2011
John Nogle How Much Should China Pollute?, 12 VT. J. ENVTL. L. 659, 2011
Robert V. Percival China's "Green Leap Forward" Toward Global Environmental Leadership, 12 VT. J. ENVTL. L. 633, 2011
Jason Czarnezki Climate Policy and U.S.-China Relations, 12 VT. J. ENVTL. L. 659, 2011
Adam Moser Pragmatism Not Dogmatism: The Inconvenient Need for Border Adjustments Tariffs Based on What Is Known About Climate Change, Trade, and China, 12 VT. J. ENVTL. L. 675, 2011. SSRN
Keith Schneider, Jennifer L. Turner, Aaron Jaffe, and Nadya Ivanova Choke Point China: Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World's Largest Country, 12 VT. J. ENVTL. L. 713, 2011
Yanmei Lin & Gong Cheng Analysis of a Water Pollution Case Under U.S. Public Interest Litigation System, China's Environmental Rule of Law (2011 Issue), Law Press, September 2011 (in Chinese)
Jingjing Liu, Overview of the Chinese Legal System, Environmental Law Reporter News and Analysis, October 2011
Adam Moser & Tseming Yang China's Environmental Tort Litigation, Environmental Law Reporter, October 2011. SSRN
Yanmei Lin and Gong Cheng Public Interest Litigation: A New Tool to Hold Hazardous Waste Generator Liable for Illegal Disposal, China's Environment and Resources Law Review (Volume 9), Law Press, 2011