Robert B. McKinstry Jr. Environmental Law and Consulting
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I have written and spoken extensively on environmental topics before academic, professional, and industry groups. I am the editor and co-author of the Biodiversity Conservation Handbook: State, Local, and Private Protection of Biological Diversity (ELI 2006) and have authored numerous published articles on the following topics:

  • Climate Change Law
  • Habitat Banking
  • Wetlands Regulation
  • Municipal Waste Regulation
  • Ecosystem Restoration Practices and Federal Lands
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental Audits
  • Site Remediation
  • Coastal Zone Management
  • Biodiversity and Land Conservation Law
  • Market-Based Mechanisms for Environmental Regulation

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Thomas D. Peterson & Steven Chester, Unlocking Willpower and Ambition to Meet the Goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement (Part Two): The Potential for Legal Reform and Revision, 47 E.L.R. 10135 (Feb. 2017).

Thomas D. Peterson Steven Chester & Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Unlocking Willpower and Ambition to Meet the Goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement (Part One): Shifting Needs of Law, Policy, and Economics, 46 E.L.R. 11024 (Dec. 2016).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. & Ronald M. Varnum, State Implementation of the Clean Power Plan: Why It Matters to Industries Outside the Power Sector, 45 E.L.R. 11008 (Nov. 2015).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Potential Implications for the United States of the Urgenda Foundation v. Netherlands Decision Holding that the UNFCCC and International Decisions Required Developed Nations to Reduce Emissions by 25% from 1990 Levels by 2020, (ABA SEER 2016).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., et al., Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court Turns Back Robinson Township Challenge to Waste-to-Energy Facility, Catalyst Magazine, (Winter 2014/2015).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Jennifer E. Drust, & Lea A. Phillips, Regulation of Non-Hazardous Waste Under RCRA, Chapter 15, The RCRA Practice Manual, 3rd Edition, ABA Section of N. R. & Energy & Envt'l Law, Theodore L. Garrett, ed., American Bar Association. Chicago, IL (2014).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Obama's EPA Memorandum Follows the Law, Does Not Make It, 30. Natural Gas Electricity, No. 3 (Wiley Oct. 2013)

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. H.David Prior, Jennifer E. Drust, Ana C. Montalban, & Kimberly D. Magrini, Unpave a Parking Lot and Put Up a Paradise: Using Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services to Achieve Cost-Effective Compliance, 42 E.L.R. NEWS & ANALYSIS 10824 (2012)

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Abundant Win-Wins for Law Offices, Environmental Law Forum 39 (May/June 2012).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., The Clean Air Act: A Suitable Tool for Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change, 41 E.L.R. News & Analysis 10301 (2011).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. & Darin Lowder, Energy Efficiency and Conservation: New Legal Tools and Opportunities, Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Spring 2011).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Brendan K. Collins, & Jennifer E. Drust, Race to Regulation of Greenhouse Gases Accelerates Without Clear Destination, 133 BNA World Climate Change Report (July 12, 2010).

John C. Dernbach, Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. & Thomas D. Peterson, Making the States Full Partners in A National Climate Change Effort: A Necessary Element for Sustainable Economic Development, 40 E.L.R. News & Analysis 10597 (2010).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Thomas D. Peterson, Adam Rose & Dan Wei, The New Climate World: Achieving Economic Efficiency in a Federal System for Greenhouse Gas Control Through State Planning Combined with Federal Programs, 34 N.C. J. Intl L & Commercial Reg. 102 (2009).

Thomas D. Peterson, Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. & John C. Dernbach, Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Policy in the United States That Fully Integrates Levels of Government and Economic Sectors, 26 VA Envtl L.R. 219 (2008); to be republished in Envt'l L. & Policy Rev. (2009).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., John C. Dernbach, & Thomas D. Peterson, Federal Climate Change Legislation As If the States Matter, Nat'l Res. & Env. 3 (Winter 2008).

Michael Stosser, Kerry Dukes, Roger Feldman, Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., & Merrill Kramer, EBA Climate Change Primer: Financing A Renewable Energy Project, 29 Energy L. J. 195 (2008).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. & Thomas D. Peterson, The Implications of the New "Old" Federalism in Climate Change Legislation: How to Function in a Global Marketplace When States Take the Lead, 20 PAC. McGeorge Global Bus. & Dev. J. 61 (2007).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, & Michael Jacobson, Coordination and Planning Tools That Can Be Applied to Biodiversity Conservation, 16 Widener L. J. 879 (2007).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, Michael Jacobson & Derald Hay, Legal Tools That Provide Direct Protection for Elements of Biodiversity, 16 Widener L. J. 879 (2007).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, & Michael Jacobson, Coordination and Planning Tools That Can Be Applied to Biodiversity Conservation, 37 E.L.R. News & Analysis 10070 (2007).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, Michael Jacobson & Derald Hay, Legal Tools That Provide Direct Protection for Elements of Biodiversity, 37 E.L.R. News & Analysis 10152 (2007).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, Michael Jacobson & Coreen Rip, Opportunities for Regulation of Land Use and Development as a Legal Tool to Protect Biodiversity, 37 E.L.R. News & Analysis 10653 (2007).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. Putting the Market to Work for Conservation: The Evolving Use of Market-Based Mechanisms to Achieve Environmental Improvement in and Across Multiple Media, 14 Penn State Envtl L.R. 151 (2006).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Ecosystem Restoration and Federal Land Policy: Reexamination in Light of the American Chestnut Restoration Effort, Restoration of American Chestnut to Forest Lands - Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop, eds. John Carlson & Kim Steiner (The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR - 2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC 2006).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Coreen Ripp, & Emily Lisy, eds., Biodiversity Conservation Handbook: State, Local, and Private Protection of Biological Diversity (Environmental Law Institute 2006) including the following chapters:

  • Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. & Coreen Ripp, "Introduction: The New Old Federalism and State Leadership in Addressing the International Issue of Biodiversity Conservation," Chapter 1 (17 pp).
  • Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, & Michael Jacobson, "Coordination and Planning Tools That Can Be Applied to Biodiversity Conservation," Chapter 17 (39 pp).
  • Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, Michael Jacobson & Derald Hay, "Legal Tools That Provide Direct Protection for Elements of Biodiversity," Chapter 18 (29 pp.).
  • Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, Michael Jacobson & Coreen Rip, "Opportunities for Regulation of Land Use and Development as a Legal Tool to Protect Biodiversity," Chapter 19 (36 pp).
  • Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, & Michael Jacobson, "Biodiversity Protection Through Acquisition of Land or Development Rights and Management to Conserve Biodiversity," Chapter 20 (53 pp.).
  • Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., James McElfish, & Michael Jacobson, "Designing Transactions to Conserve Biodiversity and Lands Important to Biodiversity: Funding Mechanisms," Chapter 21 (20 pp.).
  • Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. "Effective Strategy for Addressing Global Biodiversity Issues Locally: A Synthesis,' Chapter 37 (17 pp.).

Donald Brown, Nancy Tuana, Marilyn Averill, Paul Baer, Rubens Born, Carlos Eduardo Lessa Brandão, Robert Frodeman, Christiaan Hogenhuis, Thomas Heyd, John Lemons, Robert McKinstry, Mark Lutes, Benito Müller, José Domingos Gonzalez Miguez, Mohan Munasinghe, Maria Silvia Muylaert De Araujo, Carlos Nobre, Konrad Ott, Jouni Paavola, Christiano Pires De Campos. Luiz Pinuelli Rosa, Jon Rosales, Adam Rose, Edward Wells, & Laura Westra, White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change, The Pennsylvania State University Rock Ethics Institute (2006).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Adam Rose, & Coreen Ripp, Incentive-Based Approaches to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Pennsylvania: Protection of the Environment and Promoting Fiscal Reform, 14 Widener L. J. 205 (2004).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Local Solutions for Global Problems: The Debate Over Causes and Effects of Climate Change and Emerging Mitigation Strategies for States, Localities and Private Parties, 12 Penn St. Envtl. L. Rev. 1 (2004).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Laboratories for Local Solutions for Global Problems: State, Local and Private Leadership in Developing Strategies to Mitigate the Causes and Effects of Climate Change, 12 Penn St. Envtl. L. Rev. 15 (2004)

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Regulation of Non-Hazardous Waste Under RCRA, Chapter 15, The RCRA Practice Manual, 2nd Edition, ABA Section of N. R. & Energy & Envt'l Law, Theodore L. Garrett, ed., American Bar Association. Chicago, IL (2004).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Rights to Obtain Damages Under Pennsylvania Environmental Citizen Suit Provisions After Centolanza and Redland Soccer Club, 28 E.L.R. News & Analysis 10653 (1998).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. & Richard Pooler, Buying and Selling: Site Assessments, Acquisition and Divestiture Concerns, Principles Of Environmental Health And Safety Management, eds. Gordon West, Ronald W. Michaud (1995).

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., The Role of State "Little Superfunds" in Allocation and Indemnity Actions Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 5 Vill. Envt'l L.J. 83 (1994).