Leslie Ann Carothers

Executive Committee | Fellow since 2011

Environmental Law Institute

Visiting Scholar

(120) 226-52025 (work)

[email protected]

Washington, District of Columbia. 20009

Region 3 DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV and 7 federally recognized tribes

ACOEL Committees

NGO Committee Regional Committee

Years of Practice since 1967: Antitrust division, Department of Justice;Clerkship U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit; Legislative Asst. to Gilbert Gude, U.S. Rep; Attorney and Executive at U.S. environmental Protection Agency, 1971-1982;Senior counsel, PPG Industries, 1982-1987;Connecticut Commissioner of Environment, 1987-91; Vice President, EHS, 1991-2002, United technologies Corporation; President. Environmental Law Institute, 2002-2011; Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Pace Law School, 2011-2013; Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute, 2014 to date.

Degrees

Smith College. BA. 1964
Harvard Law School. 1967
George Washington University Law School, LLM in Environmental Law

Admissions

District of Columbia
Ohio

Court Admissions

US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit
Ohio Supreme Court
U.S Supreme court

Professional Societies and Organizations

Participant in Environmental Law Institute programs, member of the Board of the Center for Climate and Energy solutions for many years, advisor to Smith College Center for environment, ecological design and sustainability.

Other Environmental Career Experience

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Representative Publications (not including ACOEL Blogs)

Law review article: Upholding EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: The Precautionary Principle Redux, 41 Ecology Law Quarterly 683-749 (2014); shorter articles on topics like nanotechnology and management issues in federal and state environmental agencies.

Illustrative Projects

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Citations of Major Published Cases

Ethyl Corporation v. EPA, 541 F 2d 1(D.C. Cir. 1976 (en banc) This decision upholding EPA's initial lead in gasoline regulations established "endangerment" as the legal standard to uphold the regulations. The Supreme Court relied on the Ethyl endangerment standard to uphold the automotive greenhouse gas emission controls in 2012. Carothers was principal staff attorney for development an legl defense of the regulations.