Chad McGuire

Published: May 01, 2021 by Environmental Justice
Authors: Chad McGuire
Subjects: Public Administration & Public Policy, Emergency Response, Disaster Planning & Recovery

The purpose of this brief is to highlight the importance of looking at the distributional effects of environmental policies as they are being implemented to achieve their ultimate goal(s). It focuses on recent study that attempts to measure disproportionate effects during the implementation of a policy, rather than looking solely at the effects after the policy has been fully implemented.

Published: Jan 05, 2021 by Sustainability
Authors: Chad McGuire
Subjects: Public Administration & Public Policy, Disaster Planning & Recovery

Not only are humans responsible for the anthropogenic causes of currently observed climate change, but we are also responsible for our responses to climate change. How we choose to respond provides important insights into our ability to collectively act in the face of threats with the unique characteristics of climate change. This communication attempts to provide an overview of some the difficulties in forging new policy directions along our coastlines in an era of climate change.

Published: Jul 01, 2020 by What Can Animal Law Learn From Environmental Law
Authors: Chad McGuire
Subjects: Public Administration & Public Policy

This chapter analyzes the use of public morality as a defense to inter- national obligations. It considers whether and under what circumstances a nation is required to adhere to international agreements when those agreements involve morally questionable practices against animals.

Published: Feb 20, 2020 by Coastal Management
Authors: Chad McGuire, Michael Goodman
Subjects: Public Administration & Public Policy, Emergency Response, Disaster Planning & Recovery

This proposal attempts to highlight an example of a hazard-based policy intervention that maximizes opportunities to reduce coastal hazard risk, optimizes the social and economic utility of existing coastal investment through a transfer of development rights approach that is designed to build and enhance coastal resiliency. Future work can improve and build upon the principles set forth in the following framework proposal.

Published: Jan 15, 2020 by Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy
Authors: Chad McGuire, Devon Lynch, Joy Smith
Subjects: Public Administration & Public Policy, Emergency Response, Disaster Planning & Recovery

This study reviews the impact of a sulfur cap-and-trade programme on distributions of sulfur from commercial electricity utility generators within Massachusetts from 1990 thru 2014. The results indicate that sulfur reductions occurred throughout Massachusetts that were proportional, including a targeted study area within the state that meets the operational definition of a marginalized community.