Peter L. Gray
FAX: 202.496.7756
Experience
Peter L. Gray chairs the firm’s Environment, Energy and Product Regulation Department. Since joining the firm in 1985, he has worked on a broad range of environmental litigation and counseling matters.
Mr. Gray leads the firm’s climate change practice, which is helping clients with a number of climate related projects, including:
- develop climate change strategies and policy
- identify and capture value through carbon emission reduction strategies
- comply with SEC disclosure obligations where implicated by climate change risks or impacts on business
- monitor climate change and alternative energy legislation and conceptualize legislative strategies
Mr. Gray co-founded and launched the Association of Climate Change Officers, the first organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge and skills of climate change professionals.
Mr. Gray writes extensively in the environmental area. Recent manuals and treatises he authored include The CERCLA Basic Practice Manual (published by the American Bar Association 2008); the Pesticide Regulation Handbook (2007); and The EPCRA Basic Practice Manual (published by the American Bar Association 2002). He launched the Climate Change Insights blog, a forum for critical analyses of climate law and policy. Mr. Gray also participates as a commentator in broadcast media, having appeared on Fox Business News and Bloomberg Radio.
Mr. Gray frequently writes for the Washington Legal Foundation, and he is a member of the Board of Advisors to the Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter. He has served in many leadership roles in the ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources. He currently serves as the Chair of the Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts Committee, and he is the incoming chair of the Site Remediation Committee.
Education
- J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 1985
- M.S., The George Washington University, 1982
- B.S., University of Maryland, 1979
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Pennsylvania
Publications:
- "Don’t Board the ‘Fracking Banned’ Wagon," Environmental Leader (May 14, 2012).
- "Following Sackett v. EPA, administrative compliance orders might wane," Financier World Global Reference Guide 2012: Energy & Utilities (April 2012).
- "What's the Fracking Problem?," Environmental Leader, (March 27, 2012).
- "Climate Change Laboratory: AB 32," Environmental Leader, (February 13, 2012).
- Lawsuit On "Fracking" Confirms NEPA Law Has Lost Its Rudder, Washington Legal Foundation, October 7, 2011 (Vol. 20 No. 19), co-authored with Christopher H. Marraro.
- "Government Purchasing of Efficient Products and Renewable Energy,” a chapter of The Law of Clean Energy: Efficiency and Renewables, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, May 24, 2011, co-authored with Geri Edens and Stephen Ruscus.
- “Handicapping Senate Passage of the Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill,” Environmental Leader, (December 9, 2009).
- "Stimulus Package Recharges Renewable Energy," Urban Land, (August 2009).
- "Divvying Up the Tab: Implications of Burlington Northern on Supefund Apportionment," Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter, (June 2009), co-authored with Christopher Baker.
- "Is Coal The Fuel Of The Future?" Law360, (February 12, 2009).
- "Climate Change Suits against Fossil Fuel Power: Will They Get Hotter or Colder?," Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, (Summer 2008) co-authored with J. Benjamin Winburn.
- "Climate Change Tort Suits: Hot or Cold?," Washington Legal Foundation, (June 2008), co-authored with J. Benjamin Winburn.
- "Carbon Accounting: A Practical Guide for Lawyers," Natural Resources & Environment, (Winter 2008), co-authored with Geraldine E. Edens.
- "The SEC Is Getting Hot And Bothered Over Climate Change," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, (January 2008).
Seminars and Presentations:
- "Can Recycling Make A Significant Impact on Climate Change?," 2009 Keep America Beautiful Symposium, (October 21, 2009).
- "Carbon Developments in the United States," USGBC Capital Chapter Carbon Workshop, (June 2008).
- "Preemption Issues for Federal & State Climate Change Schemes," Climate Change Legislation: Risk & Opportunities, (May 2008).
- "US Climate Policy Developments," Annual meeting of the National Recycling Coalition, (September 2007).