Jonathan Z. Cannon
Blaine T. Phillips Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law
Class of 1941 Research Professor of Law
Director, Environmental and Land Use Law Program
Biography | Publications
Phone: (434) 924-3819
E-mail: jzc8j@virginia.edu
Subject Area(s): Environmental and land use regulation, Supreme Court environmental decisions, design and implementation of regional and national programs, such as the Chesapeake Bay Program and Superfund, global sustainability issues
All Courses: Environmental Ethics (seminar), Environmental Law, Environmental Lawyering: Principles and Practice, Environmental Liability Litigation (seminar), Environmental Liability Litigation, Seminar in Ethical Values, Land Use Law
Current Course(s): Environmental Law, Literature, Law And The Environment, Climate Change: Science, Markets, And Policy
In the Media:
- "Chesapeake Bay Case Settled With Nation's Largest Water Cleanup Plan" (Environmental News Service, 05/11/2010)
- “EPA Studying Own Carbon-Trading System, Official Says” (Bloomberg News Service, 03/15/2010)
- "Filling Void Left by Congress, States Take on Carbon Trading" (Bloomberg News Service, 01/11/2010)
- "States Expected to Lead Carbon Markets as Federal Plan Stalls" (Business Week, 01/07/2010)
- "Sotomayor's Record on Enviro Issues Faces Scrutiny as Hearings Begin" (Greenwire, 07/13/2009)
- "Environment Groups Find Less Support on Court" (The New York Times, 07/03/2009)
- "High Court Losses Stun Environmentalists" (The National Law Journal, 06/29/2009)
- "Many of the 'Hands-On' Positions in Obama Administration Going to Law Professors (The National Law Journal, 02/25/2009)
- "EPA Missing in Action on Major Environmental Issues, Observers Charge" (Government Executive.com, 04/14/2008)
- “Supreme Court ‘Pre-Emption’ Cases Cast Shadow over Enviro Regs” (Greenwire, 10/05/2007)
- "Court Takes Up Landmark Wetlands Case" (Associated Press, 10/11/2005)
- "Roberts' Questionnaire, History Offer Little Insight into Enviro Philosophy" (Greenwire, 08/03/2005)
- "Supreme Court Debates Pollution Cleanup Lawsuits" (Associated Press, 10/06/2004)
- "Residents Battle Proposed Jet Field" (The Virginian-Pilot, 03/08/2004)
- "E.P.A. Says It Lacks Power to Regulate Some Gases" (The New York Times, 08/29/2003)