David Schoenbrod

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David S. Schoenbrod is a trustee professor of law at New York Law School. [1]

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From 1972-79 Schoenbrod's work with the Natural Resources Defense Council made the United States Environmental Protection Agency begin reducing tetraethyl lead in gasoline sooner than they were going to. [2] [3] [4] He also campaigned to resurrect the then-decrepit New York City subway, [5] and protect the environment of Puerto Rico. Previously, he was Director of Program Development at the community development project that Senator Robert Kennedy established in Bedford Stuyvesant. He has also been a senior fellow at the Cato Institute [6] and the American Enterprise Institute [7] and now is a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center. [8]

His most recent book is DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington (Encounter Books, 2017) with forewords by Governor Howard Dean and Senator Mike Lee (Encounter Books, 2017). [9] [10]

Published works

Remedies: Public and Private, First Edition, co-authored with A. Macbeth, D. Levine, D. Jung (West Publishing Co., 1990). Power Without Responsibility: How Congress Abuses the People Through Delegation (Yale University Press, 1993). Remedies: Public and Private, Second Edition, co-authored with A. Macbeth, D. Levine, D. Jung (West Publishing Co., 1996). Remedies: Public and Private, Third Edition, co-authored with A. Macbeth, D. Levine, D. Jung (West Publishing Co., 2002). Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government, co-authored with R. Sandler (Yale University Press, 2003). Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People (Yale University Press, 2005). Remedies: Public and Private, Fourth Edition, co-authored with A. Macbeth, D. Levine, D. Jung (West Publishing Co., 2006). Breaking the Logjam: Environmental Protection That Will Work, co-authored with R.B. Stewart and K.M. Wyman (Yale University Press, 2010). D.C. Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington, with forewords by Governor Howard Dean and Senator Mike Lee (Encounter Books, 2017). [11] [12]

Education

He has an undergraduate degree from Yale College, a graduate degree in economics from Oxford University, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar, and a law degree from Yale Law.

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References

  1. ↑ "David Schoenbrod - New York Law School". New York Law School Faculty Profiles. New York Law School. 2019. A pioneer in the field of environmental law, David Schoenbrod was at the forefront of environmental justice
  2. ↑ Rosner, David; Markowitz, Gerald (May 1, 2005). "Standing up to the Lead Industry: An Interview with Herbert Needleman". Public Health Reports. 120 (3): 330–337. doi:10.1177/003335490512000319. PMC   1497712 . PMID   16134577.
  3. ↑ Bridbord, Kenneth; Hanson, David (August 2009). "A Personal Perspective on the Initial Federal Health-Based Regulation to Remove Lead from Gasoline". Environmental Health Perspectives. 117 (8): 1195–1201. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0800534 . PMC   2721861 . PMID   19672397.
  4. ↑ "Set Lead Cut In Gasoline EPA Ordered - Agency is Given 30 Days to Make Reduction Ruling". Toledo Blade. Ohio. October 30, 1973. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ "78 Misc.2d 938, Abrams v. New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA)". vLex. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  6. ↑ "David Schoenbrod | Cato Institute". CATO Institute. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  7. ↑ "David Schoenbrod". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  8. ↑ "David Schoenbrod, Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center". Niskanen Center. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  9. ↑ Galston, William A. (September 19, 2017). "DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington". CATO Institute. Retrieved March 12, 2021. ...argues that we can stop the tricks, fix our broken government, and make Washington work for us once again
  10. ↑ Munger, Michael C. (2017). "DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington: The Independent Review: The Independent Institute". The Independent Review. 22 (3): 236. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  11. ↑ Galston, William A. (September 19, 2017). "DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington". CATO Institute. Retrieved March 12, 2021. ...argues that we can stop the tricks, fix our broken government, and make Washington work for us once again
  12. ↑ Munger, Michael C. (2017). "DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington: The Independent Review: The Independent Institute". The Independent Review. 22 (3): 236. Retrieved March 12, 2021.


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