Writing from Christophe Courchesne

First Branch of the White River, Vermont, Edward Hopper, 1938

NEPA Without CEQ: Environmental Review Under Trump and Seven County (with Benjamin Behimer JD26), Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (2026)

Youth Environmental Harm: Climate Litigation as a Response to Institutional Betrayal (ABA paywall) (with Lauren Carita JD/MCEP25), Natural Resources and Environment (2025)

Updating the Environmental Law Toolkit for a Complex Future (with Mia Montoya Hammersley and Mark James), Vermont Law Review, Vol 49, Issue 2 (2025)

The Urgent Need for Stricter PFAS Regulations to Safeguard Water Quality and Public Health (with Ashton Danneels JD25), Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (2024).

Rising Waters, Rising Solutions: Navigating the Path to Flood Resiliency in a Changing Climate (with Hannah Weisgerber JD24), Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (2024)

Restoration of the Marshall Islands: The Time Has Come for the U.S. to Reckon with its Past and Rebuild Trust in the Region (with Tatum Daily JD24), Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (2023)

‘Frameworks for Regional Food System Coordination’ in NEW ENGLAND FOOD POLICY: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM (2014) (co-author)

Comprehensive approach to combat invasive species on the horizon, ABA/SEER Trends (2007)

“A Suggestion of a Fundamental Nature”: Imagining a Legal Education of Solely Electives Taught as Discussions, 29 Rutgers Law Record 21 (2005)

Note, What Regional Agenda?: Reconciling Massachusetts’ Affordable Housing Law and Environmental Protection, 28 Harvard Environmental Law Review 215 (2004)

Conservation Law Foundation Advocacy

Lessons from 4 Years of Northern Pass Failures, Medium (2014)

Five Questions for Christophe Courchesne, Conservation Matters (2012)

Archive.org collection of writing for CLF’s Blog

Other Professional Writing

’Smart Growth Zoning’ (as co-author, 5th & 6th eds., 2010 & 2013) and ‘Judicial Construction’ (as contributor, 5th ed., 2010) in MASSACHUSETTS ZONING MANUAL (MCLE)

SEC Adopts Guidance On Climate Change Disclosures, Goodwin Procter LLP (2010) (as contributor)

New ASTM Standard Provides Limited Tool For Assessing Vapor Intrusion Risks, Goodwin Procter LLP, BNA Environment Reporter & BNA Environmental Due Diligence Guide (2008) (as co-author)

Making The Case For Your Green Marketing Claims, Goodwin Procter LLP (2008) (as co-author)

New Prospects for Tax Advantages in Brownfield Remediation Projects, Real Estate Finance Journal (2008) (as co-author)

Historic Fill at Brownfields Properties: Opportunities and Challenges for Developers, Goodwin Procter LLP (2006) & The Environmental Counselor (2007) (as co-author)