John C. Dernbach

John C. Dernbach is a Distinguished Professor of Law at Widener University Law School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He has divided his career between teaching and government service.

In his teaching role, Dernbach has focused on sustainable development in the United States and on climate change. He has edited the only three comprehensive nongovernmental assessments of U.S. sustainable development efforts. He has written and lectured widely on sustainable development, climate change, and environmental law.

In two stints totaling near 15 years, he worked at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (now the Department of Environmental Protection). During this time, he helped drafted or help implement comprehensive and nationally recognized reforms to Pennsylvania's mining and waste programs. More recently, he directed the Department's policy office.

In 2006 Dernbach was on of four lawyers to co-author an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of 18 prominent climate scientists in Massachusetts v. EPA, a landmark case in U.S. climate change law.

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