Hannah Wiseman
Hannah Wiseman is a professor of law, a professor and Wilson Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and an Institute of Energy and the Environment faculty member. Her teaching and research focus on energy law, environmental law, land use regulation, oil and gas law, and administrative law, including how regulation and governance can respond to changing energy systems and expanding demands on infrastructure.
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Recent Publications
Beyond technical and financial feasibility: The role of collaborative governance in renewable energy adoption at municipal wastewater treatment plants in the United States
Gupta, B., Kirchhoff, C. J., Oluwatumise, J., Conrad, S. A. & Wiseman, H., Jun 2026, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 136, 104729.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
For geological carbon sequestration to work, we need a geospatial planning policy
Menefee, A., Wiseman, H., Blumsack, S. & Helbing, M., Mar 18 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 11, e2403020122.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Zoning the Subsurface
Wiseman, H., Menefee, A., Blumsack, S. A. & Helbing, M., Nov 2025, In: UCLA Law Review. 72, 3, p. 784-877 94 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Designing Retirement Strategies for Coal-Fired Power Plants To Mitigate Air Pollution and Health Impacts
Campos Morales, C., Pakhtigian, E. L., Landry, J. R., Wiseman, H., Pham, A. T. & Peng, W., Sep 3 2024, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 58, 35, p. 15371-15380 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Repurposed Energy
Klass, A. B. & Wiseman, H., 2024, In: Minnesota Law Review. 109, 1, p. 219-339 121 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
FARMING SOLAR ON THE MARGINS
Wiseman, H. J., Wiseman, S. R. & Wright, C., Mar 2023, In: Boston University Law Review. 103, 2, p. 525-562 38 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Grid Reliability Through Clean Energy
Klass, A., Macey, J., Welton, S. & Wiseman, H., May 2022, In: Stanford Law Review. 74, 5, p. 969-1071 103 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Regional Cooperative Federalism and the U.S. Electric Grid
Wiseman, H. J., Feb 2022, In: George Washington Law Review. 90, 1, p. 147-236 90 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Taxing local energy externalities
Wiseman, H. J., 2021, In: Notre Dame Law Review. 96, 5, p. 563-620 58 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Federalism for the worst case
Landau, D., Wiseman, H. J. & Wiseman, S. R., Mar 2020, In: Iowa Law Review. 105, 3, p. 1187-1255 69 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Food labeling and the environment
Wiseman, S. R. & Wiseman, H. J., 2019, In: Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation. 34, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Water Stress from High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Potentially Threatens Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Arkansas, United States
Entrekin, S., Trainor, A., Saiers, J., Patterson, L., Maloney, K., Fargione, J., Kiesecker, J., Baruch-Mordo, S., Konschnik, K., Wiseman, H., Nicot, J. P. & Ryan, J. N., Feb 20 2018, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 52, 4, p. 2349-2358 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Constrained regulatory exit in energy law
Rossi, J. & Wiseman, H. J., May 1 2018, In: Duke Law Journal. 67, 8, p. 1677-1728 52 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Unconventional oil and gas spills: Materials, volumes, and risks to surface waters in four states of the U.S.
Maloney, K. O., Baruch-Mordo, S., Patterson, L. A., Nicot, J. P., Entrekin, S. A., Fargione, J. E., Kiesecker, J. M., Konschnik, K. E., Ryan, J. N., Trainor, A. M., Saiers, J. E. & Wiseman, H. J., Mar 1 2017, In: Science of the Total Environment. 581-582, p. 369-377 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Unconventional Oil and Gas Spills: Risks, Mitigation Priorities, and State Reporting Requirements
Patterson, L. A., Konschnik, K. E., Wiseman, H., Fargione, J., Maloney, K. O., Kiesecker, J., Nicot, J. P., Baruch-Mordo, S., Entrekin, S., Trainor, A. & Saiers, J. E., Mar 7 2017, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 51, 5, p. 2563-2573 11 p.
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