Hannah Wiseman

IEE Faculty Member
Committee Leads
Awards Committee Lead, Institute of Energy and the Environment
Titles and Affiliations
Professor of Law

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Repurposed Energy

Klass, A. B. & Wiseman, H., 2024, In: Minnesota Law Review. 109, 1, p. 219-339 121 p.

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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 journalArticlepeer-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.

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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.

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Taxing local energy externalities

Wiseman, H. J., 2021, In: Notre Dame Law Review. 96, 5, p. 563-620 58 p.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 journalArticlepeer-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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