Environmental and Energy Law Program – Harvard Law School

Deregulatory Resources

Read our latest on the legal and practical implications of the Trump administration’s environmental and energy actions.

Regulatory Tracker

Tracking the deregulatory steps affecting clean energy deployment and environmental protections and providing an up-to-date and concise summary of both regulatory and litigation actions.

Federal Environmental Justice Tracker

Tracking federal agency actions related to environmental justice and injustice. This tracker does not cover: litigation, federal funding and legislation, or actions specific to individual states, Tribes, or territories.

EELP Research Areas

EELP faculty, staff, and students produce groundbreaking scholarship, cutting-edge legal analysis, and publications that explain the impacts of legislative and regulatory changes.

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CleanLaw — Forest Service Proposes to Remove Protections from Roadless Areas

CleanLaw Podcast Deregulatory ResourcesNatural Resources Law

CleanLaw — Forest Service Proposes to Remove Protections from Roadless Areas

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EELP News Corporate Climate Risk

New Harvard Database Provides Policy Insights Into Climate Disclosures

Online tool tracks corporate climate targets and emissions trends over the past 25 years.

New Harvard Database Provides Policy Insights Into Climate Disclosures

Legal Analysis Administrative LawClimate

Suncor v. Boulder: Preemption, State Law, and Climate-Related Harm

Analysis of Boulder’s and supporting amici’s preemption-related arguments before SCOTUS and the broader context of climate litigation and regulation.

Suncor v. Boulder: Preemption, State Law, and Climate-Related Harm

Legal Analysis Corporate Climate Risk

Carbon Reduction Commitments and Greenwashing Liability in the United States

Review of litigants’ assertions of greenwashing and the consumer-protection legal framework courts are applying.

Carbon Reduction Commitments and Greenwashing Liability in the United States

Podcast

On our CleanLaw podcast, EELP faculty and staff talk with experts about environmental and energy law, new research, and the latest news on environmental regulation, public health, and environmental justice.

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EELP In the News

In the Media New York Times

E.P.A. Erases Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants

In the Media CNN

Trump administration removes climate pollution limits on power plants

In the Media Financial Times

Microsoft challenges data centre costs after pledging to protect ratepayers