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D.C. Circuit grills Trump admin on carbon rule

“There was a lot of talk about the government’s interpretation of Section 111” of the Clean Air Act, which defines what qualifies as the best system of emissions reduction, said Caitlin McCoy, a staff attorney at the Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School. “I didn’t get a sense whether they were on board.”

October 27, 2020

In the Media

One Planet: The Trump Administration’s Environmental Rollbacks

Caitlin McCoy, staff attorney with the Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School

September 30, 2020

In the Media

Calif. Bets On Biden With Move To End Gas Car Sales

“California is acting in line with its legal interpretations and in defiance of the Trump administration’s interpretations,” said Caitlin McCoy, a staff attorney with Harvard Law School’s Environmental and Energy Law Program. “The governor’s order is a bet on either the courts agreeing with California or a potential Biden administration agreeing with California.”

September 28, 2020

In the Media

100 Federal Rollbacks (And Counting)

When asked how many environmental regulatory changes have been made or proposed by the Trump administration, Laura Bloomer, a legal fellow at Harvard’s Environmental & Energy Law Program, can’t give the exact figure off the top of her head. But the program has been tracking relevant executive orders, rule changes, and other actions since President Donald J. Trump took office in 2017, and she knows how long that list has gotten: about 80 pages.

September 24, 2020

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Caitlin McCoy and Aladdine Joroff on Recent Mass AG Decision on Local Natural Gas Usage Laws

Caitlin and Aladdine discuss the recent decision seeking to limit the use of natural gas in buildings and comments the Clinic submitted on behalf of Mothers Out Front Massachusetts

September 1, 2020

In the Media

Trump’s environmental rollbacks: A four-year tide of regulatory change

“They’re advancing these regulatory changes that create more flexibility, but in the process they’re trying to … reduce EPA’s authority well into the future to ever try to come back under a new administration,” says Caitlin McCoy, a staff attorney at the Harvard Law School’s environmental and energy law program.

August 10, 2020

In the Media

Utility giant sues Calif. over gas bans, climate plan

Caitlin McCoy, a staff attorney at Harvard Law School who has researched opposition to gas phaseouts, said the utility would likely be the first of many in tangling with regulators over gas phaseouts.

August 10, 2020

In the Media

Federal Court Dismisses Trump Water Rule Challenge in Oregon

“It’s pretty tricky because the Oregon cattlemen will have to prove the new water rule creates some kind of compliance burden for them,” Caitlin McCoy, a staff attorney with the Harvard Law School environment and energy law program, said Friday.

August 10, 2020

In the Media

Dakota Access review may test Trump’s NEPA overhaul

President Trump’s NEPA overhaul is directly at odds with a July 6 ruling by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge James Boasberg, who cited D.C. Circuit precedent discussing federal agencies’ duty to consider indirect environmental effects of pipeline operations when preparing an EIS, said Caitlin McCoy, a staff attorney at the Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School.

August 10, 2020