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We're a research program within HLS. With our team of expert attorneys, staff, and student research assistants, we: Track and analyze policy developments, legal actions, and court decisions; Educate policymakers, the private sector, and advocates on the legal implications of these actions, and; Educate the public by serving as an expert resource for media and providing credible, accessible analyses in online platforms.

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Featured Publication: EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Power Plants are Consistent with Statutory Factors and Market Trends
Featured Podcast: Sackett v. EPA Decision with Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, and Steph Tai
Featured Student Work: Wind Wakes and the Right to Wind Power Generation by Dolly Bai

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NYT, Jody Freeman: Biden Plans an Electric Vehicle Revolution. Now, the Hard Part.
ABA, Ari Peskoe: The Supreme Court ends a looming legal threat to state clean energy laws
Popular Science, Hannah Perls: How the US is fighting wealth disparities in climate action

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What We Do

Our track record of engaging federal and state regulators, NGOs, think tanks, and private companies to help solve the legal bottlenecks for key regulations allows us to identify and promote legally durable policies critical to decarbonization. Our work consists of several portfolios: Federal Climate and Public Health Rules; Electricity Law Initiative; State and Regional Climate Strategies and; Corporate Climate Disclosures and Financial Requirements. We also conduct focused research in other areas in response to current events and student interest.

Federal Climate, Environment, and Public Health Rules

Power Sector Rules
Clean Car Rules
Methane Rules for the Oil & Gas Sector

Environmental Justice and Equity

Equitable Disaster Policy, Community-Based Solutions and Other Analyses
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker

Stakeholder Engagement for the Legal Defense of Clean Energy Regulations

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Electricity Law Initiative

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State Power Project
Unlocking Distributed Energy Resources
Catalyzing Transmission Development
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Filings
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State and Regional Climate Strategies

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Regulatory and Policy Trackers

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Corporate Climate Disclosures and Financial Requirements

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Financial Regulatory Climate Action Tracker

04/20/2023 - Richard Lazarus

‘Why is it so hard to make environmental law?’

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