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Trump’s EPA Chief Boasts About Progress as Predecessors Scoff

“EPA Administrator Wheeler has been unrelenting in his efforts to defy science and deny the agency’s obligation to protect public health and the environment from the myriad harms of air and water pollution,” said Joe Goffman, a former EPA associate assistant administrator who is now an executive director of Harvard University’s Environmental and Energy Law Program.

September 24, 2020

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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

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Court’s Ruling Against Trump Elevates Debate on Climate Metric

“This decision will certainly be important as we work through litigation in other contexts,” said Hana Vizcarra, a staff attorney at Harvard Law School’s Environmental and Energy Law Program.

July 20, 2020

In the Media

Trump’s Scorn for Climate Change Meets Courts Saying It Matters

And courts have been clear that the law requires a hard look at the cumulative effects of their actions, including greenhouse gas emissions, said Hana Vizcarra, staff attorney at Harvard University’s Environmental and Energy Law Program.

June 22, 2020

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Gas, Oil Drilling in National Forests May Expand Under Rule Plan

The Forest Service is remaking its oil and gas regulations at a time when it is weakening environmental checks and balances under the National Environmental Policy Act and joining with the BLM in prioritizing logging and fossil fuels development on federal public lands, said Hana Vizcarra, staff attorney at the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program.

June 1, 2020

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Big Oil Loses Bid to Move California Climate Court Fight (2)

The cities and counties “live another day to put forth their claims and argue their case,” said Hana Vizcarra, a staff attorney at Harvard Law School’s Environmental and Energy Law Program.

May 28, 2020

In the Media

Atlantic Richfield Gets Partial Win in Superfund SCOTUS Case

It’s a mixed result, Harvard Law School professor Richard J. Lazarus said, because the decision “keeps alive the potential for suits under state law in state courts related to Superfund cleanups in future cases,” but with the “major catch” that challengers must first get the EPA’s approval.

April 22, 2020

In the Media

EPA Chief Says Virus-Linked Looser Enforcement ‘Very Mild’

Cynthia Giles, who held Bodine’s post at the EPA under the Obama administration, also said she recognizes the EPA must respond to what is clearly “a very unusual situation today.”

April 9, 2020

In the Media

Obama Policy on Climate-Warming Chemicals Partially Revived

Caitlin McCoy, an attorney for Harvard Law School’s Environmental & Energy Law Program, said the ruling will block the EPA from trying to use court decisions as cover for broader policy moves in other contexts.

April 9, 2020