In the MediaInside Climate News Energy Regulator’s Order Could Boost Coal Over Renewables, Raising Costs for Consumers Ultimately, consumers will pay several times over, said Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School. January 6, 2020
In the MediaInside Climate News Government Delays First Big U.S. Offshore Wind Farm. Is a Double Standard at Play? “Offshore wind is a new area of development—what the whole picture looks like is changing pretty rapidly as interest increases,” said Hana Vizcarra, a staff attorney at the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program. “So it wouldn’t surprise me that this is just sort of a normal hiccup for an agency trying to get through the full process for its first major project.” August 20, 2019
In the MediaInside Climate News Trump’s Weaker Clean Power Plan Replacement Won’t Stop Coal’s Decline Joseph Goffman, a former EPA official who helped write the Obama plan, called the Trump administration’s replacement “nothing more than a lawyer’s brief in support of the proposition that the EPA and the administration are fundamentally committed to do nothing about climate change.” (Goffman now runs an environmental program at Harvard Law School.) June 26, 2019
In the MediaInside Climate News Ohio’s Nuclear Bailout Plan Balloons to Embrace Coal (while Killing Renewable Energy Rules) The Ohio bill begins to make sense only as a bailout for one company as opposed to comprehensive energy plan, said Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School. June 3, 2019
In the MediaInside Climate News Trump’s Fighting to Keep a Costly, Unreliable Coal Plant Running. TVA Wants to Shut It Down. What study the governor was referring to isn’t clear, said Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at the Harvard Law School, who follows FERC proceedings. February 13, 2019
In the MediaInside Climate News Decade of Climate Evidence Strengthens Case for EPA’s Endangerment Finding Joseph Goffman, executive director of Harvard Law School’s environmental law program, who served as a senior counsel in EPA’s air office during the Obama administration and was one of the chief architects of the Clean Power Plan, said the Trump administration has sought to sidestep a fight over science. December 19, 2018
In the MediaInside Climate News What Brett Kavanaugh on Supreme Court Could Mean for Climate Regulations October 6, 2018
In the MediaInside Climate News 2 Courts Upheld State Nuclear Subsidies. Here’s Why It’s a Big Deal for Renewable Energy, Too. September 27, 2018
In the MediaInside Climate News Public Comments on Pipeline Plans May Be Slipping Through Cracks at FERC, Audit Says May 31, 2018