Student Work
EELP student research assistants are taking a deeper look at regulatory changes and are responding to real time developments. Return to our full list of publications.
2022
June 24, 2022 Sackett v. EPA and the Definition of Waters of the United States, Anna Todd, JD 2023
April 6, 2022 EPA’s Revived Clean Cars Waiver for California, Lia Cattaneo, JD/MPP 2022
March 9, 2022 EPA’s Authority to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants from Power Plants: the Appropriate and Necessary Finding, Anna Todd, JD 2023
2021
November 16, 2021 The Implications of BOEM’s Decision on the South Fork Wind Farm, Lowry Yankwich, JD 2021
October 19, 2021 Is There Room for California in Clean Cars Regulations? Lia Cattaneo, JD/MPP 2022
June 30, 2021 State Wetlands Protections and Climate Change Adaptation: A Comparative Study of New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, Amelia Keyes, JD 2023
May 13, 2021 Siting Renewable Energy on Public Lands: Existing Regulations and Recommendations, Peter Daniels, JD 2021
April 22, 2021 US Regulatory Barriers to an Ambitious Paris Agreement Commitment, David Kidd, JD 2023
April 16, 2021 Rolling Back DOJ’s Title VI Protections: Trump’s Abandoned Attempt and Potential Impacts on EJ Enforcement, Annalise Wagner, JD 2023
April 5, 2021 Implementing Sturgeon v. Frost: Changes to the Park Service’s Jurisdiction over Navigable Waters in Alaska, Lindsay Williams, JD 2022
March 31, 2021 The Problems and Opportunities of Offshore Wind, Cole Jermyn, JD 2021
March 26, 2021 Rethinking the “One National Program” for Clean Cars: Where Does the Biden Administration Go from Here?, Lia Cattaneo, JD/MPP 2022
March 12, 2021 Adapting Superfund Remedial Plans for Climate Change, Ozzy Rodriguez, JD 2022
March 3, 2021 A New Automotive Era? Promoting Electric Vehicles in the Biden Administration, Ari Sillman, JD 2021
Feb. 25, 2021 EPA’s New Aviation Emissions Standard: Why It’s Already Obsolete, Sungjoo Ahn, JD 2021
Feb. 4, 2021 Update: E-Bikes Rules Finalized with Few Changes, Peter Daniels, JD 2021
Jan. 28, 2021 A New Approach to Disaster Relief Funding? The Disaster Recovery Reform Act’s Promise for Pre-Disaster Mitigation, Ari Sillman, JD 2021
Jan. 28, 2021 EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule: Examining Challenges and Prospects, Daniel Eyal, JD 2023
Jan. 25, 2021 Section 401 of the Clean Water Act from Trump to Biden, Peter Kalicki, JD 2022
2020
Nov. 14, 2020 President-Elect Biden Supports a “Carbon Enforcement Mechanism” – Could that Mean a Price on Carbon?, Martin Levy, JD 2020
Nov. 3, 2020 Abandoning structures to rising sea levels, what are the legal issues and solutions?, Jake Hummer, JD 2022
Nov. 3, 2020 Forest Service Proposal Deemphasizes Environmental Concerns to Streamline Oil and Gas Leasing Process, Lindsay Williams, JD 2022
Oct. 22, 2020 Weighing the Risks of Using the CRA to Restore EPA’s Methane Standards, Ari Sillman, JD 2021
October 15, 2020 Managing Public Lands Under the Trump Administration and Beyond, Laura Bloomer, Peter Daniels, Eric Wriston, and Joseph Goffman
July 27, 2020 Immediate Executive Action: Unexplored Options for Addressing Climate Change Under the Existing Clean Air Act, Grace Weatherall, JD 2021
July 7, 2020 BOEM predicts offshore wind boom, but where does the industry stand today?, Martin Levy, JD 2020
June 22, 2020 SEC’s Proposed Amendment to Rule 14a-8 May Make Life More Difficult for Climate Investors, Martin Levy, JD 2020
June 22, 2020 Vineyard Wind is One Step Closer to Construction: Will Anything Else Get in the Way?, Martin Levy, JD 2020
May 18, 2020 Socializing the CZMA: How Redefining “Community Resilience” Is Changing Coastal Management, Hannah Perls, JD 2020
May 15, 2020 The Congressional Review Act’s Legal Uncertainties, Kevin Chen, JD 2020
May 6, 2020, Interior Rolls Out Controversial E-Bikes Rules, Peter Daniels, JD 2021
April 30, 2020 Defending Science and Collaborative Conservation: Sage-Grouse and Western Watersheds Project v. Schneider (D. Idaho 2019), Peter Daniels, JD 2021
April 23, 2020 How to Undo the Trump-Era Regulatory Rollbacks to Redo Environmental Protection, Cole Jermyn, JD 2021, and Laura Bloomer
April 23, 2020 Why Congress Should Repeal the Congressional Review Act, Kevin Chen, JD 2020
April 22, 2020 Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Litigation May Cause Circuit Split, Libby Dimenstein, JD 2022
April 14, 2020 When Industry Support for Stricter Regulation is Good Business: Considering the Car Rules and Methane Standards, Martin Levy, JD 2020
March 24, 2020 Troubled Waters: Coastal Avulsion, A State Survey, Ari Sillman, JD 2021
March 24, 2020 Offshore Wind Development: Federal Permitting Program Challenges, Martin Levy, JD 2020
Jan. 28, 2020 The Coal Ash Rule Trilogy Spanning Obama, Trump, and the D.C. Circuit, Katherine Clements, JD 2021
2019
Dec. 2, 2019 New Regulations Expand Hunting and Fishing on 1.4 Million Acres of Public Lands, Nathan Lobel, JD 2022
April 30, 2019 The Trump Administration’s Efforts to Restrict State Authority in the Water Quality Certification Process, Ari Sillman, JD 2021
March 29, 2019 A Post-Trump Accounting of State Climate Action, Michelle Melton, JD 2019
2018
Nov. 5, 2018 Beyond the Waiver: EPA’s Plan to End State GHG Vehicle Standards, Michelle Melton, JD 2019