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Jobs

Now Hiring: Managing Attorney to Advance Equitable Climate and Environmental Policy

Lead legal and policy research on climate change, equitable disaster preparedness, and response and durable legal frameworks that drive meaningful engagement and produce more just outcomes for impacted communities.

October 8, 2025

Clean Air
Deregulatory Resources
Endangerment Finding

‘This Isn’t Just Another Regulatory Rollback. It’s an Assault on the Foundation of all Federal Climate Policy.’

In the LA Times, Jody Freeman details the administration’s attack on the legal and scientific basis of the endangerment finding.

August 5, 2025

Electricity Law

FERC Affirms Rejection of Utility Agreement Opposed by Electricity Law Initiative

The proposal attempted to revamp the arrangement between PJM, which operates the bulk power system across 13 states, and its utility members.

July 16, 2025

Clean Air
Deregulatory Resources
Power Sector

Trump Administration’s Proposed Repeal of the 2024 Updates to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)

Analysis of the proposed repeal, including impacts to public health, use of continuous monitoring systems, the mercury emission standard, and more.

June 20, 2025

Climate

How the Five Pillars of U.S. Climate Policy are Threatened

Harvard climate experts, including Jody Freeman, share what they’ve learned from Trump’s first four months and discuss what they’re watching for in coming months.

May 20, 2025

Deregulatory Resources
Video

EPA Rollbacks and the Future of Environmental Protection

Carrie Jenks and Richard Lazarus discuss the legal and policy implications of recent EPA rollbacks.

April 10, 2025

Administrative Law
Deregulatory Resources

Lawfare: President Trump’s Campaign of ‘Structural Deregulation’

Jody Freeman and Sharon Jacobs catalogue what the president has done to the federal government and argue that it’s a provocation to Congress and the courts.

February 12, 2025

Regulatory Tracker

Trackers from Other Institutions

A list of environmental law and policy trackers.

January 9, 2025

Methane Emissions

Salata Research Brief: Framework for Reducing Methane from Livestock in the United States

A look at federal and state targets to reduce emissions and the statutory authority for federal and state programs.

December 13, 2024