Electricity Law April 10 Webinar: State Perspectives on Power Sector Changes EELP panel discussion with state utility regulators and policymakers exploring state approaches to maintaining a reliable, affordable, and cleaner power system. April 4, 2024
HLS Environmental Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief on ESG Rule Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic filed an amicus brief supporting the Biden administration’s rule allowing retirement advisers to consider ESG issues when making decisions for clients. April 2, 2024
Administrative LawSupreme Court Decisions Jody Freeman and Andrew Mergen, Reply to David French, Undoing ‘Chevron’ Would Duly Shift Power Back to Congress Overturning Chevron would mean that the judiciary, and especially the Supreme Court — not Congress — will more often have the last word on many important questions of policy (or mixed law and policy) that arise under federal law. January 31, 2024
Disaster Policy National Low Income Housing Coalition Hosts Event on FEMA’s Interim Final Rule Amending Regulations for Its Individual Assistance Program The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition hosted a webinar explaining significant changes in the interim final rule and key considerations for submitting comments. January 30, 2024
Administrative LawEELP News Jody Freeman and Andrew Mergen Op-Ed: Will the Supreme Court Show a Little Humility? How two cases argued at the Supreme Court yesterday could restrict the authority of federal agencies and upend decades of precedent. January 18, 2024
Administrative LawClean Water Judicial Destruction of the Clean Water Act: Sackett v. EPA Professor Richard Lazarus wrote an essay for the University of Chicago Law Review about the Supreme Court’s Sackett v. EPA ruling. In the first part he describes the ruling, reasoning, […] September 12, 2023
Electricity LawPower Sector The Supreme Court ends a looming legal threat to state clean energy laws In the September/October edition of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resource’s publication Ari discusses a May 2023 Supreme Court decision that holds the dormant Commerce Clause does […] September 11, 2023
Federal Policy AnalysisPower Sector Unplugging Emissions: Exploring New EPA Rules on Climate and Health (VIDEO) Resources for the Future and EELP webinar reviewing the latest EPA rules and exploring the potential impacts on air quality, human health, and US decarbonization goals. May 23, 2023
Robert Bullard Receives Horizon Award The ‘father of environmental justice’ discusses what he sees as the struggle to address climate change May 11, 2023
