Explainer – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Clean Air
Federal Policy Analysis

NAAQS Overview

EPA sets National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common and harmful pollutants (also called criteria pollutants): carbon monoxide, lead, particulate matter (PM), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. […]

August 29, 2024

Methane Emissions
Power Sector

Methane Rules for the Oil and Gas Sector

EELP is collaborating with stakeholders to help identify regulatory options that deploy advanced technologies and cut emissions. Read our legal analyses and listen to our podcasts focused on EPA’s rulemakings and the questions EPA is seeking stakeholder feedback on.

March 8, 2024

Biden Administration Status Update
Power Sector

Climate Change—Power Sector

Click here to return to the Status of Biden Administration on Climate, Public Health and Environment, and Environmental Justice main page. To go directly to our Existing Power Plant Greenhouse […]

September 26, 2022

Biden Administration Status Update
Power Sector

Oil and Natural Gas Sector

Click here to return to the Status of Biden Administration on Climate, Public Health and Environment, and Environmental Justice main page. To go directly to our Methane Emissions from New […]

September 26, 2022

State & Regional Climate Strategies

State Resource Guide: Drafting a Clean Fuel Standard to Manage Legal Risks

Many states are exploring whether to enact clean fuel standards to incentivize the use of lower-carbon fuels to decrease emissions from the transportation sector. Of the three states with clean […]

May 17, 2022

Power Sector

Power Sector Regulations

January 4, 2022

Power Sector
Regulatory Rollbacks

Backgrounder: Appropriate & Necessary Finding – Mercury & Air Toxics (MATS)

EPA is likely to soon issue a final rule withdrawing the “appropriate and necessary” finding that underpins the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS). EPA likely will leave MATS in […]

April 16, 2020

Federal Policy Analysis

NEPA Overview

June 10, 2019