State & Regional Climate Strategies State Resource Guide: Drafting a Clean Fuel Standard to Manage Legal Risks A brief history of the existing clean fuel standards, descriptions of prior cases challenging them, and the legal theories behind these cases and other potential legal challenges. May 17, 2022
Electricity Law Can FERC Convince Utilities to Build Modern Transmission Systems? FERC’s new transmission proposal would push utilities to embrace a bolder vision of transmission development. The trillion dollar question is whether FERC’s rules will lead utilities to actually invest in new infrastructure that they would not otherwise build. May 4, 2022
Corporate Climate Risk What to know about the SEC’s Proposed Climate Risk Disclosure Rule How a company plans for and responds to climate risks affects financial performance and investors are demanding clearer and more comprehensive information to make informed decisions. April 27, 2022
Clean AirClean CarsStudents EPA’s Revived Clean Cars Waiver for California The Biden administration is taking steps to ensure California can continue to pursue its authority under the CAA and implement more stringent programs. April 6, 2022
Power SectorStudents EPA’s Authority to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants from Power Plants: the Appropriate and Necessary Finding EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), finalized in 2012 and under section 112 of the Clean Air Act, regulates the amount of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) […] March 9, 2022
Methane Emissions EPA’s Methane Proposal for the Oil and Gas Sector – A Strong Foundation to Reduce Methane Emissions and Regulatory Path for More Key areas on which stakeholders may want to provide EPA comment to support a final rule that achieves significant emission reductions through the deployment of cost-effective technologies and approaches. November 16, 2021
Clean AirClean CarsStudents Is There Room for California in Clean Cars Regulations? The steps the Biden administration is taking to restore California’s waiver and explore how undoing the Trump administration’s Part I Rule raises complex legal questions. October 19, 2021
Disaster PolicyEnvironmental JusticeStudents Equitable Disaster Relief: An Analysis of FEMA’s Legal Authority to Integrate Equity under the Stafford Act The act’s discretionary function exception gives FEMA extraordinary flexibility in integrating equity considerations by shielding most FEMA rules, policies, and other decisions from judicial review. October 13, 2021
