Legal Analysis – Page 15 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Natural Resources Law
Students

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Litigation May Cause Circuit Split

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, located in Southwest Oregon and Northern California, lies at the intersection of the Siskiyou, Klamath, and Cascade Mountain Ranges. Created by President Clinton in 2000 under the […]

April 22, 2020

Clean Cars
Methane Emissions

When industry support for stricter regulation is good business: Considering the car rules and methane standards

Since President Trump’s election, his administration has engaged in an aggressive rollback of environmental regulations promulgated during the Obama administration.[1] These reforms have been animated in part by a desire […]

April 14, 2020

Federal Policy Analysis
Regulatory Rollbacks

Three Years After— Where Does Implementation of the Lautenberg Act Stand?

On June 22, 2016, President Barack Obama signed into law the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. The Lautenberg Act made substantial revisions to the forty-year-old […]

February 26, 2020

EPA Mission Tracker

Legal and Legislative Challenges to EPA’s FOIA Restrictions

In June 2019, EPA limited access to public records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The new rule, which was published without public input, allows EPA political appointees […]

February 26, 2020

EPA Mission Tracker

Comments on Proposed Changes to EAB’s Procedures

February 20, 2020

Clean Air
Federal Policy Analysis
Regulatory Rollbacks

How Statutory Interpretation of the Clean Air Act Serves the Trump Administration’s Deregulatory Agenda

We worked with the Case Western Reserve Law Review to publish an article in which we analyze how the Trump administration is using Clean Air Act rulemakings to “deconstruct the […]

February 14, 2020

Power Sector
Students

The Coal Ash Rule Trilogy Spanning Obama, Trump, and the D.C. Circuit

This article reviews three rules — the 2015 Rule, the 2018 Amendments and the 2019 Proposed Rule — comparing each rule’s coal ash impoundment closure initiation deadlines, alternative closure extensions, and consideration of cost.

January 28, 2020

EPA Mission Tracker
Students

Science Advisory Board Draft Reports Reviewing Four Major Proposed Rules

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) has released four draft reports that cast doubt on the science underlying four major proposed rules that would impact clean water, mercury pollution from power […]

January 9, 2020

State & Regional Climate Strategies

U.S. City Climate Commitments: Obstacles and Opportunities in the Building Sector Post-Paris Agreement

Opportunities for cities to reduce emissions in the building sector and the legal frameworks that facilitate and pose challenges to transforming the sector.

December 11, 2019