Disaster PolicyElectricity LawRegulatory Rollbacks Energy Policy in the Age of Emergency Governance: New White Paper from Sharon Jacobs and Ari Peskoe We live in an age of governance by emergency. In February, President Trump declared a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border after lawmakers repeatedly denied his […] June 3, 2019
Clean WaterClimateCorporate Climate RiskElectricity LawOnshore EnergyRegulatory RollbacksStudents President Trump’s Energy Executive Orders: In-Depth Analyses President Trump signed two executive orders on April 10, 2019 in Crosby, Texas, outside of Houston: EO 13868, titled “Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Energy Growth”, and EO 13867 on […] April 30, 2019
Administrative LawElectricity LawFERCOnshore EnergyPower Sector Energy EOs In Depth: Administration Opaque on Why It’s Studying Regional Energy Bottlenecks This is part of a series analyzing the April 10th executive orders on energy infrastructure. Section 7 of an April 10 Presidential Executive Order tasks the Departments of Energy and […] April 30, 2019
Corporate Climate RiskRegulatory Rollbacks Energy EOs In Depth: Infrastructure EO Section 5, More Bluster than Substance? President Trump signed two executive orders on April 10, 2019 in Crosby, Texas, outside of Houston: EO 13868, titled “Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Energy Growth”, and EO 13867 on […] April 30, 2019
Onshore Energy Energy EOs In Depth: New Presidential Permit for Keystone XL and Changes to Presidential Permitting This is part of a series analyzing the April 10th executive orders on energy infrastructure. See the links at the bottom of this page for the related pieces. President Trump […] April 30, 2019
State & Regional Climate StrategiesStudents A Post-Trump Accounting of State Climate Action States are innovating with both policy design and implementation, offering a testing ground for the success and failure of these policies. The surge of state interest in climate policies indicates that there is growing local support in the U.S. for addressing climate change. March 29, 2019
State & Regional Climate Strategies The States as Green New Deal Policy Labs A look at the three major environmental and energy goals from the Green New Deal and a review of relevant state efforts to assess which policy tools are well-suited to the resolution’s goals. March 21, 2019
Power Sector Rolling Back the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards: Proposed Withdrawal of “Appropriate and Necessary” In recent months, the EPA has issued three proposals using similar strategies: the proposal to replace the Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, the proposal to define the “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act and the proposal to withdraw the supplemental “appropriate and necessary finding” for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). Underpinning all three proposals is an extremely narrow interpretation of statutory text that excludes any of the usual rulemaking considerations under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. March 14, 2019
EPA Mission TrackerStudents Comparing EPA’s 2018 Year in Review with its Mission “The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.” This straightforward mission should guide EPA in its work across a wide range of policy areas and statutes. […] March 7, 2019