Inflation Reduction ActMethane Emissions The Inflation Reduction Act’s Waste Emission Charge for Methane Emissions — What Did Congress Require and How is EPA Proposing to Implement the Program? How the text of the IRA established the framework that EPA must follow, and the flexibility that EPA may be able to include in the final rule consistent with the statute. February 2, 2024
Corporate Climate Risk The Implementation and Legal Risks of California’s New Climate Disclosure Laws What California’s three laws require and the implementation questions and litigation risks. December 20, 2023
Methane Emissions EPA’s Final Methane Rule — Incorporating Advanced Technologies and Emissions Data to Reduce Methane Emissions from the Oil and Natural Gas Sector An outline of key provisions and predicted costs and benefits of the final rule. December 14, 2023
Federal Policy AnalysisInflation Reduction ActStudents Clean Energy Tax Credits & Changes Made by the Inflation Reduction Act How the IRA could create a sea change in clean energy financing. November 20, 2023
Electricity LawPower Sector Replacing the Utility Transmission Syndicate’s Control Technological progress can topple industry titans. But in the electricity industry, entrenched power can stymie disruptive change by setting rules that block competition and reinforce the status quo. In Replacing the […] November 1, 2023
Corporate Climate RiskState & Regional Climate Strategies Signs of Progress on Corporate Climate Disclosure Ahead of SEC’s Final Rule Companies will need to continue to respond to the call from a range of stakeholders including investors and consumers for increased transparency about climate commitments and climate risks as well as new regulations and litigation risks. September 19, 2023
Administrative LawClimateStudents Held v. Montana: A Win for Young Climate Advocates and What It Means for Future Litigation How this case reached the Court in the first place, implications of the use of the major questions doctrine, and EPA’s path forward. August 30, 2023
Environmental Justice President Biden Issues Long-Awaited Update to Clinton-era Environmental Justice Executive Order On April 21, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14096, “Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All,” updating President Clinton’s EO 12898 issued in 1994, “Federal Actions […] August 3, 2023
Administrative LawClean WaterSupreme Court Decisions Sackett v. EPA: Departure from Textualism Significantly Limiting Clean Water Protection A review of the CWA’s litigation and regulatory history and the Sackett decision. June 16, 2023
