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Welcome to the CleanLaw podcast, where EELP faculty and staff talk with experts about environmental and energy law, new research, and the latest news on environmental regulation, public health, and environmental justice.

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Clean Cars

CleanLaw: Joe Goffman Interviews Jonathan Lewis on Biofuels – Part II

Joe Goffman speaks again with CATF’s Jonathan Lewis about bioenergy. They discuss the 5 lessons policymakers seeking to promote innovation can learn from the failure of the renewable fuel standard as a policy, why aviation is a critical transportation market to target for emissions reductions, and the low carbon fuel standards of California and British Columbia.

September 30, 2019

Clean Air
Clean Cars

CleanLaw Podcast: Caitlin McCoy and Joe Goffman Talk about the California Waiver and Clean Car Rules

Caitlin and Joe discuss EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s final rule that preempts California’s greenhouse gas standards and withdraws California’s Clean Air Act waiver.

September 25, 2019

Clean Cars
Power Sector

CleanLaw: Joe Goffman Interviews Jonathan Lewis on Biofuels – Part I

Joe speaks with CATF’s Jonathan Lewis about bioenergy. They discuss the history of biofuel mandates, the challenges of lifecycle analysis, the problems associated with land-use, the difficulty in meeting annual mandates, and talk about what US biofuel policy should really be focused on.

August 16, 2019

Offshore Energy

CleanLaw: Robin Just Interviews Hana Vizcarra on Offshore Drilling

Robin and Hana talk about the legal landscape of offshore drilling and the proposed rule changes and executive orders that may affect where and how oil companies operate.

June 28, 2019

Electricity Law

CleanLaw: Ari Peskoe Interviews Matt Christiansen on the Federal Power Act, ZECs, and “FERC and Climate Change” Article

In this episode of CleanLaw, Ari Peskoe talks to Matt Christiansen, legal advisor to FERC Commissioner Richard Glick, about the Federal Power Act and Matt’s recent article co-authored with Commissioner […]

May 30, 2019

Clean Cars

CleanLaw: Joe Goffman Interviews Bill Becker on Vehicle Emissions Standards Rollbacks and Public Health

In this episode of CleanLaw, our executive director Joe Goffman speaks with Bill Becker, former Executive Director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies until his retirement in 2017 and is current President of Becker Environmental Consulting. Bill and Mary Becker have just published a report on the Trump proposal to weaken vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards. They describe the effects this proposal will have on public health, state compliance with the Clean Air Act, and industry operations. In addition to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, other harmful emissions will rise, such as smog-forming pollutants, fine particles, and cancer-causing air toxins.

May 13, 2019

Clean Cars
Students

CleanLaw: Caitlin McCoy talks with Michelle Melton about Vehicle Standards

In this episode of CleanLaw, Caitlin McCoy speaks with Harvard Law student Michelle Melton about the proposed changes to the fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles. They discuss the lead up to and details of the proposed rules, and talk about ongoing and future litigation around these rules.

May 9, 2019

Electricity Law
Power Sector

CleanLaw: Jacob Mays Talks with Ari Peskoe about Capacity Markets

Ari Peskoe interviews Dr. Jacob Mays, who explains why regional power markets adopted capacity markets and outlines his research on the connection between risk and power plant operating and capital […]

May 3, 2019

Electricity Law

CleanLaw: Bill Hogan Talks with Ari Peskoe about Recent PJM Pricing Proposal

Ari Peskoe talks with Bill Hogan, Professor of Global Energy Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. After laying out fundamental principles of wholesale market design, Bill discusses the recent proposal […]

April 22, 2019