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CleanLaw Podcast

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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Electricity Law
Power Sector

CleanLaw — FERC’s New Approach to Improving Transmission Investment

How the utility industry thinks about building new high-voltage transmission lines and how FERC is trying to push industry to develop more transmission to accommodate new, affordable, clean sources of electricity.

June 11, 2024

Disaster Policy
State & Regional Climate Strategies

CleanLaw — Wicked Resilient: Climate Adaptation in Massachusetts

Hannah Perls and Deanna Moran walk through some of the surprising ways that law and policy drive adaptation decisions in Massachusetts and beyond.

May 5, 2024

Administrative Law
Natural Resources Law

CleanLaw — The Endangered Species Act at 50: Potent Statute, Risky Future

Richard Lazarus and Andy Mergen discuss the initial bipartisan support for the ESA, the Supreme Court cases that shaped its implementation, and risks it may face in the future.

January 17, 2024

Inflation Reduction Act
Methane Emissions

CleanLaw — Global and US Methane Emissions Reduction Progress

Jody Freeman, Carrie Jenks, and guests discuss international and domestic efforts to reduce methane emissions.

December 28, 2023

Electricity Law

CleanLaw — Replacing the Utility Transmission Syndicate’s Control

How FERC’s legal authority shapes regional governance, how independent decisionmaking by RTOs is compromised by utilities and other incumbent firms, and why it’s holding back the industry’s innovative potential.

November 1, 2023

Clean Cars
Inflation Reduction Act

CleanLaw–3 lawsuits on auto emissions, 1 United Auto Workers strike, and the impact on the EV transition with Jody Freeman, Kevin Poloncarz, and Jack Ewing

Jody, Kevin, and Jack discuss three cases before the D.C. Circuit about how agencies set vehicle standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel efficiency.

October 17, 2023

Administrative Law

CleanLaw — The Loper Bright Case and Fate of the Chevron Doctrine with Jody Freeman and Andy Mergen

Jody and Andy discuss how the Supreme Court might overrule the Chevron doctrine and what the case might mean for other environmental and federal regulations.

August 23, 2023

Disaster Policy
Environmental Justice

CleanLaw — Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm

Hannah talks with Susan Crawford, the John A. Riley clinical professor at Harvard Law School, and Michelle Mapp, an Equal Justice Works law fellow at the ACLU of South Carolina and former CEO of the South Carolina Community Loan Fund, about Susan’s most recent book, Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm.

June 26, 2023

Administrative Law
Clean Water

Sackett v. EPA Decision: What the Justices Said and What this Means for Water with Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, and Steph Tai

Jody Freeman speaks with Richard Lazarus and Steph Tai about the US Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sackett v. EPA. They discuss how the Court’s reliance on a dictionary definition of waters will drastically limit Clean Water Act protections: severely shrinking what qualifies as covered wetlands and streams, and as a result, enfeebling the federal government’s ability to protect US water quality.

June 21, 2023