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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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CleanLaw — Unpacking the White House’s Legal Strategy for Attacking Environmental Protection

Jody Freeman, Carrie Jenks, and Ari Peskoe dive into the executive orders the president signed in April.

April 30, 2025

Electricity Law

CleanLaw — Who Will Pay for Data Centers’ Massive Power Bills? It’s Probably You.

As Big Tech companies build new data centers residential ratepayers could be on the hook for the massive new power demand.

March 25, 2025

Administrative Law
Deregulatory Resources

CleanLaw — Trump’s Bold Reversal on Energy and Climate Policy: ‘It’s a Lot’

Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, Andy Mergen, and Carrie Jenks discuss the Trump administration’s actions to date on climate, energy, and the environment.

February 13, 2025

Administrative Law
Environmental Justice

CleanLaw — Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Part II: Environmental Justice Lawyering in Practice

Hannah Perls speaks with Debbie Chizewer and Nick Leonard about their work representing frontline communities facing disparate environmental harms.

December 2, 2024

Administrative Law
Environmental Justice

CleanLaw — 60 Years of Defending Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Part 1

Hannah Perls speaks with Columbia Law Professor Olatunde Johnson about Louisiana v. EPA, disparate impacts, and the history and future of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

October 25, 2024

Administrative Law
Natural Resources Law

CleanLaw — Monumental Decisions

Sara Dewey chats with Andy Mergen about presidential authority under the Antiquities Act and what Supreme Court actions might mean for the future of our monuments.

August 22, 2024

Administrative Law

CleanLaw — Suite of Supreme Court Decisions Undermine Administrative Law

Jody Freeman and Andy Mergen break down the “Quagmire Quartet” of recent Supreme Court decisions that overturned the Chevron doctrine and undermine administrative agencies.

July 12, 2024

Clean Cars

CleanLaw — The Road to Clean Cars and Clean Air: California’s Pivotal Role

California’s role in driving car and air emissions regulation and what may happen in the coming years under either election outcome.

June 13, 2024

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