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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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Disaster Policy

CleanLaw Quick Take — Legal Implications of the East Palestine Train Derailment

Regulatory and legal implications of the derailment, including who is in charge of the response and the different roles that federal agencies play.

March 7, 2023

Onshore Energy

CleanLaw Quick Take–Dakota Access Pipeline update

How the US Army Corps of Engineers’ announcement about its upcoming draft Environmental Impact Statement might affect the future of the pipeline, and how litigation between the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Army Corps got us to this point.

February 14, 2023

Offshore Energy

CleanLaw—Proposed Offshore Drilling Safety Rules

HLS graduate Lowry Yankwich speaks with Earthjustice attorney Chris Eaton about the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s proposed Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Revisions rule for oil and gas operations in the Outer Continental Shelf.

January 30, 2023

Methane Emissions

CleanLaw — EPA’s supplemental methane proposal and the use of advanced technologies with Carrie Jenks, Kyle Danish, and Dan Zimmerle

A discussion about EPA’s recently released supplemental proposal to reduce methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector.

January 5, 2023

State & Regional Climate Strategies

CleanLaw — Oregon’s Clean Fuel Standards with Abby Husselbee and Cory-Ann Wind

Abby and Cory discuss clean fuel standards and their benefits, Oregon’s program and history, prior legal challenges to their programs, and some lessons learned.

November 16, 2022

Electricity Law

CleanLaw—Current Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Transmission, with Ari Peskoe and Hannah Dobie

Ari and Hannah spoke about electric transmission regulation and how it has disincentivized regional transmission build out. They discuss Ari’s work in recent FERC transmission proceedings, and how Congress, states, and utilities can help catalyze transmission development to enable the clean energy transition.

October 30, 2022

Environmental Justice

CleanLaw — Legislating Environmental Justice in New York with Prof. Rebecca Bratspies and Hannah Perls

What recent EJ legislative wins mean for environmental regulation and overburdened communities in the state.

October 6, 2022

Corporate Climate Risk

CleanLaw—Corporate Net Zero Commitments: GE’s Roger Martella speaks with Lowry Yankwich

Lowry and Roger discuss discuss GE’s recent sustainability commitments and how the company is tackling its operational and downstream emissions across the aviation, public health, and power sectors.

September 15, 2022

Clean Air
Inflation Reduction Act
Power Sector

CleanLaw — The IRA and its Clean Energy Implications with Jody Freeman and Greg Dotson

The climate and clean energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act and the potential implications for clean energy development and addressing climate change.

August 25, 2022