Clean Air – Page 4 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Final CO2 Standards for the Power Sector: Robust Regulatory Record Sets the Stage for Legal Challenges

A review the legal basis for EPA’s final rule and summary of the final standards. Plus a look at anticipated legal challenges to the final rule.

May 7, 2024

Quick Takes

Timelines of EPA’s Final Rules to Reduce Climate Changing Pollution from Power Plants

April 25, 2024

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Power Plants are Consistent with Statutory Factors and Market Trends

Compliance timelines and state plans, EPA’s environmental justice analysis, and impacts of the proposal on climate change, public health, and grid reliability.

May 19, 2023

Quick Takes

EPA Reaffirms it is Appropriate and Necessary to Limit Hazardous Air Pollution from Power Plants

On March 6, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its rule reaffirming that it is appropriate and necessary to regulate hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from coal- and oil-fired power […]

April 13, 2023

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — The Good Neighbor Plan for Interstate Ozone Pollution with Carrie Jenks and Hannah Oakes Dobie

Carrie Jenks and Hannah Oakes Dobie talk about EPA’s “Good Neighbor Plan” rule for reducing smog-forming pollutants from power plants.

April 6, 2023

Legal Analysis

2023 Good Neighbor Plan

Overview of the major regulatory components of the Rule and a look at some of the design features affecting the power sector.

March 21, 2023

CleanLaw Podcast

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

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw—Jody Freeman, Jay Duffy, and Kevin Poloncarz on West Virginia v. EPA—Implications for Regulating the Power Sector

What the Supreme Court’s decision means for the power sector.

July 29, 2022

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw—Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, and Carrie Jenks Break Down the West Virginia v. EPA Decision

How the major questions doctrine could affect EPA regulations addressing greenhouse gases and other key regulatory priorities for the Biden administration

July 26, 2022