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CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Restricting EPA’s authority – Joe Goffman and Laura Bloomer Talk Clean Air Act Rollbacks

Laura and Joe talk about how the Trump administration is using regulatory rollbacks to advance new interpretations of the Clean Air Act that restrict EPA’s authority to address climate change and threaten the agency’s long-term ability to deliver needed reductions in air pollution.

March 9, 2020

CleanLaw Podcast

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

CleanLaw Podcast

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

CleanLaw Podcast

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

Looking Forward from California’s Historic Agreement with Automakers

On July 25, California announced that it had reached an agreement with four automakers, Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, and Honda, on compromise standards for fuel efficiency and GHG emissions for model […]

July 26, 2019

California’s First Legal Battle over the New Car Rules

California has already begun fighting the administration’s efforts to weaken fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and light trucks. In May 2018, a coalition of states led […]

June 28, 2019

CleanLaw Podcast

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

CleanLaw Podcast

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

Legal Analysis

Beyond the Waiver: EPA’s Plan to End State GHG Vehicle Standards

The comment period recently closed for the Trump administration’s proposed Light Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards governing model years 2021-2026, known as the Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. Barring a miraculous change of heart from either party, it looks like the administration and California are eventually headed for a battle royale, with enormous implications for the auto industry, consumers, American federalism, and the planet.

November 5, 2018