CleanLaw Podcast 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
EELP News National Low Income Housing Coalition Hosts Event on FEMA’s Interim Final Rule Amending Regulations for Its Individual Assistance Program On Jan. 23, 2024, FEMA published a long-awaited interim final rule overhauling the agency’s individual assistance program to deliver more equitable outcomes. The rule makes significant changes to how disaster survivors access federal disaster […] January 30, 2024
CleanLaw Podcast Podcast: Equitable Disaster Insurance & Climate Change with Hannah Perls, Carolyn Kousky, & Sean Hecht EELP senior staff attorney Hannah Perls speaks with Dr. Carolyn Kousky, associate vice president for economics and policy at the Environmental Defense Fund, and Sean Hecht, who is the managing […] May 5, 2023
CleanLaw Podcast CleanLaw Quick Take – Legal Implications of the East Palestine Train Derailment with Sara Dewey and Hannah Perls Sara Dewey and Hannah Perls discuss the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. They talk about the regulatory and legal implications of the derailment, including who is in charge of […] March 7, 2023
Resilience to Climate Change Impacts Click here to return to the Status of Biden Administration on Climate, Public Health and Environment, and Environmental Justice main page. The Biden administration has released billions in funds for […] October 26, 2022
U.S. Disaster Displacement in the Era of Climate Change: Discrimination & Consultation Under the Stafford Act Read Hannah’s note published in the Harvard Environmental Law Review here: U.S. Disaster Displacement in the Era of Climate Change: Discrimination & Consultation Under the Stafford Act Environmental disasters displace […] October 23, 2020
Socializing the CZMA: How Redefining “Community Resilience” Is Changing Coastal Management As sea levels rise and catastrophic disasters become more frequent, coastal states are searching for ways to keep their communities safe and economies afloat. These strategies fall under the general […] May 18, 2020
CleanLaw Podcast CleanLaw: Judge Alice Hill Speaks with Hana Vizcarra about National Security and Climate Change Please click here for a full transcript of this episode. Hana Vizcarra talks with Alice Hill, senior fellow for climate change policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. A former judge […] February 11, 2020
CleanLaw Podcast CleanLaw: Hana Vizcarra Interviews Erik Landry about Corporate Climate Scenarios and Strategic Resilience For a full transcript of this conversation please click here. In this episode our Staff Attorney Hana Vizcarra, speaks with Erik Landry, SM ’18 and research associate in the MIT Office […] December 9, 2019
