EELP News – Page 6 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Policy Initiative Hosts Workshop on the Future of Electricity Markets

On Oct. 13, 2017, the Environmental and Energy Law Program welcomed a group of consumer advocates, former state regulators, environmental advocates, economic analysts, wholesale electricity market participants, and law professors to […]

October 18, 2017

Environmental Law Program Announces Joe Goffman as New Executive Director

Joseph Goffman, who over a 30-year career, has shaped environmental law and policy at the highest levels of the Executive branch and as a senior congressional staffer, will join the […]

October 2, 2017

Ari Peskoe Discusses Wholesale Electricity Markets and State Roles in DC

On Sep. 13, 2017, Ari Peskoe delivered the Energy Bar Association’s semi-annual “Author Talk,” to discuss his latest article. Peskoe’s paper, which was the featured article in the most recent […]

September 15, 2017

EPI Hosts Mississippi River Basin Stakeholder Forum on Nutrient Pollution

The Environmental Policy Initiative and the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center convened Mississippi River Basin government and conservation district stakeholders on Aug. 31, 2017, in St. Paul, MN. The […]

September 7, 2017

Nothing New in Department of Energy Grid Study

In April, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry issued a memo to Department of Energy (DOE) staff, requesting a study of electricity markets and reliability, with a focus on whether “baseload” […]

August 24, 2017

Konopacky Talks Clean Water: How Wisconsin Shows the Way Forward

Runoff carrying nutrients and sediment from urban and agricultural areas impairs water quality across the US. Managing this pollution can be very challenging, but attorney and Environmental Policy Initiative Fellow […]

July 10, 2017

What’s Ahead in the Trump Administration: Freeman & Lazarus Discuss Historic Shift on Environment

On Jan. 30, 2017, Professors Jody Freeman and Richard Lazarus gave a talk at Harvard Law School examining why the Trump administration portends a historic shift on environmental and energy […]

January 31, 2017