The Downfall of the “Secret Science” Rule, and What It Means for Biden’s Environmental Agenda Under President Trump, EPA intended to limit which scientific studies it will consider, which would have undermined settled conclusions about the health impacts of air pollution. This is Part 4 […] March 5, 2021
Biden’s Week One Executive Orders – Mapping Climate Action President Biden kicked off his administration’s first week by signing a flurry of executive orders (EOs) focused on environmental issues and climate change. We’ve been tracking and analyzing these orders […] March 5, 2021
EPA’s New Aviation Emissions Standard: Why It’s Already Obsolete Aviation is responsible for 3.5% of anthropogenic climate change. Until this year, however, the United States lacked any regulation addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aircraft. In the final days […] February 25, 2021
Update: E-Bikes Rules Finalized with Few Changes After reviewing approximately 57,000 public comments, BLM, BOR, FWS, and NPS finalized rules in October and November regarding e-bike use on federal public lands. E-bikes are motor-assisted bicycles controlled with […] February 4, 2021
Looking Ahead and Priorities for a Biden Administration – New Resources from EELP With the victory of President-elect Joe Biden, the coming months will be a watershed in the evolution of environmental law and policy. We’ve created two new resources to explain what […] November 19, 2020
President-Elect Biden Supports a “Carbon Enforcement Mechanism” – Could that Mean a Price on Carbon? As part of his climate agenda, President-elect Joe Biden promises to pass legislation that “establishes an enforcement mechanism” to curb harmful greenhouse gas emissions.[1] What this means is far from […] November 14, 2020
EPA’s Benefit-Cost Proposal in the Context of PM Pollution Regulation Introduction Over the past three years EPA has made it more difficult to achieve greater reductions in fine particle pollution (PM2.5). New studies continue to link long-term exposure of PM2.5 […] July 14, 2020
The Congressional Review Act’s Legal Uncertainties This post is an adaptation of Kevin’s longer paper arguing that Congress should repeal the Congressional Review Act. You can download the full paper here. With the 2020 election approaching, […] May 15, 2020
Interior Rolls Out Controversial E-bike Rules On April 2, 2020, the Department of the Interior proposed new rules regulating the use of electric bikes (e-bikes) on public lands. E-bikes are motor-assisted bicycles controlled with a handlebar […] May 6, 2020