Legal Analysis 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
Explainer 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
Explainer 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
Legal Analysis EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule: Examining Challenges and Prospects Lead-contaminated drinking water continues to disproportionately affect low-income communities and communities of color, with dangerous long-term health implications. To combat this problem, EPA promulgated the 1991 Lead and Copper Rule […] January 28, 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
Legal Analysis 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
CleanLaw Podcast CleanLaw: Department of the Interior under the Trump Administration EELP Fellow Laura Bloomer discusses her white paper in which she led a team that analyzed political leadership at the Department of the Interior (DOI) during the past four years and offers a path forward for a Biden administration. October 15, 2020
Legal Analysis Managing Public Lands under the Trump Administration and Beyond An analysis of political leadership at the Department of the Interior during the past four years. October 15, 2020