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Key Changes in CEQ’s Phase 2 Regulations Implementing NEPA

A review of three key changes to the rule: factors that shape agencies’ level and scope of analysis, implementation of recent amendments to NEPA, and integrating environmental justice considerations.

August 8, 2024

President Biden Issues Long-Awaited Update to Clinton-era Environmental Justice Executive Order

On April 21, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14096, “Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All,” updating President Clinton’s EO 12898 issued in 1994, “Federal Actions […]

August 3, 2023

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm

Hannah talks with Susan Crawford, the John A. Riley clinical professor at Harvard Law School, and Michelle Mapp, an Equal Justice Works law fellow at the ACLU of South Carolina and former CEO of the South Carolina Community Loan Fund, about Susan’s most recent book, Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm.

June 26, 2023

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

Podcast: The Making of Environmental Law with Richard Lazarus and Carrie Jenks

Carrie and Richard discuss how environmental law has developed over the last two decades and explores new challenges for the field.

April 10, 2023

Comments Filed

EELP Contributes to Comments on Civil Rights Protections in EPA’s $27B Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund RFI

EPA recently collected comments on the design and implementation of the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GHGRF) created by the Inflation Reduction Act. EELP contributed to comments submitted by […]

December 7, 2022

CleanLaw Podcast

Cleanlaw – Hana Vizcarra and Hannah Perls Talk about President Biden’s First 100 Days

EELP Staff Attorney Hana Vizcarra and Fellow Hannah Perls talk about the progress of the Biden administration on climate and environmental priorities now that the first hundred days have passed. […]

June 3, 2021

EELP News

Hana Vizcarra and Hannah Perls Talk about Biden’s First 100 Days

Hana Vizcarra and Hannah Perls had a Zoom chat recently to discuss their observations of Biden’s first 100 days in office. They cover a range of topics around the Biden-Harris climate […]

May 7, 2021

EELP News

Jody Freeman on The Legal and Regulatory Perspective at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Spring Exercise

Recently, Jody Freeman joined Harvard Kennedy School Professor Joe Aldy and HKS students to speak about the role of regulation in making changes to environmental and energy policy, focusing on […]

April 29, 2021