Deregulatory Resources – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Legal Analysis

One year of Trump’s ‘Energy Emergency’ in Context and in Court

An analysis of the declaration, the policies and actions it has produced, and how they compare with historical uses of emergency authority.

January 21, 2026

Quick Takes

Federal Court Vacates Wind Energy Authorization Pause

Case represents a win for challenger states, the wind industry, and for those in favor of limitations on presidential power.

December 16, 2025

Legal Analysis

The Endangerment Finding Recission and Implications for State Climate Action

A new analysis looks at the stakes for climate policy nationwide.

December 4, 2025

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The Endangerment Finding and the DOE Climate Science Report

Video: Jody Freeman and other Harvard faculty experts discuss what’s at stake for current and future climate regulation.

October 8, 2025

Legal Analysis

When is Expertise-Based Deference Warranted?

Cuts by the Trump administration have have eroded the deep expertise and institutional knowledge that once defined federal agencies. This analysis offers a framework to asses when agencies are entitled to heightened deference.

October 3, 2025

Legal Analysis

EPA Proposes to End Greenhouse Gas Reporting

A summary of EPA’s proposal to eliminate the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program and a look at the potential impacts to federal, state, and industry efforts.

September 30, 2025

Legal Analysis

Mapping Agency Authority in Environmental Law Post-Loper Bright

A survey of nine environmental and natural resources statutes and catalogue of each instance to a federal agency. Our research identified extensive delegation granting agencies discretion throughout the statutes surveyed, which, under Loper Bright, courts should review using the deferential arbitrary and capricious standard.

September 15, 2025

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — What Science and the Law Say About EPA’s Authority to Regulate GHGs

Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, and Stanford’s Solomon Hsiang discuss EPA’s proposal to eliminate greenhouse gas regulations and the flawed science the proposal relies on.

August 18, 2025

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Proposal to Eliminate the Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Regulations

An analysis of EPA’s proposal and assessment of its legal risks and gaps.

August 12, 2025