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CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Caitlin McCoy talks with Michelle Melton about Vehicle Standards

In this episode of CleanLaw, Caitlin McCoy speaks with Harvard Law student Michelle Melton about the proposed changes to the fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles. They discuss the lead up to and details of the proposed rules, and talk about ongoing and future litigation around these rules.

May 9, 2019

Legal Analysis

President Trump’s Energy Executive Orders: In-Depth Analyses

President Trump signed two executive orders on April 10, 2019 in Crosby, Texas, outside of Houston: EO 13868, titled “Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Energy Growth”, and EO 13867 on […]

April 30, 2019

Quick Takes

Energy EOs In Depth: The Trump Administration’s Efforts to Restrict State Authority in the Water Quality Certification Process

This is part of a series analyzing the April 10th executive orders on energy infrastructure. President Trump signed two executive orders on April 10, 2019 in Crosby, Texas, outside of […]

April 30, 2019

Greater Sage-Grouse Amended Resource Management Plans

In March, the Trump administration introduced its final revisions to Obama-era greater sage–grouse conservation plans in Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada/Northeastern California. The revised plans were drafted in the context of SO 3353, an order from the […]

April 26, 2019

Legal Analysis

A Post-Trump Accounting of State Climate Action

States are innovating with both policy design and implementation, offering a testing ground for the success and failure of these policies. The surge of state interest in climate policies indicates that there is growing local support in the U.S. for addressing climate change.

March 29, 2019

Legal Analysis

Comparing EPA’s 2018 Year in Review with its Mission

“The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.” This straightforward mission should guide EPA in its work across a wide range of policy areas and statutes. […]

March 7, 2019

Legal Analysis

Willing to Face Legal Obstacles, Washington State Persists in Climate Policy Efforts

Washington State has been in the news recently for its twice-failed efforts to pass a carbon tax via voter initiative. The state would have been the first U.S. jurisdiction to impose a carbon tax, and its failure to enact the tax has been deemed a “parable” for the challenge of addressing climate change. Instead, it may offer a different lesson: a failure at the ballot box (or in the legislature) does not necessarily foreclose climate action.

February 21, 2019

Legal Analysis

Beyond the Waiver: EPA’s Plan to End State GHG Vehicle Standards

The comment period recently closed for the Trump administration’s proposed Light Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards governing model years 2021-2026, known as the Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. Barring a miraculous change of heart from either party, it looks like the administration and California are eventually headed for a battle royale, with enormous implications for the auto industry, consumers, American federalism, and the planet.

November 5, 2018