🎧 On this week's episode of #ColumbiaEnergyExchange , host Bill Loveless talks with Jody Freeman, Harvard Law School Professor and HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program Founder & Director, about the technicalities of the new U.S. EPA rules to reduce pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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The U.S. EPA has announced the 1st national limits on carbon dioxide pollution from existing coal plants & new fossil gas plants. SACE & HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program recently unpacked what the rules mean for our region's utilities. Missed the webinar? Watch the recording 📺👇youtube.com/watch?v=Loz3YE…

🚨New paper from EELP🚨
EPA’s Final CO2 Standards for the Power Sector: Robust Regulatory Record Sets the Stage for Legal Challenges eelp.law.harvard.edu/2024/05/epas-f…

The U.S. EPA has announced the 1st national limits on carbon dioxide pollution from existing coal plants & new fossil gas plants. Join SACE & HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program to unpack what the rules mean for our region's utilities

🗓 Date: May 7
🕐 Time: 1-2pm EST
🔗 Register: ow.ly/SN2Q50RqUYg

Harvard Law alum — and former EELP research assistant — James Pollack ’20 discusses the impact of the first-ever federal rules on “forever chemicals” in drinking water. hls.harvard.edu/today/the-impa… #PFAS

The Biden administration released its final regulations to limit greenhouse emissions from existing coal-fired and new gas-fired power plants. Here's a quick look at final existing coal standards, final new gas standards, and reliability considerations. eelp.law.harvard.edu/2024/04/timeli…

EELP RA Spencer Weiser ’26 summarizes the Forest Service's proposed changes to how it manages national forests and explains how these efforts interact with EPA’s latest rule setting national soot standards that account for emissions related to wildfire. eelp.law.harvard.edu/2024/04/addres…

BLM released a final rule to reduce natural gas waste from oil and gas operations on federal and Tribal land. We review BLM’s statutory authority and the rule's components and discuss how it will interact with EPA’s methane regulations for oil and gas. eelp.law.harvard.edu/2024/04/bureau…

And Harvard Environmental Law Review Volume 48, Issue 1 is LIVE! 🌳🌎🌵Check it out here: journals.law.harvard.edu/elr/

ICYMI: Watch yesterday's discussion with state utility regulators and policymakers about their approaches to maintaining a reliable, affordable, and cleaner power system eelp.law.harvard.edu/2024/04/state-…

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EPA released a final tailpipe emissions rule that sets more stringent emissions standards for GHG and criteria pollutants. Read our analysis of the light-duty vehicle tailpipe standards and explanation of EPA’s legal authority to promulgate them. eelp.law.harvard.edu/2024/04/epa-fi…

On Wednesday @ 12 ET, I'll be moderating a discussion on how states are maintaining a reliable, affordable, and cleaner power system.
Panelists:
Chair Doug Scott, IL ICC
Commr Peretick, MI PSC
Vice Chair Joe Sullivan, MN PUC
Keith Hay, CO Energy Office
harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Landfills are the third largest emitter of methane - a potent greenhouse gas - in the United States.

Read up on the recent evolution of regulation in the U.S. to address methane emissions from landfills in this new research brief: bit.ly/4cmEwa1

The Harvard Human Rights Journal is thrilled to be hosting the Symposium on the Environment and Human Rights on March 28th, 2024 at Harvard Law School and on Zoom. Speakers from around the globe will speak on pressing issues. Register here: forms.gle/EmHwnEvXPLRZ1p…

New online piece!🌎 Sean Goldman-Hunt '23 proposes that the California legislature enact a statute prohibiting the sale of any food item with a lifetime environmental footprint exceeding certain limits. Check it out here:
journals.law.harvard.edu/elr/2024/03/16…

🚨Analysis of the SEC's final climate-related risk disclosure rule 🚨

We explain the SEC's legal authority, changes to the final rule, legal challenges, and more!

eelp.law.harvard.edu/2024/03/the-se…

Live this Wednesday, 3/20 at 5 PM ET: Jody Freeman of Harvard Law School will discuss federal climate rules, including the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules, the SEC’s final rule on climate-related financial risk, +.

Open to the Harvard community + alumni.

Register: bit.ly/43fOKVm