AGs Advancing State and National Environmental Protections: An Overview of Current Actions
This resource is focused on AG involvement in litigation and regulatory matters advancing climate, environmental justice, environmental protection, and clean energy. It tracks the status of active cases and regulatory matters; describes AG engagement; and, where possible, flags what to expect as these matters progress.
The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU Law studies and supports the work of state attorneys general in defending, enforcing, and promoting strong laws and policies in the areas of climate, environmental justice, environmental protection, and clean energy.
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Attorney General Work
Through our research, fellows program, database, and events, the Center supports AGs by boosting capacity and shining a light on their work defending and promoting clean energy, climate, and environmental laws and policies.
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Projects & Reports
We regularly produce original research and analysis to serve as a centralized public source of information for ongoing AG initiatives and advance legal and policy analysis through resources like our Expanding AG EJ Practice and our FERC Judicial Review Tracker.
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News & Updates
Through Legally Speaking (our twice-monthly newsletter), social media, and our press releases and statements, we provide timely updates on the latest AG involvement on climate, clean energy, and environmental issues.
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Events
We host frequent events, workshops, and webinars that provide important background information to practitioners and enhance the public’s understanding of the importance of the clean energy, climate change and environmental matters that AGs are pursuing.
In the Media
- New York goes after PepsiCo for plastic pollution in a groundbreaking lawsuit
Fast Company, 11/18/2023 - NY AG's Plastic Bottle Suit Called Both Innovative, Overreach
Law 360, by Sarah Jarvis, 11/17/2023 - New York calls PepsiCo’s plastic pollution a ‘public nuisance’ in first-of-its-kind lawsuit
Grist, by Joseph Winters, 11/16/2023 - NJ joins legal battle over interstate pipeline
NJ Spotlight News, by Tom Johnson, 08/11/2023 - Aggressive Litigation Expected Over 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water
New Jersey Law Journal, by Colleen Murphy, 07/13/2023 - 'We're Not Going to Pay for Our Own Destruction': Republican State AGs Push Against ESG
The National Law Journal, by Christine Schiffner, 05/22/2023
Issue Alerts
- National Science Foundation
Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Research Plan
Comments due 04/23/2024 - Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Grant Program
Proposals due 04/25/2024 - Environmental Protection Agency
Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning of Waste Explosives
Comments due 05/20/2024 - Department of Energy
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products
Comments due 06/03/2024