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Plastics Litigation Tracker

Updated July 2, 2024

The Plastics Litigation Tracker tracks cases addressing plastics across federal and state courts, including resolved and pending cases. The tracker will be updated as cases are resolved and new cases are filed.

A Role for State Attorneys General in a Just Transition

Updated June 21, 2024
This report considers how state attorneys general (AGs) can help ensure that the shift to renewable energy supports communities and leads to good climate jobs. The report provides insight into the role of AGs, highlights recent AG enforcement of workers’ rights and environmental protection, and offers additional ideas for what state attorneys general can do in relation to a just transition.

Tracking Transmission Reform

Updated June 12, 2024

Transmission planning needs to change to support a clean, affordable, and equitable grid. Hear from state AGs on why transmission reform is a critical aspect of climate response, get background on how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is approaching its overhaul to the process, and stay up to date on how AGs are getting involved.

AG Actions Database

Updated June 11, 2024
This database tracks actions of regional and national significance taken by state AGs to advance clean energy, climate and environmental laws and policies since 2017. The database is updated on a monthly basis.

What's the Story? Why the Way You Talk about Climate Matters

Strategic communication is a necessary component for reaching our climate goals. But communicating about the climate crisis presents some unique challenges. Stories offer a familiar framework for new information, making it more memorable and easier to digest.

Energy Law Resource Library

Updated June 4, 2024

The Energy Law Resource Library is a collection of educational resources from the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center and other organizations help you in your energy law practice. This page will be continually updated with new resources.

Major Questions Doctrine May Not Be What Administrative Foes Seek

“In the Courts” Column: Regardless of what happens with the Chevron cases in the Supreme Court this term, both undecided at press time, the related Major Questions Doctrine will continue to be a weapon of choice against administrative actions implementing environmental laws. But will those challenges succeed?

Vacation Mode: Unlocked

It’s that time of year! The temperature is heating up, schedules are simmering down (hah!), and your long summer afternoons are just waiting to be filled with ways to learn about the latest climate, clean energy, and environmental topics. We’ve got you covered with reading, listening, and watching recommendations for your summer!

Empowering Consumers, Encouraging Competition, Yet…Eliciting Claims of Antitrust Violations?

ESG has been all over the news lately as companies consider how to empower consumers to make informed choices. Recently, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser spoke out against efforts to put a stop to these “pro-competitive, pro-consumer” practices.

A Different Kind of Class: Children Seek Equally Protected Futures

Youth across the globe are increasingly speaking out about climate change and its impacts on their lives. In a new suit, young plaintiffs seek a judicial declaration that the U.S. government has denied them equal protection of the law by allowing life-threatening levels of fossil fuel climate pollution in ways that deliberately discriminate against children.

A Full Trip Around the Sun, Yet EJ Remains Eclipsed at FERC

Exactly one year after FERC held its Roundtable on Environmental Justice and Equity in Infrastructure Permitting, the D.C. Circuit issued a decision affirming FERC’s broad authority in pipeline matters. This year, there are more vacancies on the Commission, and pushing for EJ reforms remains crucial.

Securities Law Tackles Impact of a Changing Climate on Bottom Line

“In the Courts” Column: With its recent climate risk rule, the Securities and Exchange Commission has begun to create a regime where investors will receive reliable disclosures about climate problems that they can compare across companies. The rule faces suits, but SEC is on solid ground with focus on material risks.