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Reports
A Role for State Attorneys General in a Just Transition
This report considers how state attorneys general can 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 AGs can do. -
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Carving Out Funds for Clean Energy
Hocus Pocus? Not in the IRA! The Inflation Reduction Act is designed to push money towards clean energy and clean transportation and to supercharge these issues at the state and local level. Here is a breakdown of some of its major goals along with the current status.
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A Dormant Threat to State Clean Energy, Public Health Programs
November-December 2022 • This term, the Supreme Court is considering a case about the Dormant Commerce Clause—with the potential to curtail state powers to issue rules that favor a certain energy mix along with safety and health standards. How did we get here?
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Agencies Can Avoid Major Questions Risks
November-December 2022 • The decision in West Virginia v. EPA required the Supreme Court to take two analytical steps that pose threats to future environmental regulation—but they should not be insurmountable.
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WOTUS, SCOTUS, and Pigs, Oh My!
The Supreme Court is starting up its new term next week. What is on its environmental docket, you ask? Could it be bigger than last year? Quite possibly!
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No Longer a Major Question About the Court’s New Direction
September-October 2022 • This past term, the Supreme Court had a chance to remake environmental law—and it took that opportunity.
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Any (Major) Questions? Environmental Law at the Supreme Court
Yes, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia v. EPA was a big deal. But how big a deal was it really? And what does it mean for EPA’s climate policies and regulatory authority?
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Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Heat, Nor...Gas-Powered Fleet
The U.S. Postal Service uses hundreds of thousands of aging vehicles to deliver mail. To keep the fleet functional, it recently decided to replace up to 165,000 of those vehicles with new ones.
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It Is Time to Talk About the Biden Administration’s Record in Court
May-June 2022 • The Biden administration has, like the Trump administration that preceded it, faced pushback in court for its environmental policies.
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Partners in the Fight for Environmental Justice: Ways That State Attorneys General Can Support Community Efforts
EJ communities have been fighting for decades to preserve their right to a healthy environment; state attorneys general can play an important role in addressing barriers to that work.
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Okay, So We Gonna Talk About Bru...Climate Risk?*
In a series of discussions last month, experts, advocates, regulators, and analysts took a deep dive into the data that is currently available about climate risk, the way that data is being used now, and the wide need for more data and information.
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A Battle Over Major Questions Is Brewing in the High Court
March-April 2022 • In February, the major questions doctrine took center stage when the Supreme Court heard argument in the biggest environmental case on its docket this term, West Virginia v. EPA.
Insights by Bethany Davis Noll (Executive Director)
Bethany Davis Noll is an expert in administrative and environmental law and an experienced litigator. She is the Executive Director of The State Energy & Environmental impact Center. She is also an adjunct professor at NYU Law and co-chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.