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Don’t Settle for Less – New Federal Tools for EJ Advocacy
Environmental Justice (EJ) advocates have new tools and opportunities for engagement at the federal level because of many federal actions on EJ during the first half of 2022. This post highlights four developments and what they might mean for advocates.
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Plugging in to Opportunities for a Resilient Grid
As extreme heat and other dangerous weather continues with the start of summer, state and public engagement on FERC and electricity market issues is key to building a clean, reliable, affordable grid.
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A New Look for a Busy Year
If you are interested in attorney general work on climate, environmental protection, clean energy, and environmental justice, the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center’s website is a resource you should know about.
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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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Food for Thought: A Case for Urban Agriculture
For cities, agriculture, and specifically urban agriculture, can play a surprisingly important role in combating the ill effects of climate change, while adding many benefits to a community.
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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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What We're Watching: FERC Edition
There has been a lot happening at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Here are some highlights from across FERC’s gas, consumer protection, and electricity market work.
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The "Goldilocks" Approach to Transmission Cost Allocation
Cleaning up the electricity grid means building more electricity transmission for clean energy sources. But large-scale transmission projects can be held up over the contentious issue of “cost allocation” – or “who pays for what?"
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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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Don't Wait 'Til the Cows Come Home: State Actions on Climate-Neutral Agriculture
Many of the agricultural practices that build resilience also help mitigate climate change. However, these climate-friendly practices are employed on only a tiny fraction of US agricultural land.
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The Earth is Green, Water is Blue, Is Environmental Law the Career for You?
Decades ago, the phrase “environmental law” might have evoked thoughts of working on cases about contaminated water, polluted air, and toxic waste spills.
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Will You Look at Your Gas Stove Differently After Reading This?
Just this morning, new research was released from Stanford that shows that gas stoves are bigger climate polluters than previously thought, when accounting for methane leaks.
