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Going with the Flow Doesn't Cut It Anymore
The “Kafkaesque regime” that was natural gas pipeline approvals at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is facing more pushback.
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When a Window Unit Isn't Cool Enough
As heat waves swept across the country, it is a good time to look at the benefits of heat pumps for cooling and to reduce reliance on traditional oil and gas heating in the colder months.
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A Supreme Court Roundup on States and Environmental Law
As the Supreme Court wraps up its term, read this roundup of decisions involving states and the crucial issues that affect the nation’s grid and infrastructure as it grapples with a changing climate.
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Getting to a Cleaner Grid
The wonky world of electricity markets has a real impact on how quickly decarbonization can occur (plus at what cost). Much work remains in the world of electricity markets. In this week’s commentary, we’ll break all this down.
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AGs & Environmental Justice
State attorneys general are moving aggressively to ensure that environmental justice concerns are central to their environmental enforcement work.
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A Whirlwind of Activity at Interior
On many fronts, the Interior Department is preparing the path forward to a clean energy future and unwinding harmful rules and decisions of the Trump era.
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Shifting Gears, Driving Progress
The Biden administration is taking significant steps to address the climate impact of the transportation sector, including reversing the Trump administration’s move that lowered the stringency of the federal greenhouse gas emissions standards.
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Building Power in the Environmental Movement - Part 1
Read our guest post in Green 2.0’s blog, which gives an overview of the best strategies for proactively addressing the disparity in the environmental law field, which has been slow to diversify. There is widespread agreement that diversity is critical to providing high quality work that has a deep and lasting impact.
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Follow the Leaders
The State Impact Center convened a group of state AGs and a representative of the administration to discuss the path forward on climate action; hear what they had to say, and learn more about our latest report.
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Bold Ambitions, Strong Foundations
Infrastructure week has finally arrived. If passed, President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, a $2 trillion effort to simultaneously invest in the country’s infrastructure and combat climate change would be one of the largest domestic investments in the country since World War II.
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Presidential Precedent and the Cost of Carbon
The Biden administration’s actions on social cost of greenhouse gases triggered a new lawsuit from conservative attorneys general, providing a useful chance to highlight this little-known tool and the court cases that have developed around it.
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The Climate in Congress
In the midst of working on the COVID-19 relief package, Congress has also taken initial steps toward a legislative response to the climate crisis.
