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Blog
DOL Paves the Road Green for Retirement
The Department of Labor has just released a finalized rule around its Investment Duties regulation in order to clarify how Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)-regulated fiduciaries can take into consideration climate and environmental, social, governance (ESG) issues.
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Blog
Looking (at Climate Impacts) Before Leaping (to Expand a Pipeline)
In two weeks, the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument on a controversial natural gas pipeline project which is supposed to add 36 miles of new pipeline, as well as infrastructure, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Here is a rundown of the arguments before the court.
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Blog
A Missed Opportunity for Environmental and Energy Justice Engagement
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently held its day-long Annual Reliability Technical Conference. Notably absent from the conference’s panels was any discussion of environmental justice, energy justice, or equity considerations, even though environmental and energy justice communities often face the harshest impacts from reliability and security issues during an energy crisis.
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Blog
How to Tell If Your House is Being Haunted (by Phantom Power Loads)
As spooky season begins, there a fright you to need to keep your sight set on: energy vampires! Sucking electricity from the grid (and money from your pocket book), everyday appliances are haunting your home.
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Blog
A Clean Energy Market for New England
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources released a new proposed market design that could create a competitive arena to meet clean energy goals. Learn about how this design would work, and how to weigh in on it.
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Reports
Where Are We Now? A Year of Agency & Attorney General Action
This report looks at AG policy wins from the past year; reviews federal rulemaking progress during the Biden administration so far; and examines the importance of and obstacles to public input, as well as the role AGs can play in facing those challenges.
Insights by Madeline Collins (Clean Energy Attorney)
Madeline Collins (she, her) is an attorney with litigation experience, an LLM in Environmental Law, and a dedication to serving the public interest. She previously worked as Assistant District Attorney with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.