We regularly produce original research and analysis that highlight attorney general work on clean energy and the environment and provide commentary on important and timely topics in these areas of work.
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Our Health
We usually take our health for granted. No more. The COVID-19 pandemic presents an acute health risk that is upending our country, and our world.
March 19, 2020
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Energy & Culture Wars
The administration is fomenting another culture war. The president has ridiculed the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, claiming that their replacements give off bad light. Wind turbines cause cancer and toilets now require multiple flushes (really?).
March 5, 2020
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Reducing Corporate Environmental Accountability, Whether Industry Wants it or Not
Everyone is aware that the Trump administration has been rolling back scores of environmental and climate regulatory requirements. What’s less apparent is how the rollbacks fit into a broader administration strategy to reduce industry accountability for environmental damage.
February 20, 2020
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Op-Eds
Erring on the side of trampling on states' rights
“State clean energy policies. State water quality certifications. Pipeline construction on state land. Lately, when given the choice between co-existing with state authorities — as contemplated by the longstanding cooperative federalism surrounding environmental and energy regulation — and simply steamrolling those authorities, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has consistently pursued the latter.”
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Ideology Trumps Science in Clean Water Rollback
The administration has issued a new rule that ends Clean Water Act protection for large portions of our nation’s wetlands, lakes and tributaries. Internal government documents estimate that more than half of our wetlands will lose protection under the rollback.
February 6, 2020
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The Trump Administration's Deregulation Agenda is Putting Americans at Risk
In the corporate world, “EHS” — “environment, health & safety” — is a serious concern. Any company worth its salt pays attention to EHS issues because workers, customers and neighbors can be negatively impacted by a company’s poor EHS performance.
January 23, 2020
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Cutting the Heart out of NEPA
In the administration’s latest effort to do a NEPA work-around, the it is proposing revisions to long-standing NEPA regulations.
January 9, 2020
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The Climate Travesty Unfolding Before Our Eyes
Even though the path to achieve emissions reductions from industries is clear, and despite the Clean Air Act’s requirement that EPA reduce those emissions, EPA is moving in the opposite direction
December 19, 2019
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Coal in Your Stockings
The holidays are arriving soon. Look for some proverbial lumps of coal in your stockings from the Trump administration.
December 5, 2019
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Changes to PJM’s Capacity Market Likely to Harm Consumers, States, and the Environment
Back in the spring of 2018, PJM, the entity responsible for running wholesale electricity markets for thirteen states plus the District of Columbia under the oversight of FERC, filed changes to its capacity market to address electric generators that receive support from state programs.
December 5, 2019
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Reports
300 and Counting: State AGs Lead the Fight for Health and the Environment
State AGs have taken over 300 actions defending against the Trump administration’s assaults on environmental, climate and clean energy values.
December 1, 2019
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EPA Is Messing With Science, Again
Earlier this week, the New York Times obtained a leaked copy of a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking that EPA reportedly has submitted to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for review.
November 14, 2019
David J. Hayes