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Trackers
AG Actions Database
Updated 6.1.23
Launched 1.19.17This database tracks actions of regional and national significance taken by state AGs to advance clean energy, climate and environmental laws and policies since 2017. The database is updated on a monthly basis.
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Reports
A Role for State Attorneys General in a Just Transition
Resources Updated 5.25.23
Report Published 12.1.22This report considers how state attorneys general (AGs) can help 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 state attorneys general can do in relation to a just transition.
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Trackers
Tracking Transmission Reform
Updated 5.23.23
Launched 10.29.21Transmission planning needs to change to support a clean, affordable, and equitable grid. Hear from state AGs on why transmission reform is a critical aspect of climate response, get background on how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is approaching its overhaul to the process, and stay up to date on how AGs are getting involved.
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Projects
Expanding AG EJ Practice — A Resource
Updated 4.18.23
Launched 1.10.22This resource gives an overview of environmental justice and provides guidance for AG offices looking to set up or expand their work in the EJ practice area. It highlights influential moments in EJ history, provides a look into state mapping tools, identifies current federal and state EJ policies, and tracks EJ updates in the media.
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Trackers
2021 and Beyond: Environment & Energy Cases Involving the Biden Administration
Updated 4.7.23
Launched 4.7.22This tracker collects court decisions on challenges to federal actions related to energy and the environment during the Biden administration. It will be updated as new cases are brought and new decisions are released.
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Issue Briefs
What’s in a Label? The FTC’s Green Guides in Context
The Federal Trade Commission is consider updating its Green Guides for the first time on over a decade; this comes at a crucial time, as research and litigation have revealed ambiguities in the Guides’ definitions of “recyclable” and other environmental labels, leading to consumer confusion. This brief explains what the Green Guides contain, how the FTC plans to reevaluate them, the interplay between the Guides and state consumer protection laws, and how this interplay affects regulation of “recyclable” labels.
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Blog
Year In Review: 2022 at the State Impact Center
Take a look back at 2022 at the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center.
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Trackers
Tracking Pro-Environmental Federal Litigation by AGs
Updated 10.19.22
Launched 10.19.22This resource tracks pro-environmental litigation brought by AGs during the Biden and Trump administrations, breaking down the wins & losses during each administration. The tracker will be updated as pending cases are resolved and new cases are brought.
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Trackers
Plastics Litigation Tracker
Updated 10.3.22
Launched 7.15.22The Plastics Litigation Tracker tracks cases addressing plastics across federal and state courts, including resolved and pending cases. The tracker will be updated as cases are resolved and new cases are filed.
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Trackers
FERC Judicial Review Tracker
Updated 9.1.22
Launched 2.14.22This tracker collects court decisions reviewing orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and includes the underlying orders in each case, information about the commissioner composition, and the outcome of judicial review. The tracker also includes brief analysis of the data.
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Projects
Seeing the Dangers Ahead: Climate Risk Series
A recap of our three-part virtual event series that provided essential information and tools to help regulators and advocates understand the latest available public and private data about physical, financial, and transition climate risks.
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Issue Briefs
Are We There Yet? Getting Distributed Energy Resources to Markets
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order Nos. 841 and 2222 are two landmark orders which aim to open organized wholesale markets to new technologies in the transition to a clean energy future. This issue brief rounds up efforts to implement the orders, showing where there has been progress, where there have been delays, and what is at stake.