News & Events

The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center regularly hosts events and produces press releases, newsletters, and expert commentary on clean energy, climate and environmental regulations, rulemakings and litigation. See below for our most recent events and updates.

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We use the #StateImpactAlert hashtag to flag the latest significant climate, energy, and environmental actions at various federal agencies. The alerts include a brief description of the action, the agency or agencies behind it, the deadline for comments, the date of public meetings (if applicable), and the link to the proceeding.

  • Event Transmission tower and the logos of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) and the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center

    Environmental Justice & Transmission Development

    May 31, 2023

    The U.S. urgently needs to expand its electric transmission system, but how can we build out the grid in an equitable way? Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) and the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center hosted a webinar to answer this question by exploring environmental justice considerations in transmission development.

  • Podcast The cover of a book entitled "Advice to Thrive By"

    Episode 1: Advice to Thrive By

    May 25, 2023

    A conversation with Portia Allen-Kyle, a civil rights attorney and public policy expert, on her new book Advice to Thrive By: How to Use Your Résumé and Cover Letter to Build Your Brand and Launch a Dynamic Public Interest Career.

  • Newsletter Transmission towers, text from FERC's docket on EJ roundtable comments for permitting, sound waves, and torn paper.

    Reflections on FERC’s Environmental Justice Roundtable

    May 25, 2023

    Announcing our new podcast! Comments on EJ in infrastructure permitting; AGs call for worker protection from pesticides; EPA calls for end of recycling symbol; SCOTUS ruling on WOTUS; more.