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New tariff policies could disrupt efforts to transition to clean energy.

The New Emergencies: Tariffs and the Subordination of Climate Policy

April 22, 2025 by Eli Merkadeau Climate change Federal Rollbacks Regulations

The Trump Administration invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to create its new tariff regime. This new trade policy disrupts the clean energy transition and shows how the trade deficit, not climate change, will be treated as an emergency.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Headquarters.

EPA Funding Cancellation Continues: 400 Grants Cancelled

March 31, 2025 by Abigail Murray Federal Rollbacks Legislation

EPA cancels more than 400 grants across nine programs, eliminating $1.7 billion that was dedicated to air and water quality improvement and extreme weather resilience.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s flag with title and logo. Source: Paul A. Fagan, https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulfagan/187548433/in/photostream/.

The Single Most Impactful Day of Deregulation in EPA History

March 20, 2025 by Jack Hatzimemos Federal Rollbacks Regulations

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s intention to reconsider 31 regulations for the purpose of revitalizing the American economy and auto-industry, arguably neglecting the EPA’s environmental protection mission.

Too Much, Too Soon: A Case For Slowing The Rate or Degree Of Withdrawing Federal Regulatory Incentives For Photovoltaic Cells

February 24, 2020 by Roy Jackson Energy Federal Rollbacks Online Supplemental Article Renewable Energy

In this exclusive online article, Roy Jackson, a recent Georgetown Law graduate, explains how photovoltaic-solar (“PV”) project costs have decreased in recent decades and how investments in this industry may grow stagnant under both recently enacted and proposed federal policy changes.