March 7, 2023
by Kimberly Wood
Energy
Fossil Fuels
Long lines for gas and skyrocketing retail gas prices marked May 2021 as a memorable month for automobile owners. While gasoline shortages in the early 1970s were caused by an international oil embargo, this more recent supply shortfall resulted from…
February 6, 2023
by Paige Kendrick
Air
Energy
Fossil Fuels
The last few years, especially these last few months, have seen aviation emission regulation like never before. At home and abroad, the aviation industry appears to be making significant inroads relating to emissions from engines “typically used in…
November 18, 2022
by Lauren Miller
Energy
Fossil Fuels
New England is Facing a Gas Shortage that Could Threaten Many this Winter. What can be Done?
With winter fast approaching, many New England states and their residents are at risk of not having enough fuel to meet their heating and power generation…
April 20, 2021
by Lawrence Corbeille
Climate change
Energy
Environmental Law Review Syndicate
Fossil Fuels
Renewable Energy
By Blake Ellis, Staff Contributor
In February 2021, the state of Texas experienced unprecedented power outages caused by severe winter storms. Conservative politicians and media were quick to blame the use of renewable energy as the culprit of the outages. The facts present a different explanation.
October 25, 2020
by Brooke McClain Delaney
Air
Chemicals
Climate change
Fossil Fuels
International
By Hyunjin Kim, Staff Contributor
"Normal was a crisis." When we say we want to "go back to normal," do we really mean the world exactly as we left it? Or, could we use COVID as a means of building something better than what we had, perhaps greener?
October 20, 2020
by Alec Williams
Air
Climate change
Fossil Fuels
State and Local
By Camden Douglas, Staff Contributor
On September 23, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newson issued an executive order[1] that is expected to reduce the impact of climate change by drastically transforming the State's transportation industry. California experiences many unique climate change-related problems. For instance, as a result of climate change, the duration of California's wildfire season has more than doubled since 1980.[2] Indeed, this year, California is experiencing a record-breaking burn,[3] with wildfires scorching millions of acres of land.[4] The executive order, in an attempt to attenuate some of these climate change-related impacts on the State, requires all new passenger vehicles sold in California to be zero-emission by 2035, effectively banning the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles in just fifteen years.[5]
April 21, 2020
by Maxwell Unterhalter
Fossil Fuels
By Simon Moskovitz
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released the final SAFE Vehicles Rule. The rule sets forth requirements for emissions and efficiency in vehicles for model years 2021-2026 and revokes the Clean Air Act waiver to California.
February 26, 2020
by Sara Douki
Energy
Fossil Fuels
Natural Resources
Oil and Gas
Renewable Energy
State and Local
Water
Gabriel Dowdell, Staff Contributor
Should the EPA regulate fracking more heavily? Currently, states that benefit financially from fracking regulate the industry.
February 10, 2020
by Trevor Herden
Air
Climate change
Fossil Fuels
Natural Resources
By Molly Green, Staff Contributor.
Do children have a right to a government that protects their interest in a sustainable climate? Will Courts give them a chance to voice the urgency of their climate-based claims?
October 21, 2019
by Dani Brooks
Energy
Fossil Fuels
Natural Resources
Renewable Energy
By Nick Gill, Staff Contributor
Although net metering has incentivized residential customers to switch from fossil fuel to solar energy, its pricing model confuses customers and shifts costs, making it untenable in the long-term.