April 21, 2020
by Simon Moskovitz
Fossil Fuels
Regulations
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.
April 2, 2020
by Linn Bumpers
Renewable Energy
Sustainability
Community solar is a widespread solution for those who cannot invest in rooftop solar but want renewable energy. How does this innovative energy system fit into the existing legal frameworks?
March 6, 2020
by Samuel Harris
Climate change
Oceans
As the Gulf Coast faces the prospect of increasingly intense hurricane seasons, a recently published paper may provide a ray of hope to local communities that already feel the effects of climate change.
By Samuel Harris, Managing Editor
March 4, 2020
by Joseph Nelson
Agriculture
State and Local
Food Freedom Laws can help us positively reorder our relationships with our food, our neighbors, and the Earth we share.
February 26, 2020
by Gabriel Dowdell
Fossil Fuels
Oil and Gas
Regulations
State and Local
Water
Should the EPA regulate fracking more heavily? Currently, states that benefit financially from fracking regulate the industry.
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.
February 13, 2020
by Kayla Steinberg
Agriculture
Litigation
Renewable Energy
State and Local
In July 2019, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that the state’s Public Service Commission has the final say on the siting of solar and wind energy projects, prompting concerns by local governments over how to protect farmland from development.
February 10, 2020
by Molly Green
Air
Climate change
Fossil Fuels
Natural Resources
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?
February 6, 2020
by Weston Coward
Fossil Fuels
Sustainability
Should Exxon have to pay a carbon tax for its recent methane leak?
January 16, 2020
by Julia Sweitzer
Energy
Natural Resources
Renewable Energy
California has seen a recent surge in local municipalities establishing Community Choice Aggregation programs to choose their electricity portfolios. But how do these programs work and are they effective?