A bill before the D.C. Council, the Resilient and Energy Efficient Historic Properties Amendment Act, would amend the solar panel permitting process for residents in historic districts.
A regional utility’s role in a $52B lawsuit could have significant implications for the future of climate litigation.
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a pollution discharge permit issued by EPA under the Clean Water Act. The case raises questions of statutory interpretation, administrative, and environmental law that have been hot topics at the Supreme Court in recent terms.
To address the transmission interconnection queue, regulators should have new powers, a modern study process, and a central role in planning the future of transmission.
Diet and food production, especially of meat, has a large impact on climate change. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines should be used to help deal with the climate consequences of diet.
EPA has been working quickly to regulate PFAS across the United States. The National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for PFAS is now finalized, and more final rules are right around the corner.
Over the past few years, the SEC has been driven by its focus on climate and a crypto crackdown. This article explores where these two priorities may conflict.
Late last year, the EPA issued a formal Endangerment Finding, the first step in almost thirty years toward reducing the largest source of lead in the atmosphere. What took so long?
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System published new changes to Regulation HH pertaining to systemically-important Financial Market Utilities (FMUs) that clear and settle large-scale transactions between banks and other financial institutions in the United States. In this blog post, GELR Senior Editor Andrew Bellah highlights new operational risk management requirements for FMUs in Regulation HH that have become relevant due to emergent threats arising from climate change. While the amendments to Regulation HH don't explicitly mention climate change, their emphasis on the risk of severe weather and other tail-end scenarios denotes the seriousness of preparing critical financial market infrastructure for a warming world.
After years of years of roadblocks and anticipation, New York City is scheduled to introduce its controversial Congestion Pricing toll in June. The congestion toll, which will charge drivers of standard vehicles $15 to enter parts of lower Manhattan, aims to reduce traffic build up and air pollution in the city. However, the toll has been met with tremendous scrutiny, particularly on the true environmental impact of the project.
