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EPA’s Climate Rule for Existing Power Plants Under 111(d) – HLS Faculty Analysis and Research

In light of EPA’s  plan to regulate carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, we wanted to highlight some of the work that HLS faculty have been doing around the issue. Professor Jody Freeman, Director and Founder of ELP, recently wrote … Continue reading

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The Clinic and Policy Initiative Release New Report on Responding to Landowner Complaints from Oil and Gas Activity

The Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic and the Environmental Policy Initiative released a new report today, Responding to Landowner Complaints of Water Contamination from Oil and Gas Activity: Best Practices.  The report provides recommendations for state lawmakers and agencies to … Continue reading

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Supreme Court grants review in Greenhouse Gas Cases—Professors Freeman and Lazarus Comment

On October 16, 2013, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA. The cert. grant was narrow and limited to: “whether EPA permissibly determined that its regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles triggered permitting requirements under the … Continue reading

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In First Address as EPA Head, Administrator Gina McCarthy Stresses Collaboration and the “Opportunity of Climate Change”

“Let’s talk about [climate change] as the opportunity of a lifetime, because there are too many lifetimes at stake,” newly-confirmed EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy proclaimed during her speech this past Tuesday at Harvard Law School, her first as head of … Continue reading

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EPA Invites you to Hear from Gina McCarthy

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow cordially invite you to an address by  EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Tuesday – July 30, 2013 at 11 a.m. Harvard Law School 2036 Milstein East Wasserstein Hall (Large white marble building with … Continue reading

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