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Who Will Own the Clean Energy Future?

In the latest push to finance renewable energy, we have allowed private actors to make substantial claims on public resources without asking for anything in return.

The New NEPA: A User’s Guide

The Debt Ceiling Law Rewrote NEPA. Here’s a map to the new statute.

Digitalization and Predictive Policing in Conservation

Does technology shift focus toward “green policing” and away from integrated conservation and development?

What’s Next in the Fight over Berkeley’s Natural Gas Ordinance

In a petition seeking review of the decision, the City of Berkeley says that the opinion from a Ninth Circuit panel takes federal preemption too far.

On the Perils of Hasty Drafting

The Debt Ceiling Bill was written under intense time pressure. It shows!

Sackett and the Dangers of a New ‘Clear-Statement Rule’

The Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. EPA will be bad for the nation’s wetlands. It is just as bad for democracy. 

NEPA and the Debt Deal

Will the permitting sections of the debt ceiling bill undermine environmental reviews?

Default and the Environment

What are the environmental impacts of Uncle Sam’s failure to pay his debts on time?

A decade of unraveling the effects of regulation on water innovation

By Michael Kiparsky, with Dave Smith, Nell Green Nylen, Luke Sherman, Alida Cantor, Anita Milman, Felicia Marcus, David Sedlak, Bernhard Truffer, Christian Binz, Sasha Harris-Lovett, Jeff Lape, Justin Mattingly, Dave Owen, Lars Tummers, Buzz Thompson

Has the Supreme Court Declared Open Season on Interstate Commerce?

How to read a baffling Supreme Court ruling.

NEPA and the Debt Deal

Will the permitting sections of the debt ceiling bill undermine environmental reviews?

Can The Major Questions Doctrine Break The Debt Ceiling?

NAGE’s New Lawsuit Makes A Strong Case That It Can

Taming the Dormant Commerce Clause

A new Supreme Court opinion is good news for state climate regulators.

“Fully Protected” No More?

Newsom’s infrastructure package makes a big change for California species protection

New York Adopts Cap and Trade

Yes, the new NY law includes some bans on natural gas. That’s far from all it does.

EPA’s Power Plant Rule is Not Bold. It’s What’s Required.

It’s important to remember the regulatory history—and the growing urgency—of limiting climate change-related carbon pollution from power plants. 

On the Perils of Hasty Drafting

The Debt Ceiling Bill was written under intense time pressure. It shows!

The Philanthropy Gap

Spending relating to climate change is far too low given the urgency of the situation.

Digitalization and Predictive Policing in Conservation

Does technology shift focus toward “green policing” and away from integrated conservation and development?

The New NEPA: A User’s Guide

The Debt Ceiling Law Rewrote NEPA. Here’s a map to the new statute.