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“National Security” Coal-Bailout Collapses

Trump demanded the use of national security powers to subsidize the coal industry. Looks like that’s not happening.

In its desperate effort to save the failing American coal industry, the Trump Administration promised to use emergency powers to keep coal-fired power plants in operation even though they’re not economically viable. That would have been the kind of disruptive change that Trump promised to bring to Washington. But the effort seems to have gone …

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Emergency Powers: A Two-Edged Sword

Trump is considering using emergency powers to save coal plants. Turnabout would be fair play.

The Trump Administration is considering using emergency powers to keep coal-fired power plants in operation even though they’re not economically viable. That would require an extraordinary stretch of the statutes in question. And if the statutes are interpreted that broadly, a future president could easily use them for the opposing purpose — forcing utilities to …

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Election 2022: One Month to Go

A close election with big potential policy impacts

Senate 2022: Pennsylvania

Two unconventional candidates face off in a crucial swing state.

On the First Monday in October, the Sacketts Head to the Supreme Court a Second Time

Sackett v. EPA–the Most Important Environmental Case on the Justices’ Current Docket–Will Answer the Key Question of How Far Federal Wetlands Regulation Extends Under the Clean Water Act

Senate 2022: Georgia

The environmentalist incumbent faces a tight race.

Senate 2022: Nevada.

A tight race between two low-key candidates.

U.C. Davis Law School to Host “Clean Water Act at 50” Conference

Interdisciplinary Event Will Assess Landmark Law’s Past, Assess Its Future

Addressing Livestock Methane in California

New CLEE/UCLA report identifies policy solutions to reduce emissions | Webinar Nov. 10

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Deep Uncertainty

How should agencies take into account “the things we know we don’t know”?

Where Are They Now?

Remember Trump’s appointees — Pruitt, Zinke, and the rest? Here’s where they went afterwards.

Senate 2022: Arizona

In a tight race, the incumbent faces a pro-drilling, pro-fracking, pro-nuclear advocate.

Emergency powers

Trump demanded the use of national security powers to subsidize the coal industry. Looks like that’s not happening.

Trump is considering using emergency powers to save coal plants. Turnabout would be fair play.

TRENDING

A close election with big potential policy impacts

Two unconventional candidates face off in a crucial swing state.

Sackett v. EPA–the Most Important Environmental Case on the Justices’ Current Docket–Will Answer the Key Question of How Far Federal Wetlands Regulation Extends Under the Clean Water Act

The environmentalist incumbent faces a tight race.

A tight race between two low-key candidates.

Interdisciplinary Event Will Assess Landmark Law’s Past, Assess Its Future

New CLEE/UCLA report identifies policy solutions to reduce emissions | Webinar Nov. 10

How should agencies take into account “the things we know we don’t know”?

Remember Trump’s appointees — Pruitt, Zinke, and the rest? Here’s where they went afterwards.

In a tight race, the incumbent faces a pro-drilling, pro-fracking, pro-nuclear advocate.

Remember Trump’s appointees — Pruitt, Zinke, and the rest? Here’s where they went afterwards.

Who will get control of the Senate? And why does that matter for the environment?

A sleeper Supreme Court case could impact state climate legislation.

Interdisciplinary Event Will Assess Landmark Law’s Past, Assess Its Future

Sackett v. EPA–the Most Important Environmental Case on the Justices’ Current Docket–Will Answer the Key Question of How Far Federal Wetlands Regulation Extends Under the Clean Water Act

A close election with big potential policy impacts