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Did Biden have to approve the Willow oil project?

Northeast National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

ConocoPhillips has existing lease rights. But the Biden administration had tools to curtail those rights to limit harms.

Although the Biden administration has approved the Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope—the largest proposed oil drilling on U.S. public land in several decades—the legal questions are far from settled. Much of the media coverage so far has focused on the political dynamics driving the decision (as noted with some alarm here and …

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Wasting Gas

A proposed rule limiting flaring and venting of natural gas is a win for everyone except greedy oil and gas operators.

Yesterday, the Interior Department posted a proposed rule to limit flaring and venting of natural gas on public lands. The rule will be good for everyone except the oil and gas operators who waste the gas, increasing methane and carbon emissions while giving the public nothing in return. The rule is clearly a step in …

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The climate bill and oil and gas leasing

Provision in big climate bill that mandates oil and gas leasing on federal lands has limited reach

The big news in climate policy this past week was Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) signing off on a deal with the Democratic Senate Majority leader, Chuck Schumer, to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on climate investments – the bill is catchily called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. I’ll take a look at the …

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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.

“Fully Protected” No More?

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

A Climate Trial in Montana Sets the Scene for More

Held v. Montana is the first of many climate lawsuits by youth plaintiffs to go to trial. Big Sky Country is a fitting forum for this phase of climate change litigation.

The role of regulatory relationships in wastewater innovation

by Nell Green Nylen, Michael Kiparsky, and Anita Milman

The Biden Power Plant Rule and the Major Question Doctrine

The new rule has hardly any of the features that caused the Supreme Court to strike down the Obama rule.

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

“Fully Protected” No More?

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

How to Solve the Debt Ceiling Standoff? Sue Janet Yellen

A lawsuit by a federal debtholder could take the terrorists’ bombs from them.

New York Adopts Cap and Trade

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

On the Perils of Hasty Drafting

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

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. 

The Philanthropy Gap

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

Air Quality Watchdog Agrees to Get Tougher on Refineries

There’s a favorable settlement in the case brought by Earthjustice on behalf of EYCEJ with help from UCLA law students.

New York’s New Environmental Justice Law

Unless amended or carefully implemented, there’s a risk the law could hurt the communities it’s meant to serve.

federal oil and gas leasing

ConocoPhillips has existing lease rights. But the Biden administration had tools to curtail those rights to limit harms.

A proposed rule limiting flaring and venting of natural gas is a win for everyone except greedy oil and gas operators.

Provision in big climate bill that mandates oil and gas leasing on federal lands has limited reach

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

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

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

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

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

How to read a baffling Supreme Court ruling.

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

Held v. Montana is the first of many climate lawsuits by youth plaintiffs to go to trial. Big Sky Country is a fitting forum for this phase of climate change litigation.

by Nell Green Nylen, Michael Kiparsky, and Anita Milman

The new rule has hardly any of the features that caused the Supreme Court to strike down the Obama rule.

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

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

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

A lawsuit by a federal debtholder could take the terrorists’ bombs from them.

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

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

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

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

There’s a favorable settlement in the case brought by Earthjustice on behalf of EYCEJ with help from UCLA law students.

Unless amended or carefully implemented, there’s a risk the law could hurt the communities it’s meant to serve.

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

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