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Climate bill has votes to get through key House panel, says Waxman

Breaking news: Greenwire (via the New York Times) and Grist.com are reporting that Rep. Henry Waxman said tonight he “believe[s] we’ll have the votes for passage” to move his climate bill through the House Energy and Commerce Committee. (The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Rep. Waxman “expects” to have sufficient votes but takes a tone of skepticism.) Waxman …

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“Smoking gun” OMB memo on EPA climate change rulemaking is not what it seems

As Dan has mentioned, there has been a bit of a dust-up over a document in EPA’s rulemaking docket relating to EPA’s recent finding that greenhouse gases pose an endangerment to public health and welfare. As Dan notes, the memo, apparently originating at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is harshly critical …

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EPA report on US greenhouse gas emissions and sinks may not tell the whole story

Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), the international agreement that resulted in the Kyoto Protocol and that will convene a new round of talks in Copenhagen later this year, the U.S. is required to report comprehensively each year on U.S.-based emissions of greenhouse gases and on GHG sinks in the U.S. The U.S. EPA released …

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A Wavering Federal Policy on Climate Change?

President Obama yesterday made official (sort of) his plan to fulfill a campaign pledge to grant the State of California authority to adopt pioneering greenhouse gas emission controls for vehicular sources. That announcement, while expected, is a breath of fresh air when it comes to state-federal environmental policymaking. It comes after eight frustrating years in …

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NEPA and Loper Deference (Part II)

Guest contributor Justin Pidot outlines what losing CEQ’s NEPA authority means for interagency coordination and efficiency.

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Does the IRA have staying power?

How to expand climate policy to new places and new sectors

Escalating Legal Attacks on California’s Longstanding Clean Air Act “Waiver” Authority

Feedback effects can lock in decarbonization policies, for better and for worse

CLEE’s Global Forum for Sustainable Batteries releases a 2040 Sustainable Battery Vision

If you read Legal Planet, you know the work of the environmental law centers at Berkeley and UCLA is critical. Now is the time to support it.

Neither carbon pricing nor a mass climate movement can drive effective climate policy on their own

Guest contributor Justin Pidot outlines what losing CEQ’s NEPA authority means for interagency coordination and efficiency.

Losing the farm to PFAS, or losing PFAS on the farm?

Effective climate policy requires consideration of efficiency, equity, technological innovation, carbon reductions and political feasibility

The election was largely a disaster. But we’ve also seen some positive developments.

Slower, less certain, and less equitable–with a new focus on local leadership

More than 500 Rights of Nature laws and policies have been passed globally. Here’s how to make sense of this nascent movement — or movements.

The doctrine has been hailed by conservatives. But it may come back to bite them.

Expect a lot of the same, but there could be some new twists.

Some thoughts about how the Court should define some limits on indirect effects.

New tools to help local governments plan for equitable and effective investments