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Fighting to Preserve California Vehicle Emission Standards

Ted Lamm and Sean Hecht Co-Author Amicus Brief on Behalf of National Parks Groups

Last week, Sean Hecht and I filed an amicus brief with the DC Circuit in the legal challenge to the Trump Administration’s attempt to eliminate California’s authority to apply its own automobile emission standards under the Clean Air Act. (We filed the brief in our individual capacities and not on behalf of our respective institutions.) …

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Trump’s Legal Challenges to the California’s Car Deal

Is there any legal basis for the Trump Administration’s actions?

Prompting rage by President Trump, California and several carmakers entered a voluntary agreement on carbon emissions from new cars that blew past the Administration’s efforts to repeal existing federal requirements. Last week, the Trump Administration slapped back at California. Although there’s been a lot of editorializing about that response, I’ve seen very little about the …

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Declaring a Climate Change Emergency: A Citizen’s Guide

Would it be legal to declare a national emergency for climate change? Would it be useful? Here’s what you need to know.

Stanford’s Sustainability School: A Good Model?

There are pros and cons, but it makes sense to bring the university org. chart into the 21st century.

What the Supreme Court Left Standing

No, the Court didn’t eliminate EPA’s ability to fight climate change.

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

Environmental Law in US Law Schools

There are strong programs in schools up and down the pecking order.

The Major Money Doctrine

Senate passes biggest climate legislation ever.

Making Climate Policy Work

New book highlights the weaknesses of carbon pricing in addressing climate policy

Why We Can’t Wait

In climate policy, delay is deadly.

The Inflation Reduction Act and the Sequencing of Climate Policy

Why subsidies for clean energy generally are preconditions for other climate policies

A Great Day for Climate Policy

A short video explainer of why passage of the IRA bill is such a big deal.

vehicle emission standards

Ted Lamm and Sean Hecht Co-Author Amicus Brief on Behalf of National Parks Groups

Is there any legal basis for the Trump Administration’s actions?

TRENDING

A short video explainer of why passage of the IRA bill is such a big deal.

Why subsidies for clean energy generally are preconditions for other climate policies

There’s an embarrassing economic blunder in how OIRA’s jurisdiction is defined.

In climate policy, delay is deadly.

New book highlights the weaknesses of carbon pricing in addressing climate policy

Senate passes biggest climate legislation ever.

We’re about to find out in an upcoming case.

California needs to lead in developing critical carbon removal technologies

Climate legislation sets the stage not just for decarbonization now, but greater policy success later on

There are strong programs in schools up and down the pecking order.

Would it be legal to declare a national emergency for climate change? Would it be useful? Here’s what you need to know.

There are pros and cons, but it makes sense to bring the university org. chart into the 21st century.

No, the Court didn’t eliminate EPA’s ability to fight climate change.

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

There are strong programs in schools up and down the pecking order.

Senate passes biggest climate legislation ever.

New book highlights the weaknesses of carbon pricing in addressing climate policy

In climate policy, delay is deadly.

Why subsidies for clean energy generally are preconditions for other climate policies

A short video explainer of why passage of the IRA bill is such a big deal.