Harvard Environmental Law Review clean energy Toward Greener FERC Regulation of the Power Industry August 12, 2014 by hlsjrnldev August 12, 2014 at 1:30pm America’s electricity industry is at the heart of some of the nation’s and world’s biggest environmental challenges, including climate change. Yet the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), which has regulatory jurisdiction … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review clean air act Can the ESA Address the Threats of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition? Insights from the Case of the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly August 1, 2011 by wpengine By Zdravka Tzankova, Dena Vallano, & Erika Zavaleta The Bay Checkerspot Butterfly reached its threatened status largely as a result of habitat loss through … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review clean air act “Fugitive” natural gas emissions on the run from the law August 13, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By Samantha Caravello — Aug. 13, 2013 at 12:52pm Natural gas is being widely lauded as the “bridge fuel” that will allow the United States to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, kick … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review clean air act There’s More than Just Climate: People Need Protection Against Air Toxics, Too November 13, 2014 by Harvard Law Development By Seth Johnson — November 13 at 10:39 a.m. Seth Johnson is a Senior Associate Attorney with Earthjustice and a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he served as … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review City of Arlington v. FCC Chevron Deference and Interpretive Authority After City of Arlington v. FCC August 12, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Laura Myron Cite as: Laura Myron, Chevron Deference and Interpretive Authority After City of Arlington v. FCC, 38 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 479 (2014) [btn link=”http://harvardelr.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/Myron.pdf” color=”forestGreen” size=”size-l”]View Full … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Christopher J. Bateman Toward Greener FERC Regulation of the Power Industry August 12, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Christopher J. Bateman and James T.B. Tripp America’s electricity industry is at the heart of some of the nation’s and world’s biggest environmental challenges, including climate change. Yet the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review choice architecture Automatically Green: Behavioral Economics and Environmental Protection April 8, 2014 by hlsjrnldev By Cass R. Sunstein and Lucia A. Reisch Careful attention to choice architecture promises to open up new possibilities for environmental protection — possibilities that may be more effective than the standard tools of economic incentives, mandates, … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review China Promises and Pitfalls in China’s New Environmental Protection Law September 14, 2014 by Harvard Law Development By Daniel Carpenter-Gold—September 14 at 6:30 p.m. To read more on this topic, look for Mr. Carpenter-Gold’s student note in the upcoming Volume 39.1 of the Harvard Environmental Law Review. Chinese environmental policy has … Read more
Harvard Environmental Law Review Chevron Step Zero Obituary: Chevron’s “Major Questions Exception” August 27, 2013 by hlsjrnldev By David Baake — Aug. 27, 2013 at 5:43pm If you prefer blog posts that begin by paraphrasing a Mark Twain quote, prepare to be disappointed. This blog post is about Chevron’s “major questions exception,” and reports of … Read more