Legal Planet
AUGUST 23, 2022
The Infrastructure Act was primarily about conventional infrastructure but also made a big investment in clean energy. billion to cut emissions from ferries and buses; $7.5 billion for charging stations for EVs; and $6 billion for energy storage. population have adopted 100% clean energy deadlines in some form.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Codifying a floor for renewables in state law is helpful, but clean energy advocates must keep pushing utilities to move more quickly to incorporate higher levels of renewables not only to cut emissions faster, but also because renewables are the most cost-effective resources for ratepayers. What Still Needs to be Done?
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Law and Environment
JUNE 16, 2021
On June 10, 2021, the Transportation Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) states released a final model rule creating a regional cap-and-trade-program to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. We wrote about the draft model rule and its implementation challenges when it was released at the beginning of March.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 3, 2023
The most notable were the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia case, striking down the Clean Power Plan, and the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, with its huge economic incentives for clean energy. EPA, the agency will have to come up with a new approach to regulating carbon emissions from existing power plants.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, providing $369 billion in tax credit and spending to reduce carbon emissions. The Democrats lost control of Congress, eliminating the chances for significant climate/energy legislation in the next two years. It will reduce cumulative GHG emissions by an estimated 6.3
Legal Planet
JANUARY 12, 2023
Perhaps most importantly, the federal government has invested billions of dollars in clean energy. should not enter into any climate agreement that fails to limit emissions from developing countries. 2011 Supreme Court decides AEP case, barring lawsuits against carbon emitters using the federal common law of nuisance.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Carbon emissions from land use change (mostly logging) are comparable to Brazil’s, though Brazil gets a lot more publicity. Economic growth has hovered around a healthy 5% annually, meaning that GDP doubles about every 15 years and that carbon emissions will also surge without vigorous climate action.
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