Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the State of California joined the State of New York in adopting legislation that allows state authorities to bypass local laws in permitting large-scale renewable energy projects. Law § 94-c(2)(h). Credit: New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting. b)(1) (emphasis added); and. emphasis added). 94-c(5)(b); and.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

In New York, a lawsuit challenging regulations that were promulgated by a state agency to implement the siting law was finally defeated in November 2024, after multiple appeals. Amicus brief filed by the Sabin Center and Goodman Acker P.C. In Michigan, a similar challenge is pending before the Michigan Court of Appeals.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2023

In addition, at least 228 local laws, ordinances and policies have been enacted in 35 states to restrict renewable energy projects, according to a report, Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities in the United States , issued on May 31 by Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

The state boasts cleaner water and air than many other states, significant and beautiful natural features, and progressive environmental laws. Yet Mainers are questioning whether to accept a new 145-mile electric transmission line that will bring hydropower from Quebec into the New England power grid, removing 3.0 and worldwide).

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Law Columbia

APRIL 26, 2021

RELDI is a joint effort of the Sabin Center and the law firm of Arnold & Porter to provide pro bono legal assistance to grassroots groups and individuals who support renewable energy facilities in their communities that are facing opposition. The resource bank is part of the work of the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI).

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Riding on one of the city’s “100% electric zero emission” buses, I noticed that much of the public lighting is solar powered. On checking into my hotel, I was told that all lights are on a timer, “so we save electricity.”

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As these companies are moving towards clean energy, an emerging source of renewable energy is wind power. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement, in a speech given this month, that wind energy would be powering every home in the U.K.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 11, 2024

In the span of only 4 months, at least 9 townships in Marathon County and Clark County, Wisconsin, adopted ordinances that require large wind turbines to be set back the greater of 1 mile or 10 times turbine height from property lines, substantially restricting where turbines can be sited in those townships.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 7, 2024

Many of these local restrictions, however, may become moot after November 29, 2024, when a new state law that reforms the siting process for large-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects goes into effect. But significant questions remain as to how the law will be implemented.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As these companies are moving towards clean energy, an emerging source of renewable energy is wind power. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement, in a speech given this month, that wind energy would be powering every home in the U.K.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Most studies show that achieving these targets will require an unprecedented increase in wind and solar power to decarbonize the power sector and meet the increased demand for zero- carbon electricity to replace fossil fuels in building, industrial and transportation sectors.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

However, as explained below, siting decisions for pipelines and transmission lines are governed by different laws, and while both are subject to environmental review, their environmental impacts are not comparable. In contrast to the natural gas permitting scheme, no federal law provides a specific approval process for siting oil pipelines.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

20, 2021, the New York State Climate Action Council (Council) voted unanimously to approve the most recent draft of the scoping plan, a roadmap to achieve compliance with the state’s landmark climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 6, 2014

For these reasons, today Columbia Law School’s Center for Climate Change Law is launching the President’s Climate Action Plan Tracker.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On November 16, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a proposed rule to expedite the environmental review process for certain renewable energy infrastructure projects through the use of categorical exclusions.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2016

Jessica Wentz. Associate Director and Fellow.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The first approach is more ambitious and would push the boundaries of past market regulation, though in ways that are consistent with both the law and FERC practice. In light of the urgent need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, perhaps a little ambition is exactly what’s needed.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Watch the “Renewables Year-End Review: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance Markets” webinar presented by GT’s Global Co-Heads of Energy Project Finance Jeffrey Chester and John Eliason , co-hosted with CohnReznick Capital.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 4, 2022

These measures include suspending business flights, lowering speed limits on motorways, restarting shuttered nuclear plants, a fast-tracked deployment of solar and wind power and turning down domestic and business thermostats from the current 22C to 18C next winter.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2024

Texas broke the solar record yesterday, reaching 20,459 megawatts; solar power provided 26% of peak demand. On Thursday the 1st of August, solar peaked – delivering roughly 20.5 gigawatts (GW), and met 26% of the state’s electricity demand, with wind power accounting for 21%. Wholesale prices were low.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 15, 2022

Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law has published an update to its Report on Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities in the United States , which documents local restrictions on and opposition to the siting of renewable energy projects. By Leah Adelman and Jacob Elkin.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 3, 2024

Achieving the United States’ ambitious emissions reduction goals depends in large part on the rapid adoption of wind and solar energy and the electrification of consumer vehicles. However, misinformation and coordinated disinformation about renewable energy is widespread and threatens to undermine public support for the transition.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Secretary of State John Kerry at COP22. On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Marrakech for the 22 nd meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), known as COP22.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Yet 85% of the announced clean energy projects and 68% of the jobs triggered by the IRA, such as those related to electric vehicles, wind power, solar power, and battery storage, have gone to Republican-held congressional districts, according to E2, a nonpartisan group that monitors the clean energy industry.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Allan Marks is a partner at Milbank LLP and a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law. Trump vociferously favors fossil fuels and has criticized renewables, especially wind power and electric vehicles. He might relax enforcement of environmental rules or seek new subsidies for fossil fuels.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Tomain is Dean Emeritus and the Wilbert & Helen Ziegler Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Solar and wind power have enjoyed steep increases since 2010, and now produce more power than coal. This guest post was written by Joseph Tomain and Bryan Dunning.

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