The Environmental & Energy Law Program (EELP) provides innovative, rigorous legal analysis to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon, sustainable future and mitigate the disruptive effects of climate change. https://eelp.law.harvard.eduhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lwreyq5fms2lOn Aug. 1, EPA proposed rescinding the Endangerment Finding. Our latest analysis breaks down EPA’s arguments, identifies legal risks, and examines the stakes. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/epas-proposal-to-eliminate-the-endangerment-finding-and-motor-vehicle-greenhouse-gas-regulations/?utm_source=eelpBluesky19 Aug 2025 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwreyq5fms2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lpp7253dfs2jListen to the full conversation here: https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/the-future-of-environmental-justice/?utm_source=eelpBluesky [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpp7253dfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lp5fmzbs7s2kNew CleanLaw podcast: MA Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, Vernice Miller-Travis, and Hannah Perls discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle federal environmental justice programs and local efforts to protect public health and the environment. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/the-future-of-environmental-justice/?utm_source=eelpBluesky14 May 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5fmzbs7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lo4txervsc2qNew CleanLaw podcast: @jodyfreeman.bsky.social, Carrie Jenks, and @aripeskoe.bsky.social unpack President Trump’s latest executive orders on climate, energy, and the environment and what's at stake as federal agencies move to implement them. Listen now ➡️ https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-unpacking-the-white-houses-legal-strategy-for-attacking-environmental-protection/?utm_source=eelpBluesky01 May 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4txervsc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lnv6oaojhs2h”The disregard for law is itself part of the agenda. They do not seem to care whether they violate the Constitution and statutes, make mistakes, do irreparable harm. That recklessness itself sends a message.“ @jodyfreeman.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com Read  → https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/opinion/trump-constitution-rule-of-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DE8.CbUp.8WsXknvBilxS&smid=url-share28 Apr 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnv6oaojhs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lnkxw5dkmc2lIn early April, Trump signed executive orders to rescind regulations, undermine state laws, and revive the coal industry. These orders assert sweeping authority and rely on unprecedented legal arguments. Read our analysis and what we'll be watching ➡️ https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/the-trump-administrations-aggressive-anti-regulatory-pro-fossil-fuel-directives/?utm_source=eelpBluesky24 Apr 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkxw5dkmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lmkfj3bcpk2hRead it now: @aripeskoe.bsky.social on Trump's ”latest effort to save the shrinking fleet of inefficient coal-fired power plants from extinction.“ ⤵️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkfj3bcpk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lmcxgp3c7s2tA new paper co-authored by @abbyhusselbee.bsky.social looks at how Clean Fuel Standard programs could be designed to direct public health, mobility, and economic benefits. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/clean-fuel-standard-directed-benefit-mechanisms-to-promote-equity/?utm_source=eelpBluesky08 Apr 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcxgp3c7s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3ll7rt6vcas2xIn our latest CleanLaw 🎧, @aripeskoe.bsky.social and Eliza Martin discuss their new paper on how rate-setting processes can shift who pays for data centers' electricity, and how special contracts could be transferring Big Tech’s energy costs to the public. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-who-will-pay-for-data-centers-massive-power-bills-its-probably-you/25 Mar 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7rt6vcas2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lklfan2rgs24@jodyfreeman.bsky.social weighs in on EPA's rollbacks, including the decision to revisit the endangerment finding for carbon dioxide: "It would essentially knock out EPA as a climate regulator." https://www.newsweek.com/epa-rollbacks-trump-administration-climate-change-clean-air-rules-204441517 Mar 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklfan2rgs24https://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3ljasltjaac2zClimate disasters are on the rise and the recent executive actions are taking aim at FEMA. @hperls.bsky.social reviews the legality of these proposals and how they would impact communities and emergency management. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/proposed-changes-to-fema-and-the-future-of-federal-disaster-response/?utm_source=eelpBluesky28 Feb 2025 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljasltjaac2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lgvkj62nlk2jThe Trump admin is targeting EPA’s power to regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases, ordering a review of the “legality and applicability” of the endangerment finding. @jodyfreeman.bsky.social & Carrie Jenks on what this means and what could happen next: https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/the-president-targets-epas-authority-to-address-climate-change-will-he-succeed/29 Jan 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvkj62nlk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lizhyic7y22nToday, CEQ announced the removal of rules implementing NEPA, leaving it to individual agencies to revise their NEPA rules. EELP RA Eddie Zhanel ’27 tracked down the status of key agencies' NEPA rules — many are decades old and inconsistent with NEPA as amended. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/nepa-overview/?utm_source=eelpBluesky25 Feb 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizhyic7y22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3likdfdwhds2cExplore EELP's resources on the legal and practical implications of the second Trump administration's environmental and energy rollback efforts: https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/topic/rollback-resources/?utm_source=eelpBluesky19 Feb 2025 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3likdfdwhds2chttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3li3k4553w225On our 100th CleanLaw 🎧, @jodyfreeman.bsky.social talks with Richard Lazarus, @andrewmergen.bsky.social, and Carrie Jenks about the Trump administration’s actions to date on energy & the environment and why the practice and study of law matter now more than ever. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-trumps-bold-reversal-on-energy-and-climate-policy-its-a-lot/?utm_source=eelpBluesky13 Feb 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3k4553w225https://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lgvkj62nlk2jThe Trump admin is targeting EPA’s power to regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases, ordering a review of the “legality and applicability” of the endangerment finding. @jodyfreeman.bsky.social & Carrie Jenks on what this means and what could happen next: https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/the-president-targets-epas-authority-to-address-climate-change-will-he-succeed/29 Jan 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvkj62nlk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lgsvrqjeis22Read our initial insights into the Trump administration’s environmental and energy executive orders and what we will be watching as they take steps to implement them https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/trumps-environmental-and-energy-executive-orders-initial-insights-and-what-were-watching/?utm_source=eelpBluesky28 Jan 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsvrqjeis22https://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3lgiumousjs2dCongress appropriated billions of dollars to address climate issues through the IRA and IIJA. Federal agencies have already awarded over $210 billion for climate-focused grants. We look at how the new administration and Congress control these funds ➡️ https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/executive-and-congressional-control-mechanisms-over-ira-and-iija-funding/?utm_source=eelpBluesky24 Jan 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgiumousjs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/harvardeelp.bsky.social/post/3ldogclw2bs2g✨ Looking for something to inspire and inform over the holiday break? ✨ Check out our CleanLaw podcast! Explore in-depth conversations on environmental and energy law, climate policy, and environmental justice with leading experts. Listen (and subscribe) here: https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/post-type/podcast/?utm_source=eelpBlueSky19 Dec 2024 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:t3wer5gckvwolipo7zb3iwow/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldogclw2bs2g