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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

On August 16, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (or “IRA”), widely hailed as the most ambitious piece of climate legislation in U.S. The bill also has healthcare and prescription drug provisions, makes tax code changes unrelated to climate and energy, and guarantees federal land on- and offshore for oil and gas drilling.)

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The California Legislature: Where Global Warming is Real and Science Still Matters

Union of Concerned Scientists

The state legislature has authorized the program to continue through 2030, but markets hate uncertainty, so economists have predicted a collapse of permit values (and consequently revenue) if the program is not reauthorized before 2027. I am going to blog about those wires and steel tower things you see while youre driving to work?

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Introducing Your Legal Planet Weekly

Legal Planet

The DOE could decide to shut down its Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, which helps launch emerging clean technologies, as early as next week, sources familiar with the matter have told Latitude Media. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

The bill also includes the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act ( H.R. 2695 ), the STEM Opportunities Act ( H.R. 204 ), the MSI STEM Achievement Act ( H.R. 2027 ) and Rural STEM Education Research Act ( H.R. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb.

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Trump’s Discordant Coal Quartet

Legal Planet

Taking advantage of a loophole in the Clean Air Act, Trump is extending the deadline for coal plants to comply with new mercury restrictions from 2027 to 2029. Another presidential action is technically a proclamation rather than an executive order, a distinction of no importance to anyone.

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Trump’s America First Energy Plan Puts Industry First, Environment Last

Vermont Law

These efforts began with an assault on Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP), which the administration claimed “unnecessarily raised electricity prices, decreased the competitiveness of America’s manufacturers, cost Americans jobs, and undermined the nation’s energy security” through regulatory overreach. Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule.

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