By Daniel Carpenter-Gold—May 6 at 5:46 p.m. Courtney McVean and Justin Pidot’s article, Environmental Settlements and Administrative Law, appearing in Volume 39.1 of the Harvard Environmental Law Review, addresses the practice of federal agencies settling with interest groups in litigation over the agencies’ regulatory practices. This “sue and settle” practice is not new, but … [Read more...] about The Logic of Sue and Settle
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Exploring the EPA’s New Power Plant Regulations with Professor Jody Freeman and Professor Richard Lazarus
By Samantha Caravello -— October 14 at 12:11 p.m. [Update: a video of Professor Freeman and Professor Lazarus's talks at the Harvard University Center for the Environment is available here.] In June, EPA released a proposed rule for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants pursuant to its authority under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). … [Read more...] about Exploring the EPA’s New Power Plant Regulations with Professor Jody Freeman and Professor Richard Lazarus
Pebble Mine and EPA’s Veto Authority Under the Clean Water Act
By Cecilia Segal -— October 7 at 9:50 a.m. Since 2011, the Pebble Limited Partnership (“PLP”) has been attempting to build a large-scale copper and gold mine in the Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska.[1] The mine proposal includes an open pit mine, a tailings facility, a power generating station, a deepwater port, and substantial transportation infrastructure, and is … [Read more...] about Pebble Mine and EPA’s Veto Authority Under the Clean Water Act
Promises and Pitfalls in China’s New Environmental Protection Law
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 been rapidly modernizing over the past few years, likely in response to highly visible pollution. Among these changes, the Environmental Protection Law … [Read more...] about Promises and Pitfalls in China’s New Environmental Protection Law
It’s Raining Cert Petitions!: Last Term’s Biggest Supreme Court News
By Richard Lazarus -- Sep. 11, 2014 at 9:05 a.m. This article originally appeared in the September/October 2014 issue of The Environmental Forum. The Environmental Law Institute has graciously allowed the Harvard Environmental Law Review Blog to republish the piece. The biggest environmental law news from the Supreme Court last term may well not have been the Court’s rulings … [Read more...] about It’s Raining Cert Petitions!: Last Term’s Biggest Supreme Court News