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Bridget Pals

@bridgetpals.bsky.social
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Attorney at Policy Integrity, focusing on environmental law, admin law, and climate risk and resilience. Views are my own.

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Bridget Pals @bridgetpals.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
FERC has announced it will no longer treat cumulative impacts separately in its NEPA analyses. But what does this mean? Chair Swett's statement suggests an elimination of such analyses, while the order suggests a more modest change. FERC should take public input and clarify what's going on.
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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A swifter rulemaking process means the government can meet its policy goals more quickly, with more durable results. We offer recommendations for accelerating and strengthening the federal rulemaking process in a new article: policyintegrity.org/publications...
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Practical Reforms for Swifter, Stronger Federal Rulemaking
This article highlights a range of opportunities to refine the federal rulemaking process. These measures, by streamlining and speeding rulemakings, can help support more durable policymaking by incre...
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NRDC @nrdc.org · 26/06/2026
Good news! A major U.S. federal court just rejected the EPA’s attempt to roll back Biden-era limits on deadly soot pollution. This is a vital win in the midst of the Trump administration’s relentless attacks on clean air.
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US court rejects EPA bid to ease regulations for coal-fired power plants
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Environmental Protection Agency's bid to ​withdraw Biden-era limits on soot pollution from coal-fired power plants and ‌factories, in a setback for ...
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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Join our Don Goodson, @bridgetpals.bsky.social, Max Sarinsky, and Katherine Welty on May 4th for a webinar about the state of the major questions doctrine, which has generated extensive commentary and uncertainty since the Court first announced it in 2022. policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...
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WEBINAR - The Major Questions Doctrine After Learning Resources
Drawing on Policy Integrity’s work in this area–including our amicus brief in Learning Resources v. Trump and reports on EPA’s authority–this webinar will examine the major questions doctrine’s develo...
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Kevin Schwarzwald @kschwarzwald.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨We're excited to announce our initial launch of the Bias-Corrected and Downscaled Massive Ensemble (BCD-ME), the largest collection of analysis-ready future temperature data out there, ideal for getting a better sense of what's driving the _climate_ spread in climate impact projections! 🧵 below:
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ClimateUncertaintyLab
The Climate Uncertainty Lab (CUL) quantifies the range in future projections of climate impacts and creates tools and datasets to make understanding and constraining that uncertainty easier. CUL works...
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Bridget Pals @bridgetpals.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
If you wake up in the morning and read about new rules in the Federal Register (admin law nerds) or news (everybody else) and find yourself asking, "is that . . . legal?" then this afternoon's webinar is for you. We'll be discussing major deregulatory trends over the past year (and their legality).
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Bridget Pals @bridgetpals.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Trump just repealed Biden-era coal plant emissions standards for mercury and other hazardous pollutants, in the name of affordability. In reality, the repeal is expected to have a 0.0% impact on electricity prices. The repeal's cost savings will go to industry, and we will pay with our health.
Table 2-14 from EPA's RIA on the 2024 MATS RTR repeal, estimating the anticipated effect of the repeal on retail electricity prices. The table shows the repeal is expected to have a 0.0% effect on electricity prices in 2028, 2030, and 2035.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 15/09/2025
The Dept of Education is now accepting comments on a proposed rule that would overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and make it too expensive for students to go into work that threatens the Trump administration Folks have til *Sept. 17* to oppose the changes ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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The Trump White House Is Trying to Price Law Students Out of Public Service
A proposed Department of Education rule would make borrowers ineligible for loan forgiveness if the administration doesn’t approve of their work.
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Bridget Pals @bridgetpals.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
This labor of love is out in the world! Our findings show that the original sin of the Clean Air Act - the grandfathering of existing sources - led to increased SO2 emissions and utilization of grandfathered plants decades later, despite later regulations meant to correct the problem.
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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Calling law students 🎙️ 🏛️ Are you interested in #environmental law, #energy law, environmental justice, or regulatory #policy? We’re hiring for several research assistant positions that start this fall semester. ⚡🏛️ 🌎 Apply now! policyintegrity.org/about/jobs
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Jobs
The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law regularly hires legal/economic fellows and other staff members to conduct research, contribute to policy advocacy efforts, and p...
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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Money saved by ditching a set of Biden-era air pollution standards will remain in coal plant owners’ pockets and not translate into more affordable power for households—according to EPA's own analysis. Pello Aspuru and Bridget Pals explain on @thehill.com. thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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Bridget Pals @bridgetpals.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
@pelloaspuru.bsky.social and I explain how EPA's own analysis shows industry will pocket every penny saved by rolling back Biden-era updates to mercury and air toxics coal plant standards. The public will bear all of the health costs but none of the cost-savings. thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
We just updated our study on court challenges to major federal rules. Our Don Goodson and Bridget Pals write about some of key findings here. ⬇️ thehill.com/opinion/judi...
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Bridget Pals @bridgetpals.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
We at Policy Integrity recently concluded our analysis of major rules in the courts through the Biden Administration. Links below to our study and op-ed. The bottom line? Forum-shopping has skyrocketed and is having an effect. \1 policyintegrity.org/tracking-maj... thehill.com/opinion/judi...
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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC. But no City agency has posted it on this platform. Please help spread the word. “If you live in a basement apartment or low-lying area, be ready to move to higher ground.”
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Bridget Pals @bridgetpals.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
For notice-and-comment to mean anything, an agency must share the rationale behind its proposal. In this piece, Max Sarinsky and I explain why barebones rescissions where agencies fail to show their work - like DOE's proposed energy and water efficiency rollbacks - fall short of APA requirements.
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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Trump Administration has unleashed a slew of harmful deregulatory actions in its first few months. To help make sense of it all, we’ve published a suite of resources and commentary explaining the legal, economic, and policy context of these actions. 🔽 policyintegrity.org/recent-feder...
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Resources on Recent Federal Actions
The Trump Administration has undertaken an aggressive deregulatory agenda, which has included several harmful actions targeting beneficial environmental and energy rules. In response, we’ve published ...
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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Many view the major questions doctrine as an anti-regulatory tool. But our Kelly McGee explains in a blog that it's actually an interpretive tool applying in extraordinary cases of unheralded, transformative, and vast agency action—including the President's tariffs www.yalejreg.com/nc/the-major...
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The Major Questions Doctrine Applies to President Trump’s Tariffs, by Kelly McGee - Yale Journal on Regulation
When the Supreme Court first articulated the major questions doctrine a few years ago, many viewed it primarily as an antiregulatory tool. But as the Court has applied the doctrine, it is more aptly u...
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JAERE @jaereaere.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
✨ Just accepted ✨ in @jaereaere.bsky.social: "Still your grandfather’s boiler: Estimating the effects of the Clean Air Act’s grandfathering provisions" by Sylwia Bialek-Gregory, Richard L. Revesz, Jack Gregory, & Bridget Pals (@bridgetpals.bsky.social) Read it here: buff.ly/49R8y4I #EconSky 📈📉
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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Last month, we submitted comments urging @osha-dol.bsky.social to finalize its proposed heat protections for workers. The rules, which would create significant health and safety benefits, can be used as a model for states, even if they aren't finalized by OSHA. policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
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Comments to OSHA on Proposed Heat Protections for Workers
In these comments, we urge the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to finalize its proposed heat protections for workers (the Proposed Rule). OSHA’s analysis shows that the Proposed R...
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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
We are pleased to announce that Don Goodson will become our next Executive Director on January 1st! 🎉 Don succeeds Dr. Burçin Ünel who is stepping down to focus more of her time on our academic research and policy engagement. Read our full statement here: policyintegrity.org/files/media/...
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow in a case that could have BIG implications for environmental law thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Supreme Court to hear case Tuesday that could restrict bedrock environmental law
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could reduce the scope of one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws. The case deals with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEP…
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Bridget Pals @bridgetpals.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
1/ With oral argument for Seven County tomorrow, the future strength of NEPA hangs in the balance. In our brief, @jessiearnell.bsky.social, Jason Schwartz, and I explained how Petitioners' proposed NEPA standards contravene basic principles of reasoned analysis.
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Jennifer Danis @jenn-danis.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Nobody: … D.C. Circuit: CEQ’s NEPA regulations are an unauthorized exercise of power. No more CEQ NEPA regs!
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