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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

On Aug. 1, EPA proposed rescinding the Endangerment Finding. Our latest analysis breaks down EPA’s arguments, identifies legal risks, and examines the stakes. eelp.law.harvard.edu/epas-proposa...

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

New 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. eelp.law.harvard.edu/the-future-o...

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

New 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 ➡️ eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-unp...

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

”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 → www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...

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Opinion | A Road Map of Trump’s Lawless Presidency (Gift Article)

A diverse group of legal scholars flashes red warning lights about the future of America.

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

In 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 ➡️ eelp.law.harvard.edu/the-trump-ad...

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The Trump Administration’s Aggressive Anti-Regulatory, Pro-Fossil Fuel Directives – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Kiley Bense @kiley.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I spoke to legal experts at @harvardeelp.bsky.social @sierraclub.org and @westernlaw.bsky.social about two new directives from the Trump administration that aim to mass-repeal federal environmental and energy regulations: insideclimatenews.org/news/1204202...

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New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say - Inside Climate News

Experts in environmental and energy law said the effort “reflects a complete lack of understanding of how government works.”

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Read it now: @aripeskoe.bsky.social on Trump's ”latest effort to save the shrinking fleet of inefficient coal-fired power plants from extinction.“ ⤵️

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A 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. eelp.law.harvard.edu/clean-fuel-s...

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abbyhusselbee.bsky.social @abbyhusselbee.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Want to learn more about strategies to reduce methane emissions from livestock? Join me and my distinguished copanelists next Thursday, March 27 from 3-5 ET on Reddit (r/askscience). Let's talk Ag policy!

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

In 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. eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-who...

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Pam Radtke @pradtke.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Fantastic reading in report from @aripeskoe.bsky.social on the potential costs of data center power for every day consumers. Read about it here floodlightnews.org/power-for-da...

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Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers

New report highlights how traditional ways of setting rates don’t fit Big Tech’s massive, immediate demand for more electricity

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/03/2025

Today on Volts: the costs of accommodating all those new data centers on the grid are being subtly shifted to ordinary electricity ratepayers, via rate cases. And in the process, Big Tech & utilities are forming an unholy alliance against grid reform. Two Harvard Law scholars get into the details.

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Who is paying for all that data center power?

Legal experts Eliza Martin and Ari Peskoe explain how data centers' massive electricity demands could shift billions in infrastructure costs onto regular utility customers.

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Ari Peskoe @aripeskoe.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power My new paper with Eliza Martin uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers 🔌💡 eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...

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Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Climate 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. eelp.law.harvard.edu/proposed-cha...

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Rosa @rosahayes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My clinic is hiring a new fellow! Come work with my excellent colleagues @andrewmergen.bsky.social, @sengels.bsky.social, and @shannonenelson.bsky.social on climate, environmental, and natural resources law issues. Posting: clinics.law.harvard.edu/environment/...

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Clinic Hiring for Clinical Fellow Position – Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinicsearch

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The 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: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/the-presiden...

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The president targets EPA’s authority to address climate change – will he succeed? - The Salata Institute

It would be an uphill battle to convince federal judges in 2025, even conservative ones, that the scientific record on climate change is wrong.

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Today, 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. eelp.law.harvard.edu/nepa-overvie...

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NEPA Overview – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Explore EELP's resources on the legal and practical implications of the second Trump administration's environmental and energy rollback efforts: eelp.law.harvard.edu/topic/rollba...

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Rollback Resources – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

On 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. eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-tru...

Graphic of four people in front of microphones. Title: CleanLaw 100th Episode: Trumo's Bold Reversal on Energy and Climate Policy: "It's a Lot."

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Jody Freeman @jodyfreeman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Sharing an essay just posted on LawFare describing Trump's attack on federal agencies as "structural deregulation" - we anticipated this in a 2021 article, though we hadn't gone far enough. We argue it's a provocation to Congress and a test of the courts. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

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President Trump’s Campaign of ‘Structural Deregulation’

The administration’s aggressive approach aims to compromise the capacity of the federal government to fulfill its core functions.

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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The president targets EPA’s authority to address climate change – will he succeed? - The Salata Institute

It would be an uphill battle to convince federal judges in 2025, even conservative ones, that the scientific record on climate change is wrong.

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Jody Freeman @jodyfreeman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Sharing nice Newsweek piece by @jefftheyoung.bsky.social on the Trump executive orders on energy, and the sweeping federal funding pause, w some quotes from me and others- www.newsweek.com/trump-climat...

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Trump's power play: What's really behind his energy and climate orders

Legal and business experts in the clean-energy sector are sorting through President Donald Trump's aggressive executive orders on climate and energy.

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Read 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 eelp.law.harvard.edu/trumps-envir...

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Congress 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 ➡️ eelp.law.harvard.edu/executive-an...

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Executive and Congressional Control Mechanisms over IRA and IIJA Funding – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Jody Freeman @jodyfreeman.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

A fun and serious discussion about Trump and Doge plans to "reform" the federal government - what's at stake, what's at risk, what's not on the level, and why you should care, with my friend @benjaminwittes: youtu.be/SQCIQwmmqBI?...

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How to Wreck the Federal Government

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

✨ 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: eelp.law.harvard.edu/post-type/po...

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Jody Freeman @jodyfreeman.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Here is my response to the Trump energy secretary and others who embrace the claim that there is a moral case for fossil fuels, an argument that downplays or misrepresents public health and climate impacts, and mistststes the potential for clean energy alternatives: www.eba-net.org/wp-content/u...

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

We've updated our website! You can now search our Regulatory Tracker, legal analyses, quick takes, and CleanLaw podcasts by topic. The Federal Environmental Justice Tracker has new search capabilities, too. Explore the new EELP site here ➡️ eelp.law.harvard.edu

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

New @harvardsalata.bsky.social Research Brief by EELP Staff Attorney Abby Husselbee: The Statutory, Regulatory, and Policy Framework for Reducing Methane from Livestock in the United States. Read it now ➡️ eelp.law.harvard.edu/salata-resea...

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Jody Freeman @jodyfreeman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

On Friday, the DC Circuit will hear the challenge to Biden's greenhouse gas rules for power plants (which don't rely on generation shifting as the Clean Power Plan did but do rely on CCS as adequately demonstrated). The amazing @andrewmergen.bsky.social explains the legal issues & high stakes:

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Join our team! EELP seeks a Senior Staff Attorney to lead research on legal strategies addressing public health & climate in light of recent SCOTUS admin law rulings. Learn more & apply: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🚨New CleanLaw Podcast🚨 EELP Senior Staff Attorney Hannah Perls talks with @dmchiz.bsky.social and Nick Leonard about environmental justice lawyering, disparate impact, and more. Listen now ⤵️ eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-tit...

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CleanLaw — Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Part II: Environmental Justice Lawyering in Practice – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Jody Freeman @jodyfreeman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hey everyone. Happy to be here. Interested in all things climate, energy, environment. Planning to use my voice to push back on Trump regulatory rollbacks, defend climate rules, fight for democracy and all that good stuff. Check out our Harvard program working on these issues: eelp.law.harvard.edu

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Environmental and Energy Law Program – Harvard Law School

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Live on Tuesday, 11/26 at 5:30PM ET: Harvard faculty, including Professor Jody Freeman, discuss what the 2024 U.S. election results could mean for U.S. and global climate policy, the outlook for corporate climate action, and more. Register: web.cvent.com/event/5bde28...

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

New CleanLaw: The history and evolution of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act — a crucial legal tool for the environmental justice movement — and more. eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-60-...

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CleanLaw — 60 Years of Defending Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Part 1 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School @harvardeelp.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

New podcast! Hannah Dobie talks to Ari Peskoe about his new article on power sector governance, including how independent decision-making by RTOs is compromised by utilities — and others — and why this is holding back the industry’s innovative potential. eelp.law.harvard.edu/2023/11/clea...

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