The CPUC heard an earful about neighborhood decarbonization. Here's the input from Californians who support climate action.| Legal Planet
The debates over community solar program design are fascinating sites of struggle over which values should drive decision-making.| Legal Planet
This is the third in a series of posts detailing CLEE’s new set of resources on Equitable Climate Infrastructure Investment. Communities and local and state governments are increasingly turning to community benefits tools to support an equitable climate transition, catalyze substantive long-term investments in community priorities, and achieve effective, durable projects. CLEE’s new report, Community Benefits Tools and California … Continue reading "Community Benefits Tools and Poli...| Legal Planet
Allan Marks is a partner at Milbank LLP and a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law. This article was originally published in Forbes, for which he is a contributor, on November 7, 2024. When Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office in January 2025, his second presidency will have … Continue reading "U.S. Energy Industry Trends To Watch In A 2025 Trump Presidency"| Legal Planet
Under NEPA, effects that are overly speculative, beyond the technical capabilities of the agency to analyze, too complex to assess, or are otherwise intractable for an agency to assess need not be documented in an environmental impact statement.| Legal Planet
Biden has taken a serious shot at fulfilling the climate promises in the 2020 Democratic platform, with outsized success in some areas.| Legal Planet
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation (HB 1645) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008. The legislation, which takes effect on July 1st, is not just symbolic: … Continue reading "Florida Governor DeSantis’ Head-In-The-Sand Climate Change Policies"| Legal Planet