Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School
@harvardeelp.bsky.social
The Environmental & Energy Law Program (EELP) provides innovative, rigorous legal analysis to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon, sustainable future and mitigate the disruptive effects of climate change. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu
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...
Our latest analysis breaks down EPA’s arguments, identifies legal risks, and examines the stakes.
eelp.law.harvard.edu/epas-proposa...
August 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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...
Our latest analysis breaks down EPA’s arguments, identifies legal risks, and examines the stakes.
eelp.law.harvard.edu/epas-proposa...
Listen to the full conversation here: eelp.law.harvard.edu/the-future-o...
May 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Listen to the full conversation here: eelp.law.harvard.edu/the-future-o...
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...
eelp.law.harvard.edu/the-future-o...
May 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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...
eelp.law.harvard.edu/the-future-o...
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...
Listen now ➡️ eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-unp...
May 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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...
Listen now ➡️ eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-unp...
”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...
Read → www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
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.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
”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...
Read → www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
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...
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...
The Trump Administration’s Aggressive Anti-Regulatory, Pro-Fossil Fuel Directives – Environmental and Energy Law Program
eelp.law.harvard.edu
April 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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...
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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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...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1204202...
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.”
insideclimatenews.org
April 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1204202...
Read it now: @aripeskoe.bsky.social on Trump's ”latest effort to save the shrinking fleet of inefficient coal-fired power plants from extinction.“ ⤵️
The Power Industry Must Oppose Trump's Coal Bailout . . . Again --
www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-c...
www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-c...
The power industry must oppose Trump’s coal bailout ... again
The executive order threatens to conflict with existing methods for accrediting generators, assessing resource adequacy, securing sufficient generation and setting wholesale prices. It’s also illegal.
www.utilitydive.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Read it now: @aripeskoe.bsky.social on Trump's ”latest effort to save the shrinking fleet of inefficient coal-fired power plants from extinction.“ ⤵️
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...
April 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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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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!
March 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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!
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...
eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-who...
March 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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...
eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-who...
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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...
on the potential costs of data center power for every day consumers. Read about it here floodlightnews.org/power-for-da...
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
floodlightnews.org
March 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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...
on the potential costs of data center power for every day consumers. Read about it here floodlightnews.org/power-for-da...
@jodyfreeman.bsky.social weighs in on EPA's rollbacks, including the decision to revisit the endangerment finding for carbon dioxide: "It would essentially knock out EPA as a climate regulator." www.newsweek.com/epa-rollback...
What comes next in the Trump EPA's assault on climate and clean air rules
A Harvard environmental law expert said the blitz of rollbacks the EPA announced is a "shock and awe routine," and rule changes will face a tough legal path.
www.newsweek.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
@jodyfreeman.bsky.social weighs in on EPA's rollbacks, including the decision to revisit the endangerment finding for carbon dioxide: "It would essentially knock out EPA as a climate regulator." www.newsweek.com/epa-rollback...
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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.
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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March 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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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Your handy guide to the sites tracking the Trump Admin's rollbacks of climate, energy, and environmental policies and investments including @sabincenter.bsky.social @harvardeelp.bsky.social @nyulaw.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @uclalawemmett.bsky.social
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Tracking the Trump Administration - Legal Planet
The first month of the Trump Administration has resulted in a dizzying flurry of actions and reactions. Many of us are wondering how to track the status of these actions, including the legal challenge...
legal-planet.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Your handy guide to the sites tracking the Trump Admin's rollbacks of climate, energy, and environmental policies and investments including @sabincenter.bsky.social @harvardeelp.bsky.social @nyulaw.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @uclalawemmett.bsky.social
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legal-planet.org/2025/03/06/t...
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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
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eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...
My new paper with Eliza Martin uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers
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eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...
Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power – Environmental and Energy Law Program
eelp.law.harvard.edu
March 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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...
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...
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...
February 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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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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/...
Clinic Hiring for Clinical Fellow Position – Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinicsearch
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February 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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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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...
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.
salatainstitute.harvard.edu
January 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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...
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...
NEPA Overview – Environmental and Energy Law Program
eelp.law.harvard.edu
February 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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...
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...
Rollback Resources – Environmental and Energy Law Program
eelp.law.harvard.edu
February 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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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The L.A. Fires. Impact. Insurance. Next steps. We answer this and more right here on #Lawyer2Lawyer with host J.Craig Williams from @legaltalknet.bsky.social and special guest @hperls.bsky.social @harvardeelp.bsky.social
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California Wildfires and the Insurance Crisis: What's Next for Palisades, Altadena and the L.A. Area - Legal Talk Network
In January, communities in Los Angeles were devastated by wildfires, permanently displacing thousands and destroying property and lives. Prior to the Discover insightful episodes on Legal Talk Networ...
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February 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The L.A. Fires. Impact. Insurance. Next steps. We answer this and more right here on #Lawyer2Lawyer with host J.Craig Williams from @legaltalknet.bsky.social and special guest @hperls.bsky.social @harvardeelp.bsky.social
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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...
February 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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...
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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...
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.
urldefense.proofpoint.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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...
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...
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.
salatainstitute.harvard.edu
January 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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...