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Cap-and-Trade Under Attack Around the Nation
by Christopher Rizzo States’ cap-and-trade programs for greenhouse gases are being challenged around the nation in both courts and legislatures. Most recently, on June 27, 2011, three plaintiffs filed a complaint against New York, alleging that the state's...
The Celebration of Cities: Merely Interesting or Imperative?
by John R. Nolon In "Get Out of Town," The New Yorker's Nicholas Lemann raises two critical questions: has the celebration of cities gone too far and is city life productive or merely interesting? Some facts are missing from his June 27, 2011, "A Critic at Large"...
The New Article X: Broader, Quicker, Better?
New York’s new power-plant siting law has the potential to streamline administrative reviews for new conventional power plants and renewable energy faciliteis, but it is very unclear whether it will reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Big Energy Bill On Its Way To NY Gov
by Jackson D. Morris, Senior Policy Advisor for the Pace Energy and Climate Center In the wee hours last night, the NYS legislature passed a Big Energy Bill negotiated by legislative leaders and Governor Cuomo. It should be signed into law in the near future, and...
SCOTUS Rejects Federal Common Law Global Warming Claim
by Karl Coplan The Supreme Court issues its decision in SCOTUS v American Electric Power this morning. Not surprisingly, the Court found in a 8-0 opinion that EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, affirmed by the Court in Massachusetts...
Solar Power and Desert Tortoises: No Such Thing as Zero Impact Energy Production
by Karl Coplan Back in April, the Bureau of Land Management halted construction on the vast 370 MW Ivanpah Solar Energy project in the Mojave desert, since construction crews found many more endangered desert tortoises on the site than were expected. Now, the Fish...
Factory Farms, Diet, & Environmentalism
by David Cassuto Good article in GOOD Magazine featuring an interview w/yours truly...
New Jersey Jumps Ship on RGGI
by Karl Coplan So New Jersey has announced it will withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the northeast region's joint cap-and-trade program. Governor Christie's news conference and press statement are available here, and is worth a read. Christie is...
Science and Administrative Agencies — Again
by Karl Coplan Frederick Tucker's Op-Ed in today's New York Times is worth a read. Tucker tells the story of the FDA's interim approval of Avastin for treatment of breast cancer over the objections of an advisory committee, and Genentech's current attempts to avoid...
Sounding the Alarm in the Gulf of Mexico
by Ann Powers President Obama signed an Executive Order in 2010 directed at ensuring responsible, coordinated ocean management by federal agencies. Stressing the importance of the Nation’s oceans for human health, economic and environmental sustainability, and climate...