Climate Change – Page 2

Comments on D.P.U. 20-80, Investigation by the Department of Public Utilities on Its Own Motion into the Role of Gas Local Distribution Companies as the Commonwealth Achieves Its Target 2050 Climate Goals

On May 6, 2022, the Emmett Clinic filed comments to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) proposing a framework for measuring equity in a way that considers the distribution of both the positive and negative impacts of transitioning to a decarbonized energy system.

May 06, 2022

Comments on the Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources Straw Proposal for Stretch Code Update and New Specialized Stretch Code

On March 18, 2022, the Clinic submitted comments on the Department of Energy Resources’ Straw Proposal for Stretch Code Update and New Specialized Stretch Code. The comments highlight opportunities to preserve municipal flexibility to address climate change and minimize compliance burdens for municipalities and building owners.

March 18, 2022

Comments on D.P.U. 20-80, Investigation by the Department of Public Utilities on its Own Motion into the Role of Gas Local Distribution Companies as the Commonwealth Achieves its Target 2050 Climate Goals

In June 2021, the Clinic filed a comment letter on behalf of a group of Massachusetts municipalities and regional planning associations in the Department of Public Utility’s investigation regarding the role of local gas distribution companies in helping the Commonwealth achieve its 2050 net zero climate goal, which includes reducing…

June 14, 2021

Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. v. National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, et al. (D.C. Cir. No. 20-1145)

On January 21, 2021, the Emmett Clinic filed an amicus brief in support of state, local government, and public interest organization petitioners in Competitive Enterprise Institute v. National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The petitioners are challenging the…

January 21, 2021

American Lung Association v. EPA (D.C. Cir. No. 19-1140)

On April 24, 2020, the Clinic filed an amicus brief on behalf of a number of leading climate scientists, economists, and the Union of Concerned Scientists in the litigation over the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, EPA’s replacement for the Clean Power Plan.

April 24, 2020

Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana v. United States of America (9th Cir. en banc, No. 18-36082)

On March 12, 2020, the Clinic filed an amicus brief on behalf of public health experts, public health organizations, and doctors in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana v. United States of America (9th Cir. en banc, No. 18-36082). This brief in…

March 12, 2020

Testimony – Breaking Through

Wendy B. Jacobs, Testimony – Breaking Through, The Environmental Forum, Environmental Law Institute (January/February 2020 Issue)…

January 15, 2020

What is Means and How to Integrate It Into State Regulation of Electricity Markets

Aladdine Joroff, Energy Justice: What is Means and How to Integrate It Into State Regulation of Electricity Markets, ELI, Environmental Law Reporter (November, 2017)…

September 27, 2019

The Case of Juliana v. U.S. – Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change

Wendy B. Jacobs, The Case of Juliana v. U.S. – Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change, The New England Journal of Medicine, 380:2085-2087 (May 30, 2019) (with R. N. Salas, M.D., M.P.H., and F. Perera, Dr.P.H., Ph.D.)…

September 27, 2019

Utility Air Regulatory Group, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. 12-1146 and consolidated cases)

In January 2014, the Clinic filed an amicus brief in a U.S. Supreme Court case involving challenges to EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration program of the Clean Air Act. In the brief, filed on behalf of Calpine Corporation, the Clinic…

September 27, 2019

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Comments on D.P.U. 20-80, Investigation by the Department of Public Utilities on Its Own Motion into the Role of Gas Local Distribution Companies as the Commonwealth Achieves Its Target 2050 Climate Goals

Comments on the Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources Straw Proposal for Stretch Code Update and New Specialized Stretch Code

Comments on D.P.U. 20-80, Investigation by the Department of Public Utilities on its Own Motion into the Role of Gas Local Distribution Companies as the Commonwealth Achieves its Target 2050 Climate Goals

Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. v. National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, et al. (D.C. Cir. No. 20-1145)

American Lung Association v. EPA (D.C. Cir. No. 19-1140)

Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana v. United States of America (9th Cir. en banc, No. 18-36082)

Testimony – Breaking Through

What is Means and How to Integrate It Into State Regulation of Electricity Markets

The Case of Juliana v. U.S. – Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change

Utility Air Regulatory Group, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. 12-1146 and consolidated cases)