Environment

How Soon Can the World’s Electricity Go Carbon-Free?

How Soon Can the World’s Electricity Go Carbon-Free?

Nuclear power expansion shows potential for emissions-free electricity by 2050.

EPA Announces Updated Pesticide Protection Standards for Farmworkers

EPA Announces Updated Pesticide Protection Standards for Farmworkers

Agency’s final rule aims to strengthen safeguards and make them comparable to those in other industries.

What Volkswagen Reveals about the Limits of Performance-Based Regulation

What Volkswagen Reveals about the Limits of Performance-Based Regulation

Problems with automaker’s diesel emissions reveal fundamental caution over popular approach to regulation.

Crowds May Cause New End to the Appalachian Trail

Crowds May Cause New End to the Appalachian Trail

State park officials consider re-routing the Appalachian Trail away from Mount Katahdin in response to growing crowds.

Regulating Marijuana’s Environmental Impacts

Regulating Marijuana’s Environmental Impacts

California’s proposed medical marijuana standards include environmental protection provisions.

Legal Challenges to Fracking Regulation

Legal Challenges to Fracking Regulation

It remains to be seen whether industry efforts to fight hydraulic fracturing regulation will succeed.

Employers, Whistleblowers, and Polluters Before the Supreme Court

Employers, Whistleblowers, and Polluters Before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s 2014-15 regulatory decisions affected environmental law, employment discrimination, and public safety.

Using the Constitution to Promote Renewable Energy

Using the Constitution to Promote Renewable Energy

Legal scholars argue that the Constitution requires states to consider regional energy needs.

Rowhouse Heat

Rowhouse Heat

Applying DOE’s proposed energy efficiency standard to furnaces in rowhouses would be counterproductive.

Mandated Disclosure May Have Flaws, But It Still Has Value

Mandated Disclosure May Have Flaws, But It Still Has Value

Scholar highlights some of the successes of mandatory disclosure policies.

Defending Disclosure

Defending Disclosure

Scholar challenges the claim that mandatory disclosure is a failure.