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Encouraging Energy Efficiency Through The Clean Air Act, Moneen Nasmith
Encouraging Energy Efficiency Through The Clean Air Act, Moneen Nasmith
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Energy efficiency measures provide tremendous opportunities for achieving effective and cost-friendly reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases. In the absence of more comprehensive legislative efforts, proponents of energy efficiency projects can look to existing environmental laws for tools to promote and encourage energy efficiency and conservation. One such law is the federal Clean Air Act (“CAA”), which empowers the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to use a variety of mechanisms to address air pollution and protect the public health. Although the statute and its accompanying regulations are complex, the CAA provides a number of important avenues for advocates of …
Federal Regulatory Barriers To Grid-Deployed Energy Storage, Andrew Meyer
Federal Regulatory Barriers To Grid-Deployed Energy Storage, Andrew Meyer
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Until recently, the most advanced form of grid-deployed energy storage involved pumping water up a hill. But “newer storage technologies like flywheels and chemical batteries have recently achieved technological maturity and are well into successful pilot stages and, in some cases, commercial operation”. If widely adopted these new energy storage technologies will fundamentally alter the operation of our electricity system
State Hazard Mitigation Plans And Climate Change: Rating The States, Matthew Babcock
State Hazard Mitigation Plans And Climate Change: Rating The States, Matthew Babcock
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Climate change is affecting and will continue to affect the frequency and severity of natural hazard events, a trend that is of increasing concern for emergency managers and hazard mitigation agencies across the United States. Proper response to these hazards will require preparation and planning. Unfortunately, states are not required to include analysis of climate change in their State Hazard Mitigation Plans, which leads to uneven treatment of the issue and missed opportunities for mitigation planning. This survey identifies those state plans that address climate change and climate-related issues in an accurate and helpful manner and those that do not. …