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An Overview Of This Issue: Climate Change In 2009, Perry Wallace
An Overview Of This Issue: Climate Change In 2009, Perry Wallace
Perry Wallace
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Slides: Envirofit: Making The World Fit For Humanity, Jessica Alderman
Slides: Envirofit: Making The World Fit For Humanity, Jessica Alderman
2012 Energy Justice Conference and Technology Exposition (September 17-18)
Presenter: Jessica Alderman, Director, ENVIROFIT
15 slides
Playing Without Aces: Offset And The Limits Of Flexibility Under Clean Air Act Climate Policy, Nathan D. Richardson
Playing Without Aces: Offset And The Limits Of Flexibility Under Clean Air Act Climate Policy, Nathan D. Richardson
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to move ahead with regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Previous work has indicated that basic forms of compliance flexibility—trading—appear to be legally permissible under section III of the CAA. This Article takes a close look at more expansive and ambitious types of flexibility: trading between different kinds of sources, biomass co-firing, and above all, offsets. It concludes that most types of such extended flexibility are either legally incompatible with the CAA, or so legally problematic that EPA is unlikely to adopt them. This has important implications …
Energy (In)Efficiency In The Local Food Movement: Food For Thought, Lauren B. Kaplin
Energy (In)Efficiency In The Local Food Movement: Food For Thought, Lauren B. Kaplin
Lauren Kaplin
“Eating local” is a growing trend in the American food system, with environmentalists and foodies alike advocating for shorter food transportation distances from farm to table (the average in the United States is about 1,500 miles ). Not only have local food systems gained followers through farmer’s markets, locally sourced restaurants, and community supported agriculture (“CSA”) enterprises, but the locavore trend has begun to gain momentum on Capitol Hill as well: various federal and state programs support local food initiatives, the United States Department of Agriculture (the “USDA”) has published materials considering the impact of going local, and the Obamas …