Staff Attorney at Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program @HarvardEELP. Bilingue. @Cristosal alum. All thoughts my own.
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We've updated our analysis of the Biden DOJ's third party-payment policy to include a 2020 memo (acquired via FOIA) in which the Trump DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel affirmed that "certain payments to third parties" are allowed under the Misc. Receipts Act. eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06…
Many thanks to @ByTomFrank for reporting on Census numbers suggesting "unbelievable" rates of disaster displacement in the US. While data are "experimental", they illustrate for @FEMA, state govts who is most vulnerable to the impacts of disasters.
"These numbers are unbelievable," says @hperls of Census figures showing disasters forced 3.4m people in US from home in 2022.
That's far higher than other estimates and shows “international data and reporting severely underestimate the number of IDPs."
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New report from the @HarvardEELP team taking stock of the Biden admin's progress so far on everything from air rules to #EJ to resilience.
New! As we approach its two-year mark we've published comprehensive reports on the Biden administration's progress on climate, public health & envt, and environmental justice. We include key findings across multiple agencies as well as executive actions.
eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/10…
Excited to share @HarvardEELP's latest CleanLaw #podcast episode where Prof @RBratspies at @CUNYLaw and I discuss New York's latest effots to legislate #environmentaljustice.
eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/10…
Hannah Perls retweeted
First: I’m pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. There are thousands of people who were previously convicted of simple possession who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My pardon will remove this burden.
Hannah Perls retweeted
Meanwhile in #PuertoRico, 230,000 out of 1.47 million households remain without power ... 12 days after #Fiona made landfall
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Yesterday, investor-owned utilities in PJM alleged that a comment I filed at FERC was “defamatory.” They don’t explain further.
Their overreaction highlights an odd dynamic that I see often in utility regulation.
ALT Claims by the Harvard Law Electricity Law Initiative (“HLE”) that the Commission should specifically disqualify the PJM TOs from exercising the conditional ROFR are baseless and defamatory
A great thread from @Earthjustice's Marvin Brown on the practical realities of having homeowners switch over HVAC systems to #heatpumps. Thanks for sharing!!
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A great🧵from @CLF @Staci__Rubin and @cpealesloan on what's good and what's missing on #EnvironmentalJustice in MA's new Clean Energy and Climate Plan
Last week, Massachusetts released its final Clean Energy and Climate Plan (CECP). @cpealesloan and I are diving in to explore components of the plan. Let’s look at climate justice and a just transition: A short thread. 1/10
States are setting the example on #EJ, but #NY's new constitutional provision guaranteeing clean water, clean air and a healthful environment may be weakend in court. A crucial take from @bratspies and @ProfKTQ in @BLaw.
Are New Yorkers' #EnvironmentalRights Under Attack? @HaubEnviroLaw @ProfKTQ and @CUNYLaw Professor @RBratspies examine the first cases being filed under the new constitutional provision in an Op-Ed penned for @BLaw. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…
Hannah Perls retweeted
This past week has seen a repudiation of the court-based theory of change that has defined legal liberalism for several decades in the US: a theory that elite lawyers will always be able to use elite reasoning to persuade elite judges not to let things get out of hand.
Hannah Perls retweeted
I met an unhoused woman who has two years of disability payments sitting in a bank account she cannot access because she does not have an ID. After months we finally got her birth certificate and then she woke up to a sweep where all of her paperwork was thrown away.
CEQ also planning to issue a Notice by July on how fed. agencies should consider greenhouse gas emissions/climate change under NEPA 👀
reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgend…
The #UnifiedAgenda is OUT, aka Christmas for fed. regulation nerds. Some of my favorites so far:
@FEMA is planning to give the Ind. Assistance program an equity revamp (notice exp. Jan 2023)
reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgend…
Alas no clear indication from Labor/OSHA on whether they'll issue a heat stress standard
reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgend…
@CEQ still seems set on issuing its NEPA Phase 2 proposed rule by August
reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgend…
(For more deets, check out @HarvardEELP's NEPA Tracker page: eelp.law.harvard.edu/2018/08…)