“It’s really hard for the public to keep track of this news, but it’s really important that they do,” Mr. Mergen said. “We’re going to lose species and their habitats in a death-by-a-thousand-cuts way, but there are things that can be done to right the ship and help these species recover.”
Andrew Mergen sees urgent need to protect presumption of regularity.
Attacks on statutes and regulations are unprecedented, panelists say during Harvard Climate Action Week.
In an interview with Harvard Law Today, Ari Peskoe explains the ways in which data centers sometimes obscure their effect on utility prices, and why state regulators may need to radically rethink their approach to rate-setting if they want to avoid higher energy costs for residents.
President Trump has been trying to eliminate climate regulations since his first day back in office when he signed an executive order declaring the primacy of fossil fuels, writes Jody Freeman in the Los Angeles Times. The proposal to rescind the Endangerment Finding isn’t just another regulatory rollback. It’s an assault on the foundation of all federal climate policy.
From the July 22, 2025, hearing on “Permitting Purgatory: Restoring Common Sense to NEPA Reviews.”
Five decades in, the Endangered Species Act remains one of the country’s most muscular environmental laws — and, despite its popularity, a continued target.
Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, Andrew Mergen, and Carrie Jenks discuss the impact alumnus Dan Emmett’s $15 million gift to establish the Emmett Environmental Law Center will have for students, faculty, staff, and environmental law practitioners nationwide.
