The Sabin Center’s newest publication, Enforcing Legacy Environmental Liabilities on the Outer Continental Shelf, examines legal strategies to hold the former owners of offshore oil and gas infrastructure, like rigs, wells, and pipelines, liable for the costs of “decommissioning” their facilities—plugging wells, removing offshore installations, and generally making the site […]
Today, the Sabin Center filed two amicus briefs—one on behalf of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and a second on behalf of experts in carbon capture and storage (CCS) science and technology—in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in West Virginia v. […]
Geologic carbon sequestration—i.e., the storage of carbon dioxide in underground rock formations—has been the subject of much debate in recent years. Many see it as an important tool for combatting climate change. It is, after all, a necessary component of point-source carbon capture and storage (“CCS”) systems that seek […]
Two years into the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the several tax credits that are eligible for “elective pay” are starting to catalyze investment in renewable energy, electric vehicles, and EV charging by nontaxable entities like local governments and nonprofit organizations. Slower to develop is a robust, cohesive response by nontaxable […]
As markets for both voluntary and mandatory carbon offsets and credits have grown in recent years, the number of lawsuits involving offsets or credits also has increased. For example, American consumers have recently sued multiple companies, including Delta and Danone Waters (which sells Evian bottled water), for making potentially misleading […]
This blog post was authored by 2024 Sabin Center Summer Intern, Yoon Kim, with input and supervision from Abe Silverman, Research Scholar at The Johns Hopkins University, Zach Wendling, Program Manager at the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, and Romany Webb, Deputy Director of the Sabin Center for […]
Olivia Guarna joins our team at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law as the new Climate Justice Fellow. Her work will focus on environmental justice and equity considerations in climate change law and policy, such as energy insecurity or the cumulative burdens of land use and siting decisions. Olivia graduated […]
The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) represents the largest investment in climate action in U.S. history. In the two years since its enactment, the IRA has spurred a flurry of activity aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emission, and protecting communities from the impacts of climate change. But there is still […]