State Activity

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Colorado’s “Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act”: Encouraging Conversion of Coal Plants to Natural Gas

By Jonathan Talamani Visiting Fellow This blog post summarizes a longer Working Paper available on the Center’s website. Colorado’s Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act (CACJA) requires utilities to create plans that reduce NOx emissions by 70% at a specified portion of their coal-fired electricity generation facilities by the end of 2017. […]

Federal preemption issues for green building ordinances remain unresolved after recent AHRI ruling

As part of the Center for Climate Change Law’s efforts to continually improve its model municipal green building ordinance, CCCL has been tracking legal issues relevant to municipal green building ordinances. One major potential impediment to the successful implementation of a green building ordinance is preemption under federal law. While […]

Results Shown for GHG Reporting Under Massachusetts Little NEPA

by Brenden Cline The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) submitted comments on the “Draft NEPA Guidance on the Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions” (the Guidance) issued by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in February 2010. EEA’s comments provide suggestive information […]