{"id":6834,"date":"2020-04-01T11:28:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2020-04-02T08:11:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T13:11:20","slug":"epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

By Romany Webb<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Last Thursday, March 26, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a temporary policy<\/a> on environmental enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy declares that EPA will \u201cexercise enforcement discretion\u201d \u2013 code for \u201ctake no action\u201d \u2013 in relation to certain civil violations of environmental law \u201ccaused by COVID-19.\u201d The policy identifies several situations in which COVID-19 may be considered the cause of a violation, including where a regulated entity\u2019s ability to comply with environmental law is impacted by travel restrictions or social distancing requirements imposed to manage the pandemic, or worker shortages resulting from it. According to the policy, because these and other consequences of the pandemic could prevent regulated entities from complying with routine monitoring, reporting, and similar requirements, EPA \u201cdoes not expect to seek penalties for violations\u201d thereof.<\/p>\n

The COVID-19 policy defines \u201croutine requirements\u201d to include those imposed by EPA\u2019s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program<\/a> (GHGRP), under which approximately 9,000 entities<\/a> are required to report annually on their greenhouse gas emissions. Reports are ordinarily due<\/a> by March 31 but, under the policy, entities will not be penalized for late submission. While entities will be required to \u201ccatch up\u201d on missed reports when the policy is lifted, the delay could have significant consequences, limiting public access to information that is needed to assess pending regulatory proposals, aimed at weakening existing greenhouse gas emissions controls.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Briefly, by way of background, the GHGRP was established<\/a> in 2009 after Congress authorized funding for EPA to develop rules requiring mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act<\/a>. The joint explanatory statement accompanying the Act directed EPA to require emissions reporting by both \u201cdownstream sources\u201d and \u201cupstream production\u201d facilities. As a result, the GHGRP applies to entities that directly emit greenhouse gases, as well as entities that supply fossil fuels and\/or industrial gases, which generate emissions when used. There is an exemption for small facilities that directly emit, and suppliers whose products generate, less than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent per year.<\/p>\n

Direct emitters subject to the GHGRP must report their emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases to EPA annually. EPA also receives annual reports from fossil fuel and industrial gas suppliers, showing the amount of each greenhouse gas emitted by combustion or use of the products they supplied, imported, or exported during the year. The reported data cover approximately 85 to 90 percent of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Access to such comprehensive emissions data is extremely useful to EPA, enabling it to assess the adequacy of its existing greenhouse gas regulations, and identify areas where further regulatory action may be needed. EPA also intends the data to be used by outside stakeholders and therefore makes it publicly available in various formats<\/a>. One of the most useful is the Facility Level Information on Greenhouse Gases Tool<\/a> (FLIGHT), a searchable website that allows users to view and download data for individual facilities and groups of facilities. According to EPA<\/a>, the granularity of the FLIGHT data allows \u201ccommunities to identify nearby sources of greenhouse gas emissions, help[s] businesses track and identify cost\u2014and fuel\u2014saving opportunities, . . . and provide[s] important information to the finance and investment communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

EPA also compiles the GHGRP data, along with other information, in its annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks<\/a> (Inventory). Published to fulfill the U.S.\u2019 obligations under Article 4 of the Senate ratified United Nations Framework Convention on the Climate Change<\/a>, the Inventory provides a comprehensive accounting of national anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions back to 1990. It is, therefore, a useful tool for tracking changes in emissions over time. (While myself<\/a> and others<\/a> have raised concerns about the accuracy of some data reported in the Inventory, it is the best, most complete source of emissions information currently available.)<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, EPA\u2019s COVID-19 policy jeopardizes continued, timely access to both the Inventory and the underlying data. Absent the policy, reporting entities would have had to submit their 2019 emissions data by yesterday, March 31. The data would then be verified by EPA and uploaded to FLIGHT in October. After further data processing and analysis, EPA would publish a draft Inventory for the period from 1990 to 2019 next February, and a final version next April. Due to the time required for data verification, processing, and analysis, any delay in the initial data submission will invariably push back publication. That\u2019s a problem given EPA\u2019s regulatory agenda.<\/p>\n

EPA is currently in the process of finalizing several regulatory proposals aimed at weakening existing greenhouse gas emissions controls. Just yesterday, EPA issued its final Safe Affordable Fuel Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule<\/a>, rolling back fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards for model year 2021-2026 light-duty vehicles. Several other roll backs are also pending. The 2019 emissions data could help inform assessment of the proposals by both EPA and outside stakeholders. But it may not be available in time.<\/p>\n

To understand what this might mean, consider what the previous year\u2019s data revealed: after declining steadily for five years, power plant emissions increased in 2018. The Trump administration claims<\/a> that was a one-off blip, but we won\u2019t know until the 2019 data is published. If the data show emissions continuing to increase, it would raise further questions about the administration\u2019s approach to climate change, particularly EPA\u2019s decision to weaken<\/a> regulatory controls on existing power plants.<\/p>\n

While hiding inconvenient facts may not be the intention behind EPA\u2019s COVID-19 policy, it could very well be its effect. The policy thus plays neatly into the Trump administration\u2019s broader efforts to suppress and downplay information that could engender opposition to its roll back of climate change regulations. Our Silencing Science Tracker<\/a> records 194 attempts by the administration to limit scientific research on, and discussion of, climate change. EPA took nearly a quarter of the recorded actions\u2014more than any other agency. With its new COVID-19 policy, EPA seems to be further cementing its leading role in President Trump\u2019s war on information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Romany Webb Last Thursday, March 26, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a temporary policy on environmental enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy declares that EPA will \u201cexercise enforcement discretion\u201d \u2013 code for \u201ctake no action\u201d \u2013 in relation to certain civil violations of environmental law \u201ccaused by COVID-19.\u201d The policy identifies several […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5677,9485,8460,65721],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-clean-air-act","7":"category-deregulation","8":"category-epa","9":"category-reporting","10":"czr-hentry"},"yoast_head":"\nEPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data - Climate Law Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data - Climate Law Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Romany Webb Last Thursday, March 26, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a temporary policy on environmental enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy declares that EPA will \u201cexercise enforcement discretion\u201d \u2013 code for \u201ctake no action\u201d \u2013 in relation to certain civil violations of environmental law \u201ccaused by COVID-19.\u201d The policy identifies several […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Climate Law Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-01T16:28:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-02T13:11:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Romany Webb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sabincenter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sabincenter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Romany Webb\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Romany Webb\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#\/schema\/person\/86e27971af7ed1ad597bed3bc0fa541e\"},\"headline\":\"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-01T16:28:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-02T13:11:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/\"},\"wordCount\":1006,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Clean Air Act\",\"Deregulation\",\"EPA\",\"Reporting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/\",\"name\":\"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data - Climate Law Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-01T16:28:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-02T13:11:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg\",\"width\":822,\"height\":593},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/\",\"name\":\"Climate Law Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sabin Center for Climate Change Law\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2023\/02\/21-SabinBlog_Banner-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2023\/02\/21-SabinBlog_Banner-1.png\",\"width\":2752,\"height\":260,\"caption\":\"Sabin Center for Climate Change Law\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/sabincenter\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#\/schema\/person\/86e27971af7ed1ad597bed3bc0fa541e\",\"name\":\"Romany Webb\",\"description\":\"Romany Webb is a Research Scholar at Columbia Law School, Adjunct Associate Professor of Climate at Columbia Climate School, and Deputy Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/author\/rwebb\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data - Climate Law Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data - Climate Law Blog","og_description":"By Romany Webb Last Thursday, March 26, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a temporary policy on environmental enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy declares that EPA will \u201cexercise enforcement discretion\u201d \u2013 code for \u201ctake no action\u201d \u2013 in relation to certain civil violations of environmental law \u201ccaused by COVID-19.\u201d The policy identifies several […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/","og_site_name":"Climate Law Blog","article_published_time":"2020-04-01T16:28:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-02T13:11:20+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Romany Webb","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sabincenter","twitter_site":"@sabincenter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Romany Webb","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/"},"author":{"name":"Romany Webb","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#\/schema\/person\/86e27971af7ed1ad597bed3bc0fa541e"},"headline":"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data","datePublished":"2020-04-01T16:28:10+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-02T13:11:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/"},"wordCount":1006,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg","articleSection":["Clean Air Act","Deregulation","EPA","Reporting"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/","name":"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data - Climate Law Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-01T16:28:10+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-02T13:11:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2020\/04\/15011151177_6c579f00f6_b.jpg","width":822,"height":593},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2020\/04\/01\/epas-covid-19-policy-will-further-restrict-public-access-to-climate-data\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EPA\u2019s COVID-19 Policy Will Further Restrict Public Access to Climate Data"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/","name":"Climate Law Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#organization","name":"Sabin Center for Climate Change Law","url":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2023\/02\/21-SabinBlog_Banner-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/files\/2023\/02\/21-SabinBlog_Banner-1.png","width":2752,"height":260,"caption":"Sabin Center for Climate Change Law"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/sabincenter"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/#\/schema\/person\/86e27971af7ed1ad597bed3bc0fa541e","name":"Romany Webb","description":"Romany Webb is a Research Scholar at Columbia Law School, Adjunct Associate Professor of Climate at Columbia Climate School, and Deputy Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.","url":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/author\/rwebb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}