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Fixing the National Flood Insurance Program with Joel Scata and Hannah Perls from 2022-02-14T13:02:43
EELP Legal Fellow Hannah Perls speaks with Joel Scata, a Water and Climate Attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, where he works on clean water and climate change adaptation policy solu...
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65—Clean Car Rules with Jody Freeman and Chet France from 2022-01-28T13:13:48
Our founding director Jody Freeman speaks with Chet France, who served as a senior executive at EPA and led the development of vehicle pollution standards at the agency, including overseeing, durin...
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64—South Fork Wind Farm and Fisheries Management with Lowry Yankwich and Doug Christel from 2022-01-05T20:45:49
Lowry Yankwich, a recent graduate of Harvard Law, speaks with Doug Christel, policy analyst for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office. The...
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63—EPA's Proposed Methane Rules with Kate Konschnik and Carrie Jenks from 2021-12-17T16:24:34
Our executive director Carrie Jenks speaks with Kate Konschnik of Duke University about EPA’s recently proposed methane rules for new and existing oil and natural gas sources. They discuss some of ...
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62-How Does Climate Change Relate to Market Risk? With Hana Vizcarra and Madison Condon from 2021-10-12T20:01:21
Our staff attorney Hana Vizcarra speaks with Madison Condon, associate professor of law at Boston University who studies how climate change relates to corporate governance, market risk, and regulat...
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61-Petitions to the Supreme Court of the decision vacating ACE with Kevin Poloncarz and Carrie Jenks from 2021-09-07T00:00
Our executive director Carrie Jenks speaks with Kevin Poloncarz, a partner at the law firm Covington and Burling. Kevin co-chairs the firm’s Environmental and Energy Practice Group, Energy Industry...
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60-A Human Rights View of Climate Change, Aminta Ossom and Hannah Perls from 2021-08-09T18:06:41
Legal Fellow Hannah Perls speaks with Aminta Ossom, a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, where she focuses on equality, inclusion, and economic and social right...
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59-Business Models for Distributed Energy Resources with Brandon Smithwood and Ari Peskoe from 2021-07-16T16:19:56
Our Electricity Law Initiative Director Ari Peskoe speaks with Brandon Smithwood, Senior Director of Policy at Dimension Renewable Energy. They talk about business models for development of small-s...
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58-Biden's first 100 Days on Climate and the Environment with Hana Vizcarra and Hannah Perls from 2021-06-03T17:23:10
EELP Staff Attorney Hana Vizcarra and Fellow Hannah Perls talk about the progress of the Biden administration on climate and environmental priorities now that the first hundred days have passed. We...
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57-Environmental Racism in NC Hog Farming Pt 2 w/Naeema Muhammad, Elizabeth Haddix, & Hannah Perls from 2021-04-22T22:56:25
EELP Fellow Hannah Perls speaks with Naeema Muhammad and Elizabeth Haddix. Naeema is a life-long activist and the Organizing Co-Director of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, where s...
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56 - Environmental Racism in NC Hog Farming with Naeema Muhammad, Alexis Andiman, & Hannah Perls from 2021-04-08T11:05:13
In this episode EELP Fellow Hannah Perls spoke with Naeema Muhammad and Alexis Andiman. Naeema is a life-long activist and the Organizing Co-Director of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Net...
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Ep 55-Energy Utility Regulatory Frameworks and Climate Laws with Justin Gundlach& Elizabeth Stein from 2021-03-25T16:00:38
Note: this episode was recorded in January, 2021.
In this episode our staff attorney Caitlin McCoy was joined by Justin Gundlach and Elizabeth Stein to discuss their recent article "Harmon...
Ep 54 - Electric Utility Mergers and Industry Consolidation with Scott Hempling and Ari Peskoe from 2021-02-17T12:30:05
Ari Peskoe, speaks with Scott Hempling, adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center about Scott’s new book, Regulating Mergers and Acquisitions of the U.S. Electric Utilities: Industr...
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Ep 53 - Climate Science, Communication, and Hope: Katharine Hayhoe and Joe Goffman from 2020-12-15T20:58:02
In this episode our executive director Joe Goffman interviews climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, director of the Texas Tech Climate Center and Professor in Public Policy and Public Law in the Depa...
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Ep 52 - Carbon Pricing with Matto Mildenberger and Ari Peskoe from 2020-12-01T20:59:30
In this episode, our Electricity Law Initiative director Ari Peskoe speaks with Matto Mildenberger, assistant professor of political science at the UC Santa Barbara, about the politics of carbon pr...
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Ep 51 - Next Generation Environmental Regulations, Joe Goffman interviews Cynthia Giles from 2020-11-19T15:06:13
In this episode, our executive director Joe Goffman speaks again with Cynthia Giles, our guest fellow and former Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. Th...
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Episode 50: Erin Brockovich and Caitlin McCoy Talk about Citizen Advocacy and US Water Regulations from 2020-11-05T16:13:14
In our 50th episode of CleanLaw, Erin Brockovich speaks with Caitlin McCoy about some of the major water issues in the U.S. today and what people can do to work toward better water quality in their...
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Episode 49: The Department of the Interior Rollbacks under Trump with Laura Bloomer and Robin Just from 2020-10-15T14:38:46
Robin Just interviews our former EELP Fellow Laura Bloomer about changes in the Department of the Interior under the Trump administration. Laura interviewed dozens of former DOI career staff, forme...
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Episode 48: Caitlin and Aladdine Joroff on the MA AG's Decision on Local Natural Gas Usage Laws from 2020-09-01T15:23:56
In this episode Caitlin McCoy talks with Aladdine Joroff, clinical instructor and staff attorney at our Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, about the recent decision by the Massachusetts At...
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Episode 47: Joe Goffman & Francesca Dominici on Air Quality, Covid-19, and Black Communities from 2020-08-25T15:50:47
"The progress is uneven. We are not cleaning the air in an even way for everybody."
In this episode our executive director Joe Goffman speaks with Francesca Dominici, Professor of Biostati...
Episode 46: Joe Goffman and Sam Ricketts on Climate Change Policy Proposals from 2020-08-20T14:38:45
In this episode Joe Goffman speaks with Sam Ricketts, senior fellow for Energy and Environment at the Center for American Progress and former climate director for the presidential campaign of Govrn...
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Episode 45: Hana Vizcarra and Kevin McClean on the Toxic Substances Control Act Revisions from 2020-07-27T20:31:54
Hana Vizcarra speaks with Kevin McClean, former Associate General Counsel for EPA’s Pesticides and Toxic Substances Law Office, about chemical substances regulation and implementation of the 2016 r...
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Episode 44: Joe Goffman Speaks with Cynthia Giles about EPA's Enforcement Problems During COVID-19 from 2020-06-29T14:58:03
Recorded on May 7, Joe Goffman speaks with Cynthia Giles, former Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, about EPA’s rollback of environmental enforcement ...
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Episode 43: Ari Peskoe speaks with Leah Stokes about State Clean Energy Policies from 2020-06-18T22:27:33
In this episode Ari Peskoe speaks with Leah Stokes, Professor of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara about state clean energy policies.
Transcript here http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-con...
Episode 42: Ari Peskoe talks about Attacks on Net Metering for Rooftop Solar from 2020-06-17T16:46:51
For a transcript of this episode see here http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Transcript-of-Ari-Pesko-on-FERC-filing-6-10-20.pdf
In this episode, Ari Peskoe, Director of our Ele...
Episode 41: Caitlin McCoy and Bethany Davis Noll on Cost-Benefit Issues in the Clean Cars Rollback from 2020-05-27T16:03:28
Caitlin McCoy is joined by Bethany Davis Noll, Litigation Director at the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University Law School. They discuss the recently-finalized Safer Affordable Fuel...
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Episode 40: Jody Freeman and Alex Griswold on Trump Environmental Rollbacks and Optimism from 2020-04-29T14:13:51
In this episode Alex Griswold, a research associate at the Harvard University Center for the Environment, interviews Professor Jody Freeman, our founding director. They talk about the Trump era env...
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Episode 39: MA v EPA - Richard Lazarus Talks to Joe Goffman About His New Book “The Rule of Five" from 2020-03-12T16:12:06
Joe Goffman interviews Harvard Law Professor Richard Lazarus about his new book, "The Rule of Five," which describes the drama, strategy, cast of characters, and, above all, the lawyering, by both ...
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Episode 38: Restricting EPA’s authority - Joe Goffman and Laura Bloomer Talk Clean Air Act Rollbacks from 2020-03-09T17:27:53
For a transcript of this episode see here http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/38-Goffman-Bloomer-Transcript.pdf
EELP Fellow Laura Bloomer speaks with our Executive Director Joe ...
Episode 37: National Security and Climate Change, Judge Alice Hill and Hana Vizcarra from 2020-02-12T13:40:11
Please click here for a full transcript of this episode http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hana-and-Alice-Hill-Transcript-Final.pdf
Hana Vizcarra talks with Alice Hill, senior...
Episode 36: The FERC PJM Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR)Order with Ari Peskoe and Joe Goffman from 2020-01-27T20:51:26
For a full transcript of this episode click here. http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ari-and-Joe-FERC-Transcript-Final.pdf
In this episode our executive director Joe Goffman in...
Episode 35: Electricity Markets and Storage - Ari Peskoe and Jason Burwen from 2020-01-17T13:43:34
For a full transcript of this episode click here http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ari-and-Jason-Burwen-Transcript-Final.pdf
Ari Peskoe talks with Jason Burwen, vice presiden...
Episode 34: Carbon Price Modeling - Joe Goffman and Alex Barron from 2020-01-13T19:48:15
See here for a transcript of this episode. http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Barron-and-Joe-Transcription.pdf
Our executive director Joe Goffman speaks with Smith Colleg...
Episode 33: Investor Assurance in Climate Disclosures with Samantha Ross and Hana Vizcarra from 2020-01-09T16:09:40
For a full transcript of this recording please click here http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Samantha-Ross-and-Hana-Transcript.pdf
In this episode our staff attorney Hana Vizc...
Episode 32: EPA Science Advisory Panel Changes with Gretchen Goldman and Laura Bloomer from 2019-12-18T17:16:58
For a full transcript of this episode please click this link http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Laura-and-Gretchen-for-Publishing.pdf
In this episode our EELP Legal Fellow Lau...
Episode 31: Corporate Climate Scenarios and Strategic Resilience with Hana Vizcarra and Erik Landry from 2019-12-09T22:43:55
Hana Vizcarra speaks with Erik Landry, SM ’18 and research associate in the MIT Office of the Vice President for Research. They talk about energy companies’ use of scenarios in climate-related fina...
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Episode 30: EPA's ACE Rule and CPP Rollback with Caitlin McCoy and Joe Goffman from 2019-11-19T18:39:33
In this episode, Caitlin and Joe talk about their white paper on the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan and the Affordable Clean Energy Rule. They also discuss the litigation challenging the repeal and...
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Episode 29: Climate Finance with Jesse Keenan and Hana Vizcarra from 2019-11-13T13:03:19
See here for a transcript of this episode http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Vizcarra-Keenan-Transcript.pdf
Hana Vizcarra talks with Jesse Keenan, a social scientist and lecturer at...
Episode 28: Climate Economics - Gernot Wagner and Joe Goffman from 2019-11-04T15:13:19
In this episode Joe speaks with climate economist Gernot Wagner about his latest paper (with co-authors) showing how climate-economic modeling can account not only for predicted damages linked to c...
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Episode 27: Affordable Clean Energy Rule & Pollution - Kathy Fallon Lambert and Joe Goffman from 2019-10-08T19:03:25
In this episode Joe Goffman, our Executive Director, talks with Kathy Fallon Lambert, Senior Advisor with The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School...
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Episode 26: Bioenergy Part 2 with Jonathan Lewis and Joe Goffman from 2019-09-30T19:26:49
In this episode our executive director Joe Goffman speaks again with Clean Air Task Force senior counsel Jonathan Lewis about biofuels. They discuss the 5 lessons policy-makers seeking to promote i...
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Episode 25: The Clean Car Rules Rollbacks with Caitlin McCoy and Joe Goffman from 2019-09-25T22:04:43
In this episode Joe Goffman, our Executive Director, talks with our Climate, Clean Air and Energy Fellow Caitlin McCoy about part one of the clean car rule rollback. They discuss EPA and the Nation...
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Episode 24: Bioenergy Part 1 with Jonathan Lewis and Joe Goffman from 2019-08-16T15:34:04
In this episode of CleanLaw Joe Goffman speaks with Clean Air Task Force senior counsel Jonathan Lewis about bioenergy. They discuss the history of biofuel mandates, the challenges of lifecycle ana...
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Episode 23: Robin Just asks Hana Vizcarra about Offshore Drilling from 2019-06-28T14:06:37
Robin and Hana talk about the legal landscape of offshore drilling, and the proposed rule changes and executive orders that may affect where and how oil companies operate. For more on our offshore ...
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Episode 22: Ari Peskoe and Matt Christiansen Talk about the Federal Power Act from 2019-05-30T15:13:15
Ari Peskoe talks to Matt Christiansen, legal advisor to FERC Commissioner Richard Glick, about the Federal Power Act and Matt’s recent article co-authored with Commissioner Glick about FERC and cli...
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Episode 21: Joe Goffman Talks with Bill Becker about the Clean Car Rollback from 2019-05-13T18:02:16
Joe Goffman speaks with Bill Becker, former Executive Director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. Bill and Mary Becker have just published a report on the Trump proposal to weaken v...
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Episode 20: Caitlin McCoy and Michelle Melton Talk about Clean Car Rules from 2019-05-09T18:59:51
In this episode, our Climate, Clean Air & Energy Fellow Caitlin McCoy speaks with Harvard Law student Michelle Melton about the proposed changes to the fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions sta...
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Jacob Mays And Ari Peskoe Talk About Capacity Markets from 2019-05-03T20:29:04
Ari Peskoe talks to Dr. Jacob Mays about capacity markets. Jacob explains why regional power markets adopted capacity markets and outlines his research on the connection between risk and power plan...
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Episode 18: Ari Peskoe and Bill Hogan Talk PJM Price Reform from 2019-04-22T17:00:24
Ari Peskoe talks with Bill Hogan, Professor of Global Energy Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. After laying out fundamental principles of wholesale market design, Bill discusses the recent prop...
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Episode 17: Robin Just asks Caitlin McCoy about Keystone XL from 2019-04-11T22:01:09
Robin Just speaks with Caitlin McCoy about developments in the Keystone XL permitting process, now that President Trump has issued both a new permit for the pipeline and two new Executive Orders th...
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Episode 16: Caitlin McCoy and Sarah Light - Regulatory Horcruxes from 2019-03-28T18:19:19
Caitlin McCoy speaks with Sarah Light, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania about her article, Regulatory Horcruxes, in w...
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Episode 15: Hana Vizcarra and Sarah Light - The Law of Corporation as Environmental Law from 2019-03-20T14:33:22
How can business law better incentivize companies to take environmental consequences into account? In her latest article, Wharton Prof. Sarah Light, asks this question. EELP Staff Attorney Hana Viz...
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Episode 14: Kathy Fallon Lambert on Policy-Relevant Science from 2019-03-07T22:06:43
When we spoke with Kathy Fallon Lambert about the science that should be underpinning the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and the Clean Power Plan replacement, she told us why scientists should no...
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Episode 13: Joe Goffman & Kathy Fallon Lambert on MATS/CPP/ACE and Public Health from 2019-03-07T15:13:06
Joe Goffman speaks with Kathy Fallon Lambert of the Harvard School of Public Health about her recent studies, with a team of many other scientists, that highlight overlooked potential public health...
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Episode 12: Joe Goffman & Janet McCabe Talk about the MATS Rollback from 2019-02-15T16:48:59
With Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe and Joe Goffman led the team that developed the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Hear them discuss the effects of a new proposal to remove the legal foundation of ...
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Episode 11: Caitlin McCoy Interviews Eric Lipton on His Coverage of Trump Rollbacks from 2019-01-25T15:13:21
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the New York Times Eric Lipton speaks with Climate, Clean Air, & Energy Fellow Caitlin McCoy about his recent special report, “This is Our Reality ...
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Episode 10: Caitlin McCoy and Sarah Winner Talk WOTUS/Clean Water Rule from 2018-12-14T21:28:57
Our Climate, Clean Air, & Energy Fellow Caitlin McCoy speaks with Sarah Winner, Staff Attorney of the Center for Coalfield Justice and Interim Executive Director of the Three Rivers Waterkeeper, ab...
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Episode 9: Joe Goffman and Hana Vizcarra on George H.W. Bush's Environmental Legacy from 2018-12-06T15:51:59
Staff Attorney Hana Vizcarra speaks with our Executive Director Joe Goffman about the environmental legacy of George H. W. Bush. Joe shares his unique insider’s view as he reflects on one of the gr...
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Episode 8: Jesse Jenkins and Ari Peskoe on Renewables and Electricity Markets from 2018-11-29T19:51:14
Our Electricity Law Initiative Director Ari Peskoe interviews Jesse Jenkins, a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Ari and Jesse discuss fundamental principle...
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Episode 7: Phil Sharp and Ari Peskoe Celebrate PURPA's 40th Birthday from 2018-11-16T21:37:07
Our Electricity Law Initiative Director Ari Peskoe interviews Phil Sharp - former Indiana Representative and chairman of the Energy and Power Subcommittee, director of the Institute of Politics at ...
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Episode 6: Cynthia Giles on EPA's Oil & Gas Enforcement Rollbacks from 2018-11-14T15:58:32
Joe Goffman, talks with Cynthia Giles, former Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance for the entire Obama Presidency. Cynthia and Joe talk about the Trump ...
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Episode 5: Ari Peskoe and Hana Vizcarra talk FERC, natural gas, and GHG emissions from 2018-08-29T13:53:53
Our staff attorney Hana Vizcarra speaks with Electricity Law Initiative Director Ari Peskoe about FERC natural gas facility permitting. In July, 2018 ELI filed comments with FERC arguing that accou...
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Episode 4: Francesca Dominici on Air Quality, Public Health, and Science from 2018-07-12T11:26:30
Our executive director Joe Goffman interviewed Dr. Francesca Dominici recently to talk about public health, pollution, and science. Dominici is Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan S...
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Episode 3: Janet McCabe and Joe Goffman on Air Quality Standards from 2018-06-26T18:01:39
We speak with Janet McCabe, former Acting Assistant Administrator for the EPA Office of Air and Radiation and current Assistant Director for Policy and Implementation at Indiana University’s Enviro...
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Episode 2: Ari Peskoe & Joe Goffman Talk about Leaked DOE Memo from 2018-06-08T12:31:24
Harvard Law School's Environmental & Energy Law Program Executive Director Joe Goffman interviews Electricity Initiative Director Ari Peskoe about the DOE memo leaked in May, 2018. The memo discuss...
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Episode 1: Joseph Goffman's Harvard Kennedy School Regulatory Policy Program audio from 2018-04-17T17:11:25
Episode 1: Joseph Goffman's Harvard Kennedy School Regulatory Policy Program audio by HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program
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