Some states and companies are arguing that certain nuclear reactors are so small that federal licensing is unnecessary. But we agree with the NRC: All nuclear reactors can affect public health and safety and should be subject to federal licensing requirements. Read more: tinyurl.com/2cns58dc

In 2025, EPA issued a rule giving oil and gas companies more time to meet emissions standards for methane. But the delay violates the Administrative Procedure Act’s standards of reasoned decisionmaking, we show in a new amicus brief. tinyurl.com/3m4kmj58

The Bureau of Land Management has decreased oil and gas royalty rates from 16.67% to as low as 12.5%, arguing the change could increase government revenue by incentivizing more production. But this change will likely decrease revenue by billions of dollars. Read more: tinyurl.com/36v2su9d

Just over a year ago, 60 million electricity customers in Spain, Portugal, and France lost power in a massive blackout. In a new blog post, we offer lessons from the event for the European Union and member states. Such blackouts are preventable, but reform is required. medium.com/policy-integ...

How should courts determine the limits of authority that a law grants a federal agency to make policy decisions? In @theregreview.bsky.social, our Jack Jones draws guidance from court cases that predate Loper Bright v. Raimondo. tinyurl.com/35wepz5j

We're hiring! 🖥️ ⚡ We're looking for a Policy Research Associate or Policy Analyst to support projects related to #energy policy. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting June 26th. Apply now! policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/p...

We’re hiring! We're seeking applicants for a policy-oriented economic fellow or economist to work on issues including energy, electricity, and climate policy. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting June 26th. Apply now! policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/e...

Project-based #carbon credits face substantial integrity problems, and effective regulation remains absent. Federal regulation could help. EPA or DOE is well equipped to address these problems, as we and coauthors explain in a new report from @brookings.edu. www.brookings.edu/articles/whi...

This week, a deadly chemical explosion occurred at a paper mill in Washington State. Yet EPA is proposing to roll back safeguards designed to prevent and mitigate damage from similar types of explosions. The proposal is based on flawed, misleading analysis. Read our feedback: tinyurl.com/3rdc383h

Tomorrow, our @erinshortell.bsky.social will join @brookings.edu for a panel discussion on concerns in carbon markets about integrity, efficiency and trust, along with proposals to improve these markets. RSVP for the event in person or online: tinyurl.com/3zjnj399

Planning the grid of the future requires accounting for the interdependence of transmission, generation, and storage. But traditional grid-planning models don’t do this. We examine the necessity of advanced modeling and the advantages of co-optimization models in a new report: tinyurl.com/msjdphv2

New York’s Public Service Commission is being petitioned to consider suspending the program to help meet state emissions-reduction targets under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. The Commission should reject this petition, we argue in recent comments. tinyurl.com/4z3pd86r

In a new report, we explain FERC's responsibility to consider the effects of new natural gas infrastructure projects on neighboring communities and account for existing environmental and social harms—despite attempts by the Trump Administration to waive this responsibility. tinyurl.com/z4cpadd3

Policy Integrity will be featured tomorrow in a premiere of short films about efforts at NYU to address climate change! Join us at 4:00PM for a deeper look into Policy Integrity’s history and current work in climate change policy. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/nyu-climat...

Join our Don Goodson, @bridgetpals.bsky.social, Max Sarinsky, and Katherine Welty on May 4th for a webinar about the state of the major questions doctrine, which has generated extensive commentary and uncertainty since the Court first announced it in 2022. policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...

Today in @theregreview.bsky.social, our Dena Adler and Kate Welty explain why EPA's repeal of greenhouse gas emissions standards for motor vehicles is a bad deal for Americans. www.theregreview.org/2026/04/21/a...

This Thursday at the ABA Spring Conference on Environmental Law: Join a discussion moderated by our Dena Adler on the past, present, and future of the endangerment finding. EPA’s rescission of the finding and may redirect the future of U.S. #climate policy.

On May 4th, we'll unpack the state of the major questions doctrine after the recent Supreme Court decision in Learning Resources v. Trump. The doctrine has generated extensive commentary and uncertainty since the Court first announced it in 2022. Register now: policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...

New York's governor has proposed delaying state #climate goals given recent obstacles out of the state’s control. But thinking systemically can help New York ensure its climate policies provide a stronger foundation for economy-wide emissions reductions. Read our new report: tinyurl.com/59xf5w4t

Grant, funded. We have received support from @sloanfoundation.bsky.social to push the frontiers of regulatory benefit-cost analysis and strengthen the community of researchers doing policy-relevant research. Policy researchers: Stay tuned for our first call for proposals! tinyurl.com/3b3b5x7m

Calling NYU undergrads 📣 🌎 Interested in comms, journalism, marketing, or environmental and energy policy? We are hiring a communications intern for the summer semester. Application review begins April 24. Apply now! policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/2...

Tune in tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. ET to catch our Max Sarinsky and other legal experts discuss how the major questions doctrine may affect administrative law practitioners, federal agencies, and litigants challenging executive action. tinyurl.com/4jfab2ej

“Before we build more gas pipelines, we need better data,” write Burçin Ünel and coauthors in Utility Dive. Better data would help researchers, policymakers, and regulators make more cost-effective decisions about infrastructure that keep the grid reliable and resilient. tinyurl.com/3wyaybpa

The U.S. oil and gas sector produces more greenhouse gas emissions than any other in the world, but the Trump administration has delayed regulation. In a new issue brief, we argue the case for regulating methane emissions from oil and gas production in the U.S. policyintegrity.org/publications...

How can corporate buyers of carbon offsets be transparent and align their claims with consumer protection laws? Embrace uncertainty, writes our @erinshortell.bsky.social in an article for @trellisgroup.bsky.social. Read more: trellis.net/article/what...

The voluntary carbon market, which arose to address the failure of markets to reflect the cost of #ClimateChange, itself suffers from multiple failures. In a new report, we identify these failures and examine potential solutions. policyintegrity.org/publications...

Despite the retraction of a recent study, economists still agree that #ClimateChange is expensive and dangerous, and climate action is an urgent necessity, write our Peter Howard and Al McGartland in @theregreview.bsky.social. Read their full op-ed: www.theregreview.org/2026/02/23/h...

The major questions doctrine has contributed to substantial confusion in lower courts regarding its application. But the Court’s recent ruling on President Trump’s tariffs has provided some clarity. Read our Max Sarinsky's new piece on the ruling: www.yalejreg.com/nc/tallying-...

💻 Webinar tomorrow ⏰ In pursuing widescale deregulation, the Trump Administration has advanced aggressive and unprecedented legal theories. Tune in for a discussion of the Trump Administration’s deregulatory tactics and their potential legal vulnerabilities. policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...

EPA argues in its repeal of the Endangerment Finding that it lacks legal authority for #climate regulation. But both the major questions doctrine and Supreme Court precedent contradict this argument, write our Dena Adler and Kate Welty on @bloomberglaw.com. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...

Today, EPA finalized its rule repealing 2024 updates to the mercury and air toxics limits for power plants. "EPA is letting some of the country's dirtiest power plants off the hook for causing neurotoxic and carcinogenic pollution," says our Dena Adler. policyintegrity.org/files/media/...

Trump just repealed Biden-era coal plant emissions standards for mercury and other hazardous pollutants, in the name of affordability. In reality, the repeal is expected to have a 0.0% impact on electricity prices. The repeal's cost savings will go to industry, and we will pay with our health.

The Supreme Court just decided President Trump's global #tariffs are unlawful. Read more about the decision and our work on the major questions doctrine, which was central to the Court's ruling: policyintegrity.org/files/media/...

The Trump Administration came into office last year promising to rescind many environmental, health, and consumer safeguards. In a webinar next Wednesday, we'll take stock of deregulatory trends that have emerged so far. 🏛️ ↩️ Register for the webinar: policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...

Congress intended for the Clean Air Act to cover pollutants affecting the climate, yet EPA denies this intent in its repeal of the endangerment finding. Our Richard Revesz explains in @bloomberglaw.com. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...

Looking for a guide explaining new planning tools for regional power lines? ⚡ In a new amicus brief, we give a primer on principles of transmission planning modeling and show that FERC Order 1920 doesn't favor certain energy policies over others. policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...

The Trump Administration's rescission of the endangerment finding is fatally flawed—economically and legally. In other words, the inevitable litigation over the rescission has strong footing. Policy Integrity has prepared for this litigation over the past year: policyintegrity.org/files/media/...

Next week 💻 ⏰ Join Policy Integrity on February 17 for a webinar about proposed changes to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, which is currently considering revisions to its framework for attributing “Scope 2” emissions. Register for the webinar: policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...

Tomorrow! Join us Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 1 pm ET, for a @hsphniehsctr.bsky.social and @harvardenvhealth.bsky.social seminar with Dr. Al McGartland of NYU's Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social. In-person and virtual! Visit hsph.me/niehs-seminar for more info and registration.

Does A.I. use count as "reasoned decisionmaking"? 🤖 How federal agencies use A.I. may determine the answer. Our Jack Jones and Burçin Ünel explore this thought experiment in the Yale Journal on Regulation's Notice & Comment blog. www.yalejreg.com/nc/do-large-...

Today, EPA took its latest step in attacking 2024 standards for soot, flouting a deadline to designate which counties are failing to meet them. In a new issue brief, we explain why these standards save lives and rebut misleading myths. Check out the brief: policyintegrity.org/publications...

The Trump Administration came into office last year promising to rescind many environmental, health, and consumer safeguards. In a webinar on February 25, we'll take stock of deregulatory trends that have emerged so far. 🏛️ ↩️ Register for the webinar: policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...

The analysis that EPA and DOT provide to back up recent regulatory rollback proposals contains serious flaws. 🚗 🛻 In a new report, we inspect overlooked benefits and costs in the proposals and demonstrate their shortcomings: policyintegrity.org/publications...

Webinar alert 💻 ⏰ The methodology for calculating greenhouse gas #emissions could be on the cusp of a major change. Join us February 17 for a panel discussion on proposed revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol: policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...

Transporting carbon dioxide remains a big obstacle to scaling up #carbon capture and storage. 🏭 Check out a new report published with @eui-schuman.bsky.social and @fsr-eui.bsky.social on emerging models for governing the nascent CO2 transportation industry. policyintegrity.org/publications...

"The universe of what the Congressional Review Act can reach expanded significantly in 2025," write our Jack Jones and Richard Revesz in @theregreview.bsky.social. The current Congress's approach threatens stability for agencies and regulated businesses. www.theregreview.org/2026/02/03/j...

"In its first year, the second Trump administration moved quickly and aggressively to rescind many environmental, health, and consumer regulations," write our Katherine Welty and Max Sarinsky in @justsecurity.org. But there are exceptions, they add. www.justsecurity.org/129588/trump...

The Trump Administration came into office last year promising to rescind many environmental, health, and consumer safeguards. In a webinar on February 25, we'll take stock of deregulatory trends that have emerged so far. 🏛️ ↩️ Register now! policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...

Tomorrow! 🕚 Join us and expert guests for a discussion about carbon markets and carbon credit equivalence. Register now: policyintegrity.org/news/event/c...

New webinar alert 💻 ⏰ The methodology for calculating greenhouse gas #emissions could be on the cusp of a major change. Join us February 17 from 12:00–1:15 p.m. ET for a panel discussion on proposed revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol: policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...