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Building a New Grid without New Legislation: A Path to Revitalizing Federal Transmission Authorities

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September 9th 2021

New long-distance, high-voltage transmission will be vital if the United States is to integrate the renewable energy generation needed to decarbonize the electric system at sufficient scale and at reasonable cost. Congress would ideally take action to address the regulatory and economic barriers that currently prevent long-distance, high-voltage transmission from ...

Realigning the Clean Water Act: Comprehensive Treatment of Nonpoint Source Pollution

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September 9th 2021

Nonpoint source pollution is the biggest threat to water quality in the United States today. This Article argues for stronger federal controls over nonpoint source pollution. It begins by examining the history of water quality regulation in the United States, including the passage and amendment of the Clean Water Act ...

Farming with Trees: Reforming U.S. Farm Policy to Expand Agroforestry and Mitigate Climate Change

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September 9th 2021

Agroforestry systems have enormous potential to mitigate climate change. These systems incorporate trees and shrubs into agricultural production, increasing both soil carbon sequestration and the amount of carbon stored in biomass. Even the most conservative estimates find that agroforestry sequesters two to five times more carbon per acre than the ...

Struggling to Find a Rapanos Nexus: Maui and the Expansion of Clean Water Act Regulation

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September 9th 2021

The Supreme Court has long struggled to define the scope of federal jurisdiction over pollution control under the Clean Water Act (CWA). During the Court’s last term, that issue returned to the forefront in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. The case involved pollution from a wastewater treatment ...

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