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State Hazard Mitigation Plans & Climate Change: Rating the States 2019 Update

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides technical assistance to states to develop State Hazard Mitigation Plans (SHMPs) which serve as “blueprints” for state efforts to prepare for natural and man-made hazards. This report analyzes SHMPs issued since 2014 and assesses their compliance with the 2016 FEMA Climate Guidance. The…

September 16, 2019

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Comments to Connecticut PURA on Value of Distributed Energy Resources

These comments to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Utilities Regulatory Authority discuss their proposed distributed energy resource value categories, encouraging the agencies to include electricity system resilience and community resilience in their list of value categories.

August 21, 2019

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What is Habitat?

This essay explains the Supreme Court decision requiring agency to determine if an area is a species' "habitat" before it can be designated as critical habitat under the ESA and provides suggestions for how to define habitat, which is not done by statute or regulation.

August 17, 2019

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The Law of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management

This textbook includes a new section detailing the impact of climate change and the emerging legal and administrative issues that are arising in response to it.

July 24, 2019

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Why Environmental Zero-Sum Games are Real

This essay discusses ways to respond to zero-sum thinking, in which local communities face economic hardship from the demand to reduce environmental impacts for the benefit of the greater good.

June 10, 2019

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Changing the National Flood Insurance Program for a Changing Climate

This comment assesses the current state of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the threats to it from climate change . In addition, it explores several strategies to change the NFIP for a changing climate.

April 1, 2019

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Energy Exactions

Local fees or timing limits may help to address the energy impact of new development.

March 1, 2019

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Electricity Charges, Mandates and Subsidies

This book chapter discusses specific policy changes to electric power mandates, subsidies, and retail customer charges that can help facilitate the transition to deep decarbonization of the power sector.

February 21, 2019

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Breaking the Cycle of Flood-Rebuild-Repeat: Local and State Options to Improve Substantial Damage and Improvement Standards in the National Flood Insurance Program

This paper discusses the substantial improvement/damage (SI/SD) standard in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) which requires property owners making significant improvements or repairs to structures in areas most vulnerable to flooding to take certain measures to mitigate their risk. It also surveys more rigorous SI/SD standards adopted by NFIP…

January 22, 2019

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Turning the Tide in Coastal and Riverine Energy Infrastructure Adaptation: Can an Emerging Wave of Litigation Advance Preparation for Climate Change?

A new wave of “failure to adapt” lawsuits has sought to clarify how a changing climate may change what reasonable preparations governments and private actors must take, including increasing the resilience of their infrastructure. These suits span constitutional, tort, and statutory law more broadly, but unprepared owners of energy infrastructure…

December 19, 2018

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