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Comments on the CEQ’s Revised Draft Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews

These comments discuss the Council on Environmental Quality's proposed guidance on the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and effects of climate change in NEPA reviews. The comments argue that agencies should be required to consider the effects of climate change on the environmental consequences of proposed actions.
March 24, 2015
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Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: NEPA

This paper discusses the legal authority for using the National Environmental Policy Act and similar state laws to address climate change adaptation, and explains how citizens can use these laws to encourage agencies and applicants to consider climate change impacts—both those caused by and those affecting a proposed project.
March 1, 2015
Adaptation as Risk ManagementAgency FilingEnergy RegulationRisk ManagementState Energy Regulation

Comments on the Con Ed Storm Hardening and Resilience Report

These comments recommend that the NYPSC order the continuation of the Storm Hardening and Resiliency Collaborative and (1) have Working Group II consider broadly how alternative business models for distributed generation ownership and adjustment to existing tariff provisions could provide system-wide resilience benefits; (2) have Working Group IV develop explicit…
January 10, 2014
Energy RegulationReportRisk ManagementState Energy Regulation

Envisioning Resilient Electrical Infrastructure: A Policy Framework for Incorporating Future Climate Change into Electricity Sector Planning

Climate change needs to be incorporated in future designs of the electricity sector. This paper argues for a policy framework in which utilities take the lead by performing an electrical climate change impact assessment that evaluates to what extent utilities’ electrical assets are vulnerable to future climate change. Based on…
December 1, 2013