Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for this informative panel discussion about the future of environmental law with the new Trump Administration. Featured panelists include Professor Andrew Mergen…

A senior staff attorney at the Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program explains how L.A.’s devastating wildfires could shape insurance in California.

Salata Institute panelists predict legal and regulatory setbacks, and areas of hope as the Trump administration prepares to take over.

The Environmental & Energy Law Program is pleased to announce the Annual Environmental Law Welcome Reception. This event is a great opportunity to learn more…

Join the Salata Institute’s Climate Action Accelerator and the Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School to hear from EPA Chief of Staff Dan…

During a discussion led by Harvard Law School Professors Richard Lazarus and Jody Freeman, a panel of legal and government experts addressed the prospects for U.S. climate law over the next five years.

Harvard Law expert Ari Peskoe explains how new federal energy rules might impact how Americans tap into the electricity grid and predicts legal challenges from opponents.

Harvard Law’s Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, Andrew Mergen, and Carrie Jenks discuss the impact alumnus Dan Emmett’s $15 million gift to establish the Emmett Environmental Law Center will have for students, faculty, staff, and environmental law practitioners nationwide.

A gift by alumnus Dan Emmett ’64 and the Emmett Foundation will bolster the work of the law school’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic and Environmental and Energy Law Program.

Richard Lazarus sees the Supreme Court's conservative majority as threat to environmental protections developed over past half century.

A presentation by Professor Richard Lazarus, followed by Q&A. Hosted by the Environmental & Energy Law Program and Emmett Law & Policy Clinic Space is…

Jody Freeman pinpoints the key question in the case before the Supreme Court: ‘Who decides when laws aren’t clear — courts or agencies?’

Robert Bullard, the ‘father of environmental justice' and the 2023 Horizon Award recipient, discusses what he sees as the struggle to address climate change

Harvard Law School Professor Professor Richard Lazarus tells the story of challenges and hope inherent in environmental law.

The recipients of the first grants awarded by Harvard’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will tackle a range of climate change challenges, seeking to reduce future warming and assist those whose lives already have been affected by the crisis.

Former Department of Justice chief and appellate lawyer Andrew Mergen will join Harvard Law School as director of the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic.

Harvard Law School professors Richard Lazarus and Jody Freeman discuss the importance of the Inflation Reduction Act in light of the Supreme Court’s decision to block the Obama-era Clean Power Plan.

This article was originally published in the Harvard Gazette. Jean Salata is a climate optimist, enough to often elicit a gentle eyeroll from his…