Empowering Consumers, Encouraging Competition, Yet…Eliciting Claims of Antitrust Violations?
ESG has been all over the news lately as companies consider how to empower consumers to make informed choices. Recently, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser spoke out against efforts to put a stop to these “pro-competitive, pro-consumer” practices.
The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU Law studies and supports the work of state attorneys general in defending, enforcing, and promoting strong laws and policies in the areas of climate, environmental justice, environmental protection, and clean energy.
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Attorney General Work
Through our research, fellows program, database, and events, the Center supports AGs by boosting capacity and shining a light on their work defending and promoting clean energy, climate, and environmental laws and policies.
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Projects & Reports
We regularly produce original research and analysis to serve as a centralized public source of information for ongoing AG initiatives and advance legal and policy analysis through resources like our Expanding AG EJ Practice and our FERC Judicial Review Tracker.
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News & Updates
Through Legally Speaking (our twice-monthly newsletter), social media, and our press releases and statements, we provide timely updates on the latest AG involvement on climate, clean energy, and environmental issues.
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Events
We host frequent events, workshops, and webinars that provide important background information to practitioners and enhance the public’s understanding of the importance of the clean energy, climate change and environmental matters that AGs are pursuing.
In the Media
- New York goes after PepsiCo for plastic pollution in a groundbreaking lawsuit
Fast Company, 11/18/2023 - NY AG's Plastic Bottle Suit Called Both Innovative, Overreach
Law 360, by Sarah Jarvis, 11/17/2023 - New York calls PepsiCo’s plastic pollution a ‘public nuisance’ in first-of-its-kind lawsuit
Grist, by Joseph Winters, 11/16/2023 - NJ joins legal battle over interstate pipeline
NJ Spotlight News, by Tom Johnson, 08/11/2023 - Aggressive Litigation Expected Over 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water
New Jersey Law Journal, by Colleen Murphy, 07/13/2023 - 'We're Not Going to Pay for Our Own Destruction': Republican State AGs Push Against ESG
The National Law Journal, by Christine Schiffner, 05/22/2023
Issue Alerts
- Environmental Protection Agency
Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning of Waste Explosives
Comments due 05/20/2024 - Department of Energy
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products
Comments due 06/03/2024 - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines
Comments due 06/04/2024 - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Regulations Regarding Allocation of Interstate Pipeline Capacity
Comments due 06/27/2024 - Environmental Protection Agency
Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance
Comments due 10/15/2024
Recharged Podcast
- Supporting Environmental Justice at State AG Offices: A Conversation with New Jersey AG Matthew J. Platkin
04/19/2024 - Exploring ESG: A Conversation with Minnesota AG Keith Ellison and David Glasgow
12/05/2023 - A Focus on New Mexico’s New Attorney General Raúl Torrez
11/28/2023 - Environmental, and Social, and Governance...Oh My!
09/27/2023 - Advice to Thrive By
05/25/2023