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July 2024
Lunch & Learn: What Does the Recent Supreme Court Ruling on the Chevron Doctrine Mean for Climate and Energy Policy?
In one of its final decisions of this term, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to overturn the Chevron Doctrine. The Chevron Doctrine, established forty years ago, stated that courts must defer to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Legally, the Chevron Doctrine has been critically important and has been cited in thousands of court decisions, including seventy Supreme Court decisions. Many have written that this decision will hamper the ability for agencies to act, especially on emerging and rapidly changing…
Find out more about Lunch & Learn: What Does the Recent Supreme Court Ruling on the Chevron Doctrine Mean for Climate and Energy Policy?Reducing Agricultural Methane Emissions from Rice and Manure
Methane is responsible for approximately 20 - 30 percent of current global warming, and methane emissions continue to increase worldwide. In the U.S. and China, agriculture is a major source of methane emissions. For both nations, one potential shared avenue for reducing methane is through more sustainable agricultural practices. The U.S. and China are now taking action to reduce methane emissions from the agricultural sector, particularly rice cultivation and manure management. What is the current state of agricultural methane mitigation…
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