CleanLaw

EELP's Executive Director Carrie Jenks, Associate Director Sara Dewey, and Senior Staff Attorney Erika Kranz discuss recent developments in greenhouse gas regulation and litigation. They compare these actions, highlight what they’re watching for next, and consider the implications for future climate policy. Transcript and related resources available on our website https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-whats-happening-with-us-greenhouse-gas-regulation-and-litigation/

In this CleanLaw quick Take, EELP’s Sara Dewey and Abby Husselbee discuss recent developments in corporate climate disclosure. Since the profusion of voluntary corporate net-zero targets set in the early 2020s, the policy landscape shaping disclosure requirements on corporate greenhouse gas emissions, climate-related risks, and more has been in flux. Sara and Abby talk about recent developments, including the Salata Institute’s new Corporate Climate Targets Database, and what they’ll be watching for in the US and the EU as California’s climate disclosure requirements take effect.

EELP founding director and Harvard Law professor Jody Freeman talks with Mike Toffel, a professor at Harvard Business School and faculty chair of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative, and Joe Aldy, a professor of the practice of environmental policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Jody, Mike, and Joe discuss the Salata Institute Corporate Climate Targets Database, a new tool they've developed to track climate commitments and emissions trends across Russell 3000 companies over the past 25 years. They discuss insights from the database, such as how companies respond when a target is set and how they adapt to shifting regulatory requirements. This free, interactive tool will help researchers evaluate which policies drive decarbonization and what durable, effective climate disclosure policy could look like at the federal level. Transcript: https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/EP119-Transcript.pdf Corporate Climate Targets Project dashboard: https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/cctp/ The Salata Institute’s Corporate Climate Targets Research Initiative: https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/research-initiatives/corporate-climate-targets-project/

Electricity demand is surging, driven by data centers and the broader shift toward electrification. The United States faces a critical question: can the country build the energy infrastructure it needs fast enough to support economic growth while advancing the clean energy transition? As Congress debates the scope and timing for permitting reforms, we are sharing a special joint episode of CleanLaw and Climate Rising recorded earlier this summer. EELP Founding Director and Harvard Law School Professor Jody Freeman and Harvard Business School Professor Mike Toffel sit down with Nat Keohane, president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, to discuss why building new energy infrastructure has become so difficult, what permitting reforms could accelerate clean energy deployment and transmission, how AI is reshaping this debate, and why solving these challenges may be essential to both climate progress and American competitiveness.

EELP Associate Director Sarah Dewey talks to Andy Mergen, clinical professor and faculty director of the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard and award-winning journalist, Ben Goldfarb, author of Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of the Planet. They discuss the US Forest Service proposal to rescind the 2001 roadless rule, the ecological value of roadless areas in our national forests, and what we can expect if the proposal is finalized. The comment period is open until October 6, 2026.  For a transcript and related links see our website https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-forest-service-proposes-to-remove-protections-from-roadless-areas/