Decarbonizing the U.S. Electric Power Sector - Legal Strategies and Current Issues

CLIMA Lunch Seminar with Adam Orford.

Abstract

Electric power system decarbonization is the foundation of all realistic U.S. climate response strategies. Despite a complex and fragmented permitting environment, local, national, and business opposition, and U.S. disregard for its international climate responsibilities, significant progress has been made. However, The Trump Administration has put this progress under significant duress. This talk will review U.S. electric power system decarbonization efforts in the Trump 2.0 era.

About the speaker

Adam Orford is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law. His research focuses on legal barriers to deep decarbonization of the U.S. economy. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and an M.P.P. and Ph.D. in Energy & Resources from the University of California, Berkeley.

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