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Estimating Policy Effects on Reduced Vehicle Travel in Hawaii: A Technical Guide

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level State

State(s) Hawaii

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility

This report compares estimates of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in Hawaii under current conditions versus VMT when policies are implemented to manage travel demand. These policies include transportation demand management (employer-based programs that encourage employees to carpool,...

A Decade of Successes Against Fossil Fuel Export Projects in Cascadia

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level State

State(s) Oregon, Washington

Source Sightline Institute

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

Since 2012, fossil fuel companies have devised more than 50 projects to export coal, oil, or gas from Cascadia's coast. Thanks to local opposition, 40 of those projects have been canceled, averting 1,717 million metric tons of annual greenhouse gas emissions. This report calls on...

'American Electric Power' Leaves Open Many Questions for Climate Litigation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source New York Law Journal

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources

This article explains this Supreme Court decision which ruled that federal common law nuisance claims could not proceed because the EPA possesses ultimate authority on the regulation of carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants. From this decision, the author describes various questions...

Transit Oriented Development and The Potential for VMT-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions Growth Reduction

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

Report examining the greenhouse gas reduction potential of transit oriented development (TOD). This report calculates potential reductions in carbon emissions associated with household vehicle travel and offers growth strategies for planners attending to urban form and access to transit...

Workforce Policy for a Just Transition

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Roosevelt Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

The transition to a green economy requires implementing workforce development policies that prioritizes workers' interests over those of fossil fuel companies. This report discusses how workforce development policies can mediate labor disruptions, increase worker power and reduce...

Increasing Use of Renewable Energy: Legal Techniques and Impediments

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level National, State

State(s) All States

Source New York Law Journal

Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement

This report outlines legal techniques that have been developed to increase the use of renewable energy. States can adopt renewable portfolio standards; impose a price on burning fossil fuels; provide tax incentives for renewables; require electric utilities to purchase renewable energy;...

Beyond Neoliberalism: A Policy Agenda for a Progressive City

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Drexel University

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing

Progressive cities should embrace redistributive policies and community organizing to increase equality in employment, affordable housing, and public transportation, and mitigate adverse environmental impacts. This report examines systemic inequities and provides progressive solutions...

2008 King County Proposed Ordinance 107: Sustainable Development & Green Building

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2008

Level County

State(s) Washington

Source King County Council

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

This ordinance continues King County’s requirement to use green building and sustainable development practices in all capital projects that the county plans or grants funds for. Green building and sustainable development practices are those that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce...

2011 West Homestead Ordinance 659 Banning Natural Gas Extraction

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source Borough of West Homestead

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources

This ordinance establishes a bill of rights which protects the rights of communities and citizens' rights to clean and accessible water sources, a sustainable energy future, and self-government. It also bans commercial natural gas extraction and restricts the legal authority of corporations...

Environmental Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

The climate crisis unfolding across the globe has highlighted the need for cities to make drastic, time-sensitive changes in their environmental sustainability efforts and adaptation strategies. ProGov21's updated Environmental Roadmap calls on local governments to enact environmental...

Greenhouse Gases: Emerging Standards for Impact Review

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, Washington

Source New York Law Journal

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources

Numerous federal and state judicial decisions have established that environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act and its state equivalents should examine the impact of proposed projects on emissions of greenhouse gases. Administrative agencies and court...

Re-Thinking the Urban Freeway: Options for Rebuilding, Replacing, Altering or Otherwise Addressing Aging Freeways

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Urban freeways create barriers to movement within cities, institutionalize social inequities, contribute to environmental degradation, and encourage suburban sprawl. As urban freeways approach the end of their useful lives, decisions on the fate of an individual freeway will be place...

The Built Environment, Climate Change, and Health: Opportunities for Co-Benefits

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source SPARCC

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Health, Transportation & Mobility

The built environment, climate change, and public health are closely connected; human-generated greenhouse gases derive from aspects of the built environment such as transportation systems and infrastructure, building construction and operation, and land-use planning. Transportation...

Coal-Fired Power Plants Dominate Climate Change Litigation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source New York Law Journal

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources

Litigation aiming to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases is coming to be dominated by battles over coal-fired power plants. Ten of the last 20 judicial or administrative decisions or case filings in matters aiming to reduce emissions of Greenhouse Gasses (GHGs) have concerned such...

Greenhouse Gas Disclosure Requirements Are Proliferating

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source New York Law Journal

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources

While climate change legislation was mired in Congress, several units in the Obama administration had used their existing statutory authority to adopt rules or guidance requiring extensive disclosure about greenhouse gases in a wide variety of contexts. Every registered public company,...

Driving Deeper into the Climate Crisis: Who Gets Priority on Our Streets?

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Urban Habitat

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

An increasing body of evidence shows that private Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft are either shifting transit riders into cars or inducing new car trips which ultimately increases greenhouse gas emissions in the Bay Area. To combat this, the Bay Area...

Comment on Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Mitigation Policy in the United States: Integrating Levels of Government and Economic Sectors

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source Environmental Law Institute

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources

In this piece, Michael B. Gerrard comments on an article by Thomas D. Peterson, Robert B. McKinstry Jr., and John C. Dernbach which held two central insights: (1) Any serious national effort to control emissions of greenhouse gases must continue to leave important roles to the states;...

Climate Change Litigation After Supreme Court Ruling in American Electric Power v. Connecticut

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source Deutsche Bank Group

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources

This report examines the U.S. Supreme Court's 2011 decision in "American Electric Power v. Connecticut," which dealt with common law claims against power plants for greenhouse gas emissions. The court ruled that these disputes are not appropriate for judicial intervention due to the...

Transit Oriented Development and The Potential for VMT-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions Growth Reduction

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility

This report uses the Housing and Transportation Affordability Model to examine the differences in transportation demand and GHG emissions between households in transit zones and other households and finds that by living in a central city near transit, household can reduce emissions...

Effects of Parking Provision on Automobile Use in Cities: Inferring Causality

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility

Many cities include minimum parking requirements in their zoning codes and provide ample parking for public use. However, parking is costly to provide and encourages increased automobile use, which is linked to traffic congestion, environmental degradation, and negative health and...

Roadmap to Navigating Federal Funding for Public Buildings

Type Roadmap

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source BlueGreen Alliance

Policy Areas Community Development, Environment & Natural Resources

The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law both provide investments that can be utilized to retrofit buildings, including Municipal, University, School, and Hospital (MUSH) buildings. MUSH buildings serve as essential community assets and represent...

Hawaii Act 32

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2018

Level State

State(s) Hawaii

Source Hawaii State Legislature

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

Hawaii became the first state to pass a law committing to the goals and limits of the Paris Climate Accord. The state’s governor, David Y. Ige, signed a bill explicitly geared toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the landmark goals adopted by world leaders with...

2008 San Francisco Ordinance 81 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2008

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Board Of Supervisors

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement, Energy

This ordinance establishes greenhouse gas emissions targets and authorizes the Department of the Environment to coordinate efforts to meet these targets. It also outlines action plans for various City departments, including the San Francisco Planning Department, the San Francisco...

2006 Boulder Carbon Tax Ordinance 7483

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2006

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado

Source City Council of the City of Boulder

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance imposes the Climate Action Plan Tax as an excise tax upon persons consuming electricity as residential, commercial, or industrial customers. The tax shall be imposed upon the basis of each customer’s consumption of electricity measured in Kilowatt/Hours. The purpose...

2004 Matanuska-Susitna Borough Ordinance 04-175 Regulating Use of Coal Bed Methane

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2004

Level County

State(s) Alaska

Source Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

This ordinance establishes an areawide conditional use permit for coal bed methane exploration and development. An entity that wants to install and operate coal bed methane facilities must have its permit application approved. This ordinance outlines the permit application process...

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