Miscellaneous

Too Hot to Handle: Rising Electricity Bills and Blackouts Over the Summer

By: Alexa Austin The Energy Information Administration (the “EIA”) recently released its Summer 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook report warning consumers of higher electricity prices for the summer.[1] The EIA is forecasting that household electricity prices will rise 4 percent this year compared to 2021.[2] States such as Hawaii, Louisiana, New […]

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Circuits Split on Validity of Perpetuity Requirement in Conservation Easement Deductions

      By: Sarah Thomas A circuit split between the Eleventh and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals has arisen regarding the validity of the perpetuity requirement for conservation easements.[1] The courts disagreed as to whether Treasury regulations concerning the perpetuity requirement of conservation easement deductions were procedurally valid pursuant […]

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Prices at the Pump: What is Causing Them

  By: Devon Valinsky Around this time last year, I wrote about the beginning of the rise of gas prices that we have now seen continue over the past year.[1] These rising gasoline prices have reached an all-time high, the likes of which we have not seen since the summer […]

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Game, Set, Match: New “Buy Clean” Task Force

By: Allison McKenzie In February 2022, the Biden administration made a potentially strategic move in the battle against climate change through a combative plan to regulate carbon emissions resulting from industrial manufacturers. If this new task force is successful, its creation would prove to be a vital decision in the […]

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COP26: Climate Change Confrontation or Cop-Out?

By: Meghann Principe The Global Climate Summit of 2021, or COP26, took place October 31st and ended on November 12th. Although it took nearly two weeks and was the most well-attended global climate summit to date, this global charade could have been an email (https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-have-sent-the-most-delegates-to-cop26). Before COP26, the United Nations […]

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What Ever Happened to the Green “Real” Deal?

By: Gabrielle Kolencik Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has made quite the impression on her “Green New Deal,” so much so that back in 2019 Congressman Matt Gaetz came up with his own agenda: The Green “Real” Deal. What is the Green New Deal, and what’s going on with both of these […]

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