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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