Publications
Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Sources: Section 111(d) and State Equivalency
March 2012
On December 9, 2011, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions convened a broad range of stakeholders to explore the legal and policy issues presented by the regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under 111(d) (existing source performance standards) of the Clean Air Act. The workshop focused primarily on the options for states to demonstrate that existing GHG policies are equivalent to the 111(d) requirements. The Nicholas Institute distributed this document to workshop participants prior to the event to provide a framework for the issues that would be discussed. Nothing in this document should be interpreted as expressing the Institute’s opinion of the path the EPA should take on any given issue.
Avoiding the Glorious Mess: A Sensible Approach to Climate Change and the Clean Air Act
October 2010 - by Jonas Monast, Tim Profeta, and David Cooley
In March 2010, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, the Duke University School of Law, and the Center for Law, the Environment, Adaptation, and Resources (CLEAR) at the University of North Carolina School of Law convened many of the nation’s legal experts on the Clean Air Act for an event in Durham, North Carolina, to examine the options for regulating GHGs under the Act. This report builds upon some of the ideas discussed at that meeting and described in recent publications, with the goal of identifying a viable approach to GHG regulation through the current Clean Air Act in the event that Congress does not act on comprehensive climate legislation.
Primer on GHG Regulation under the Clean Air Act: NSPS Rulemaking Process
March 2011 - by Brooks Rainey Pearson and Jonas Monast
Primer on GHG Regulation under the Clean Air Act: PSD, Title V, and NSPS
February 2011 - by Brooks Rainey Pearson and Jonas Monast
Nicholas Institute Primer on GHG Regulation under the Clean Air Act: PSD, Title V, and NSPS
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