Climate legislation you can introduce next session.
Don’t start from scratch. Find ready-to-use climate policies from across the country and model laws that can be adapted and introduced in your state or community tomorrow.
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Browse MCLI model laws
Model legislation drafted for the Initiative, grouped by the policy topic each one sits under.
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Enacted and proposed legislation, browsable by the type of governing body that made it.
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Find every lever on one issue
The policy areas of Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization, and everything filed under each one.
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How this works
What is a model law, and can I just use it?
A model law is drafted legislation written to be adapted — text a legislature, a city or an agency can start from instead of starting from a blank page. They are drafted pro bono by law firms and individual attorneys, and the database holds peer-reviewed work prepared by professionals.
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Find the approach
Search the database, or work down from a policy topic, to see the range of legal options on the problem you are working on.
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Read the precedent
Alongside the model text, the database holds legislation that has already been enacted or proposed elsewhere, so you can see what has survived contact with a real legislature.
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Adapt and introduce
The Initiative does not seek to determine a single best legal approach; the ultimate policy choices are left to the legislators and contracting authorities applying them in their own jurisdiction.
Spotlight
All model laws- Resource Model Law for Data Centers — States The Creating Low Emissions, Accountability, and New Generation Rules for Infrastructure and Data Center (CLEAN GRID) Act provides a framework for state governments to address key issues associated with data center development.
- Resource Model Law for Data Centers — Municipalities Developed in response to mayors’ requests, this resource outlines policy options for local governments seeking to ensure responsible data center development.
- Resource Model Law: Balcony or Plug-in Solar Model state-level law to remove regulatory barriers and facilitate the adoption of plug-in or balcony solar devices.
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The Initiative's team can point you at the closest model text, and the newsletter summarises new model laws and resources as they are added.
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Policy topics from Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization
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Resources organized by type of governing body