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New and Forthcoming Model Laws
In July 2026, the Model Climate Laws Initiative (MCLI) published two new model laws: A state-level model law that would create a tax credit for clean freight vehicles. Heavy-duty freight trucks and delivery vehicles are ...
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October 2025 Newsletter 2
Last week, we re-launched the newsletter for the Model Climate Laws Initiative, formerly known as the Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization Project. This week, we are highlighting our priorities and ongoing work, new re...
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October 2025 Newsletter 1
Distributed on October 9, 2025 We know it’s been a little while since you have heard from us with a Legal Pathways for Deep Decarbonization (LPDD) newsletter. We’re still here, albeit under a new name – the Model Climate...
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December LPDD Newsletter
We're Hiring! The LPDD project is looking for a new Director! If you'd like to join our team delivering high-quality model laws and a library of best practices to policymakers and practitioners around the country, check ...
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November LPDD Newsletter
After Election, LPDD's Support for State and Local Climate Efforts More Important Than Ever While last week's election was a sharp blow to federal action on climate change, our project remains undaunted. LPDD is committe...
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LPDD October Newsletter
Michael Gerrard and John Dernbach Honored by ABA At the American Bar Association's Section of Energy, Environment, and Resources' forthcoming Fall Conference in Seattle, LPDD project co-founder Michael Gerrard will be ho...
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September LPDD Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD team published a new model law on certifying new and substantially altered buildings to LEED Gold or Green Globe Level 3 certification level. This model ordinance would require th...
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LPDD August Newsletter
LPDD at State Legislator Conferences Last week, members of the LPDD team attended annual conferences for both the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators and the National Conference of State Legislators, which were ...
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LPDD July Newsletter
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources: Model Municipal Zoning Ordinance on Community Composting: Thi...
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LPDD June Newsletter
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources, including several pieces of legislation recently passed in Co...
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LPDD May Newsletter
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources, including a crop of recently passed laws out of Maryland and ...
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LPDD April Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD project is proud to publish a new model state law designed to reduce the costs and timeframe for obtaining local permits for residential solar and energy storage. The model statut...
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LPDD March Newsletter
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources: Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonisation in Australia: Followin...
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LPDD February Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws Last week, the LPDD team published two new model laws: first, on establishing a carbon labeling program, and second, on prioritizing funding for clean transportation alternatives. Carbon Labeling Act:...
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LPDD January Newsletter
IRA Funding Webinar On January 23rd, LPDD will be co-sponsoring a webinar with the New York State Bar Association, What Municipalities Need to Know to Apply to USEPA's $4.3B Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program. Th...
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LPDD Co-Sponsors IRA Funding Webinar
On January 23rd, LPDD will be co-sponsoring a webinar with the New York State Bar Association, What Municipalities Need to Know to Apply to USEPA's $4.3B Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program. The Climate Pollution ...
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LPDD December Newsletter
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources: **New FHWA Rules on GHG Reduction Planning for Federally Fund...
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LPDD November Newsletter
Fifth National Assessment Released This week, we're excited for the release of the Fifth National Climate Assessment, the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congres...
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LPDD October Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD team was proud to publish a new Model Executive Order, applicable at either the state or local level, creating a Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) energy purchasing policy fo...
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LPDD September Newsletter
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources. California Embodied Carbon Building Code: In August, the Cali...
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LPDD August Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD team was proud to publish a new model law to streamline the permitting of EV charging stations at the municipal and county level. The model law allows each local jurisdiction to t...
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LPDD July Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD team is proud to publish a new model federal law commissioning a study of the clean energy workforce. This model law would create a commission to oversee a comprehensive study of ...
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LPDD June Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This week, the LPDD team is publishing a new model state law requiring state agencies to assess the education, development and training needs for the workforce needed to meet the state’s climate and c...
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LPDD Team Presents to Barnard College Alumnae
In April, 2023, members of the LPDD team presented on the project to the Barnard College Alumnae Association. The presentation covered the origins of the LPDD project, its drafting and peer review processes, ways for law...
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LPDD May Newsletter
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources. EPA's New Proposed Tailpipe Regulations: In April, EPA propos...
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LPDD April Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws Last month, the LPDD team republished a model law on Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Research, originally drafted by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Ocean CDR targets in-ocean or coastal a...
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LPDD March Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD team published a new model law amending the definition of "Fair Market Value" in the Federal Coal Leasing Act. By modifying the definition of "Fair Market Value" under which the B...
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LPDD February Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD team published six new pieces of model legislation touching on the federal permitting process for renewable energy, a timely subject that the last Congress took a deep interest in...
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LPDD January Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD team published a new piece of model legislation providing liability protections under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for wind a...
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LPDD December Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws In the last month, the LPDD published two new model laws: one addressing the tax treatment of coal projects, and another addressing the permitting of offshore renewable energy under the Coastal Zone M...
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LPDD November Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws Last month, the LPDD team published a model state law addressing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for the collection and recycling of packaging of all types of consumer products. Numerous states...
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LPDD October 2022 Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws Last month, the LPDD team published a ModelState Law Expediting the Siting of Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Generating Systems. This model legislation aims to expedite and institutionalize uniform pr...
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LPDD September 2022 Newsletter
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD team published a model state law for diverting food waste from landfills to eligible processing facilities (including industrial-scale composters) or onsite composters. The model ...
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LPDD Newsletter: August 2022
New LPDD Model Laws This month, the LPDD team published a new Model State Natural Resources Trust Law. The proposal would enable state legislatures to amend state public land acts to increase public land management and e...
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LPDD Newsletter: July 2022
New LPDD Model Laws Since the last newsletter update, the LPDD team has released a State Green Leases Model Law. Green leases outline the way in which a building will be occupied, managed, and operated to achieve energy ...
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LPDD Newsletter: June 2022
LPDD In The News We're proud to note that LPDD was recently featured in Sierra, the online magazine of the Sierra club. John Dernbach and Joe DiMona write of our project: For too long there has been no single source of m...
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LPDD Featured in Sierra Club Magazine
In Sierra, the online magazine of the Sierra club, John Dernbach and Joe DiMona write of LPDD: For too long there has been no single source of model laws to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Now there is. It’s called the ...
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LPDD Newsletter: May 2022
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources of special interest: Washington's Heat Pump Requirement for Ne...
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LPDD Newsletter: April 2022
New LPDD Model Resources Last week, the LPDD team published an Instruction Memorandum (IM) for geologic carbon sequestration on federal lands. This model document proposes an update to the Bureau of Land Management’s Ins...
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LPDD March 2022 Newsletter
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources of special interest: PG&E, GM pilot using EVs to power homes: ...
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February 2022 LPDD Newsletter
New External Resources modelclimatelaws.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources of special interest: IREC Report, Enabling Equitable Electric ...
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LPDD Newsletter: January 2022
LPDD Resource on Interoperable EV Chargers in the Infrastructure Law Among the provisions included in the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-58), signed into law this past November, $7...
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LPDD Newsletter: December 2021
New LPDD Model Laws Since the last newsletter update, the LPDD team has published a new model law on Occupational Wage and Benefit Standards in Clean Energy Legislation. In order to promote the continued growth of the cl...
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LPDD Newsletter: November 2021
New LPDD Model Laws Since the last newsletter update, the LPDD team has published two new model laws, targeting food waste and the powers of state regulatory bodies to prioritize decarbonization in the energy sector. The...
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LPDD Newsletter: October 2021
New LPDD Model Laws Since the last newsletter update, the LPDD team has published five new original model laws and legal resources, including three resources particularly addressing nitrous oxide emissions. They are list...
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LPDD Newsletter: September 2021
New LPDD Model Laws Since the last monthly update, the LPDD team has published a new piece of model state legislation addressing the geologic storage of carbon dioxide. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) involves cap...
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LPDD Newsletter: August 2021
New LPDD Model Laws Since the last monthly update, the LPDD team has published a new model state law enabling guaranteed conservation performance contracting for public entities. Often, public entities lack the authority...
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Kerry to ABA: "You're All Climate Lawyers Now"
We were pleased to see John Kerry, the United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, addressing the ABA recently and speaking to the need for lawyers from all fields of practice to help advance climate solutions....
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LPDD Newsletter: July 2021
New LPDD Model Laws Since the last monthly update, the LPDD team has published one new model legislative provision on federal interoperability standards for commercial EV chargers: **Federal Interoperability Provisions f...
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LPDD Newsletter: June 2021
New LPDD Model Laws Since the last monthly update, the LPDD team has published a new model law provision on local employment and a legal memorandum regarding the statutory definitions of public utilities. They are descri...
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LPDD Newsletter: May 2021
New LPDD Model Laws Since the last monthly update, the LPDD team has published four new model laws, described below: Model State Community Solar Legislation: This model legislation is intended to accelerate the developme...
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LPDD Newsletter: April 2021
Upcoming Events Join us this Wednesday, April 14, from 12:00 to 1:00 EST for a webinar with the Law Firm Sustainability Network. Registration is open here. Our team will be discussing how lawyers are working to prepare m...
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Join us Wednesday for a webinar with the Law Firm Sustainability Network
Join us this Wednesday, April 14, from 12:00 to 1:00 EST for a webinar with the Law Firm Sustainability Network. Registration is open here. Our team will be discussing how lawyers are working to prepare model laws to imp...
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LPDD Newsletter: March 2021
New Model Laws from the LPDD Team Since the last newsletter update, the LPDD team has published three new model laws, listed below: New Model Carbon-Neutral Bioenergy Acquisition Law: As states consider carbon neutrality...
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LPDD February Newsletter
Turning LPDD Resources into Law modelclimatelaws.org is the home for thousands of legal resources on how to advance different decarbonization strategies. We recognize that the most important resource, though, is often a ...
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LPDD January Newsletter
On the Recent Georgia Run-Off Election The LPDD team is encouraged by the results of the recent Georgia runoff elections, and what they mean for the prospects of climate legislation nationally, as well as for cabinet and...
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LPDD December Newsletter
New Model Laws from the LPDD Team Since the last newsletter update, the LPDD team has published**a new model state law requiring the appropriate state agency to conduct a renewable gas study**. Since states will have dif...
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LPDD November Newsletter
New Model Laws from the LPDD Team Since the last newsletter update, the LPDD team has published three new model laws. They are listed below. Model Transportation Electrification Statute: This model statute requires state...
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October 2020 LPDD Newsletter
New Carbon Removal Law Database The LPDD team is proud to announce the launch of CDRLaw.org, an annotated bibliography of legal materials pertaining to carbon dioxide removal, and to utilization and storage of carbon dio...
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September LPDD Newsletter
New Model Laws from the LPDD Team Since the last newsletter update, the LPDD team has published six new model legal documents. The new resources are listed below: Model State Electric Decarbonization Statute: This model ...
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LPDD August Newsletter
New Model Laws from the LPDD Team In the past month, the LPDD team was proud to announce the publication of four new model laws and a best practices guide, and model state and local legislation. Two new model laws and th...
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