Hannah Perls

Staff Attorney at Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program @HarvardEELP. Bilingue. @Cristosal alum. All thoughts my own.

[HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program @HarvardEELP]

We've updated our analysis of the Biden DOJ's third party-payment policy to include a 2020 memo (acquired via FOIA) in which the Trump DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel affirmed that "certain payments to third parties" are allowed under the Misc. Receipts Act. https://t.co/eSOfwaAONl

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

Many thanks to @ByTomFrank for reporting on Census numbers suggesting "unbelievable" rates of disaster displacement in the US. While data are "experimental", they illustrate for @FEMA, state govts who is most vulnerable to the impacts of disasters.

[Tom Frank @ByTomFrank]

"These numbers are unbelievable," says @hperls of Census figures showing disasters forced 3.4m people in US from home in 2022.

That's far higher than other estimates and shows “international data and reporting severely underestimate the number of IDPs."
https://t.co/RutSVr9cPr

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

New report from the @HarvardEELP team taking stock of the Biden admin's progress so far on everything from air rules to #EJ to resilience.

[HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program @HarvardEELP]

New! As we approach its two-year mark we've published comprehensive reports on the Biden administration's progress on climate, public health & envt, and environmental justice. We include key findings across multiple agencies as well as executive actions.
https://t.co/l7ETaPuucy

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

Excited to share @HarvardEELP's latest CleanLaw #podcast episode where Prof @RBratspies at @CUNYLaw and I discuss New York's latest effots to legislate #environmentaljustice.

https://t.co/em5ZGBfe09

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

First: I���m pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. There are thousands of people who were previously convicted of simple possession who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My pardon will remove this burden.

[U.S. EPA @EPA]

We’re announcing two new online tools that provide the public with info on environmental enforcement and compliance in their communities! With improved transparency and technology, these tools empower the public to help EPA assure compliance nationwide. 🧵

[Tom Frank @ByTomFrank]

Meanwhile in #PuertoRico, 230,000 out of 1.47 million households remain without power ... 12 days after #Fiona made landfall

[Ari Peskoe @AriPeskoe]

Yesterday, investor-owned utilities in PJM alleged that a comment I filed at FERC was “defamatory.” They don’t explain further.

Their overreaction highlights an odd dynamic that I see often in utility regulation.

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

@sidersadapts @udceoe @UDelaware Congrats Siders!!

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

A great thread from @Earthjustice's Marvin Brown on the practical realities of having homeowners switch over HVAC systems to #heatpumps. Thanks for sharing!!

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

A mic drop moment if there ever was one... @FERC meets #Fiddler

[Ari Peskoe @AriPeskoe]

A 21st century power system. Sounds simple, no? But here in America you might say we’re living in the past. You may ask, why can’t we just build one? That I can tell you in one word-transmission!

Transmission, transmission…Transmission!
Transmission, transmission…Transmission!

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

A great🧵from @CLF @Staci__Rubin and @cpealesloan on what's good and what's missing on #EnvironmentalJustice in MA's new Clean Energy and Climate Plan

[Staci Rubin @Staci__Rubin]

Last week, Massachusetts released its final Clean Energy and Climate Plan (CECP). @cpealesloan and I are diving in to explore components of the plan. Let’s look at climate justice and a just transition: A short thread. 1/10

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

Yes.

[Nathan Richardson🦕🌴 @ndrichardson]

@ArielOrtizBobea The case leaves open the door for EPA to regulate CO2 from power plants individually, just not sector-wide. But the decision is more important than that suggests because it signals much greater scrutiny of agency authority generally. Not just power plants and not just climate.

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

States are setting the example on #EJ, but #NY's new constitutional provision guaranteeing clean water, clean air and a healthful environment may be weakend in court. A crucial take from @bratspies and @ProfKTQ in @BLaw.

[Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University @HaubLawatPace]

Are New Yorkers' #EnvironmentalRights Under Attack? @HaubEnviroLaw @ProfKTQ and @CUNYLaw Professor @RBratspies examine the first cases being filed under the new constitutional provision in an Op-Ed penned for @BLaw. https://t.co/zDXMJsY5og

[Niko Bowie @nikobowie]

This past week has seen a repudiation of the court-based theory of change that has defined legal liberalism for several decades in the US: a theory that elite lawyers will always be able to use elite reasoning to persuade elite judges not to let things get out of hand.

[Housing 4 All is Hot @ahouse4all]

I met an unhoused woman who has two years of disability payments sitting in a bank account she cannot access because she does not have an ID. After months we finally got her birth certificate and then she woke up to a sweep where all of her paperwork was thrown away.

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

CEQ also planning to issue a Notice by July on how fed. agencies should consider greenhouse gas emissions/climate change under NEPA 👀

https://t.co/Xss3e4Y3wc

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

@CEQ still seems set on issuing its NEPA Phase 2 proposed rule by August
https://t.co/yz3B8Ba7VE

(For more deets, check out @HarvardEELP's NEPA Tracker page: https://t.co/OyvjWxzV2O)

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

The #UnifiedAgenda is OUT, aka Christmas for fed. regulation nerds. Some of my favorites so far:

@FEMA is planning to give the Ind. Assistance program an equity revamp (notice exp. Jan 2023)
https://t.co/TKP06i0AF0

[Hannah Perls @hperls]

Alas no clear indication from Labor/OSHA on whether they'll issue a heat stress standard
https://t.co/FWeyPVsCjt