Institute for Policy Integrity
@policyintegrity.bsky.social
Using economics and law to protect the environment, public health, and consumers.
Non-partisan think tank at NYU School of Law
Non-partisan think tank at NYU School of Law
Tomorrow! 🕚 Join us and expert guests for a discussion about carbon markets and carbon credit equivalence.
Register now:
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Register now:
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WEBINAR - Carbon Markets and Credit Equivalence
Carbon markets are largely built around efforts to ensure credit integrity and establish fungibility between heterogeneous offset projects on a per-ton basis. But no mechanism can reduce integrity ris...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Tomorrow! 🕚 Join us and expert guests for a discussion about carbon markets and carbon credit equivalence.
Register now:
policyintegrity.org/news/event/c...
Register now:
policyintegrity.org/news/event/c...
New webinar alert 💻 ⏰ The methodology for calculating greenhouse gas #emissions could be on the cusp of a major change.
Join us February 17 from 12:00–1:15 p.m. ET for a panel discussion on proposed revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol:
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Join us February 17 from 12:00–1:15 p.m. ET for a panel discussion on proposed revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol:
policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...
WEBINAR - Market-Based Methods in Greenhouse Gas Accounting
The methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions could be on the cusp of a major change. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is currently considering revisions to its framework for attributing “Scope ...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:54 PM
New webinar alert 💻 ⏰ The methodology for calculating greenhouse gas #emissions could be on the cusp of a major change.
Join us February 17 from 12:00–1:15 p.m. ET for a panel discussion on proposed revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol:
policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...
Join us February 17 from 12:00–1:15 p.m. ET for a panel discussion on proposed revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol:
policyintegrity.org/news/event/w...
State clean energy policies may increase or decrease the need for additional electricity transmission in the PJM region, but growth in peak demand from data centers consistently increases the need for transmission in the region. ⚡
Read more in a new issue brief:
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Read more in a new issue brief:
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Drivers of Transmission
This issue brief uses an in-house model to examine the effect of certain state clean energy policies in the PJM region, along with the effect of projections of energy demand growth on the need for ele...
policyintegrity.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:52 PM
State clean energy policies may increase or decrease the need for additional electricity transmission in the PJM region, but growth in peak demand from data centers consistently increases the need for transmission in the region. ⚡
Read more in a new issue brief:
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Read more in a new issue brief:
policyintegrity.org/publications...
"The Environmental Protection Agency has established a new way to address the country’s pollution problems: Ignore them," writes our Richard Revesz in @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
The agency recently decided to not assess the health benefits of a pollution standard.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
The agency recently decided to not assess the health benefits of a pollution standard.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | The Trump Administration Now Thinks Clean Air Is Worthless
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"The Environmental Protection Agency has established a new way to address the country’s pollution problems: Ignore them," writes our Richard Revesz in @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
The agency recently decided to not assess the health benefits of a pollution standard.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
The agency recently decided to not assess the health benefits of a pollution standard.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Next week 🕚 Carbon Markets and Credit Equivalence Webinar
Join researchers and practitioners for a discussion of novel approaches to assessing equivalence between #carbon offset projects and improving outcomes from carbon #markets.
Register now!
policyintegrity.org/news/event/c...
Join researchers and practitioners for a discussion of novel approaches to assessing equivalence between #carbon offset projects and improving outcomes from carbon #markets.
Register now!
policyintegrity.org/news/event/c...
Webinar: Carbon Markets and Credit Equivalence
Carbon markets are largely built around efforts to ensure credit integrity and establish fungibility between heterogeneous offset projects on a per-ton basis. But no mechanism can reduce integrity ris...
policyintegrity.org
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Next week 🕚 Carbon Markets and Credit Equivalence Webinar
Join researchers and practitioners for a discussion of novel approaches to assessing equivalence between #carbon offset projects and improving outcomes from carbon #markets.
Register now!
policyintegrity.org/news/event/c...
Join researchers and practitioners for a discussion of novel approaches to assessing equivalence between #carbon offset projects and improving outcomes from carbon #markets.
Register now!
policyintegrity.org/news/event/c...
Voluntary #carbon markets face a dilemma. 🌍 ☁️ 💭
Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for much longer that carbon offset projects typically are required to remove or reduce carbon emissions.
We discuss potential solutions in a @trellisgroup.bsky.social article.
trellis.net/article/comp...
Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for much longer that carbon offset projects typically are required to remove or reduce carbon emissions.
We discuss potential solutions in a @trellisgroup.bsky.social article.
trellis.net/article/comp...
How companies can lessen legal risk in carbon markets
Instead of claiming offset emissions, companies can claim to have counteracted social damages.
trellis.net
January 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Voluntary #carbon markets face a dilemma. 🌍 ☁️ 💭
Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for much longer that carbon offset projects typically are required to remove or reduce carbon emissions.
We discuss potential solutions in a @trellisgroup.bsky.social article.
trellis.net/article/comp...
Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for much longer that carbon offset projects typically are required to remove or reduce carbon emissions.
We discuss potential solutions in a @trellisgroup.bsky.social article.
trellis.net/article/comp...
In a new issue brief, we explain the flaws in EPA's argument that the major questions doctrine precludes regulation of motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
EPA is expected to use this argument to finalize a rule scrapping those regulations.🚘
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EPA is expected to use this argument to finalize a rule scrapping those regulations.🚘
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Missing the Mark
EPA has regulated greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act for over 15 years. But early in 2026, EPA is expected to finalize its proposed repeal of the 2009 scientific find...
policyintegrity.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
In a new issue brief, we explain the flaws in EPA's argument that the major questions doctrine precludes regulation of motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
EPA is expected to use this argument to finalize a rule scrapping those regulations.🚘
policyintegrity.org/publications...
EPA is expected to use this argument to finalize a rule scrapping those regulations.🚘
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Interested in the future of the U.S. energy system? 🏛️ 💡
Policy Integrity is hiring an attorney or senior attorney with a primary focus on energy law and decarbonization.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting January 20. Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/a...
Policy Integrity is hiring an attorney or senior attorney with a primary focus on energy law and decarbonization.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting January 20. Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/a...
Attorney or Senior Attorney (Energy)
The Institute for Policy Integrity (Policy Integrity) seeks applicants for an attorney or a senior attorney position with a primary focus on energy law. This position may be based in our New York City...
policyintegrity.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Interested in the future of the U.S. energy system? 🏛️ 💡
Policy Integrity is hiring an attorney or senior attorney with a primary focus on energy law and decarbonization.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting January 20. Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/a...
Policy Integrity is hiring an attorney or senior attorney with a primary focus on energy law and decarbonization.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting January 20. Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/a...
Calling NYU undergrads 📣 🌎 We are hiring a communications intern for the spring semester with an interest in comms, journalism, marketing, or environmental and energy policy.
Application review begins January 15th. Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/2...
Application review begins January 15th. Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/2...
Spring 2026 Communications Intern
The Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law is seeking undergraduates with a background or interest in communications, journalism, marketing, or environmental and energ...
policyintegrity.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Calling NYU undergrads 📣 🌎 We are hiring a communications intern for the spring semester with an interest in comms, journalism, marketing, or environmental and energy policy.
Application review begins January 15th. Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/2...
Application review begins January 15th. Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/2...
Federal agencies are increasingly cutting corners in regulatory analysis.
Regulatory actions are vulnerable to legal challenge if agencies don't fulfill legal, analytical, and procedural requirements. We summarize these requirements in a new report. 🏛️
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Regulatory actions are vulnerable to legal challenge if agencies don't fulfill legal, analytical, and procedural requirements. We summarize these requirements in a new report. 🏛️
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Flawed Foundations
As the Trump Administration moves to rapidly advance its deregulatory agenda, federal agencies are increasingly cutting corners on regulatory analysis. When an agency issues rapid-fire regulations wit...
policyintegrity.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Federal agencies are increasingly cutting corners in regulatory analysis.
Regulatory actions are vulnerable to legal challenge if agencies don't fulfill legal, analytical, and procedural requirements. We summarize these requirements in a new report. 🏛️
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Regulatory actions are vulnerable to legal challenge if agencies don't fulfill legal, analytical, and procedural requirements. We summarize these requirements in a new report. 🏛️
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Catch up with our work from 2025. Despite a tumultuous federal landscape, we've met the moment: publishing work to support anticipated legal challenges to harmful federal actions; developing solutions for the electric grid, and more. Stay tuned in 2026!
medium.com/policy-integ...
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What We Learned and Achieved in 2025: Highlights
This year saw upheaval in the structure and priorities of the federal government and the acceleration of important shifts in environmental…
medium.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Catch up with our work from 2025. Despite a tumultuous federal landscape, we've met the moment: publishing work to support anticipated legal challenges to harmful federal actions; developing solutions for the electric grid, and more. Stay tuned in 2026!
medium.com/policy-integ...
medium.com/policy-integ...
In a new issue brief, we discuss the legal requirements that apply when a federal agency wants to rescind a regulation it claims was unlawfully issued. 📩
The Trump Administration has been flouting these requirements.
policyintegrity.org/publications...
The Trump Administration has been flouting these requirements.
policyintegrity.org/publications...
“Nondiscretionary” Repeals
This issue brief discusses the legal requirements that apply when a federal agency rescinds a rule and claims that the rescission is “nondiscretionary” because the rule was unlawful. As the issue brie...
policyintegrity.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In a new issue brief, we discuss the legal requirements that apply when a federal agency wants to rescind a regulation it claims was unlawfully issued. 📩
The Trump Administration has been flouting these requirements.
policyintegrity.org/publications...
The Trump Administration has been flouting these requirements.
policyintegrity.org/publications...
EPA's webpage about the social cost of greenhouse gases is now a "Page Not Found."
To preserve information from the page, we're publicly hosting select documents related to the social cost of greenhouse gases on our Cost of Carbon site. Wonks, we have you covered!
costofcarbon.org/resources
To preserve information from the page, we're publicly hosting select documents related to the social cost of greenhouse gases on our Cost of Carbon site. Wonks, we have you covered!
costofcarbon.org/resources
Resources
This site was designed to highlight some of the most significant efforts to incorporate the federally developed Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) in policymaking across the United States, so that decisionma...
costofcarbon.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
EPA's webpage about the social cost of greenhouse gases is now a "Page Not Found."
To preserve information from the page, we're publicly hosting select documents related to the social cost of greenhouse gases on our Cost of Carbon site. Wonks, we have you covered!
costofcarbon.org/resources
To preserve information from the page, we're publicly hosting select documents related to the social cost of greenhouse gases on our Cost of Carbon site. Wonks, we have you covered!
costofcarbon.org/resources
Our Christoph Graf joined Energy Central's Power Perspectives podcast to discuss #electricity prices and the forces pushing them up, including friction between a fast-moving #tech industry and the slower-moving #power sector. 💻💡
Check out the episode:
www.energycentral.com/podcasts/pos...
Check out the episode:
www.energycentral.com/podcasts/pos...
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our Christoph Graf joined Energy Central's Power Perspectives podcast to discuss #electricity prices and the forces pushing them up, including friction between a fast-moving #tech industry and the slower-moving #power sector. 💻💡
Check out the episode:
www.energycentral.com/podcasts/pos...
Check out the episode:
www.energycentral.com/podcasts/pos...
In new public comments, we offer recommendations for how the Department of Energy can use its existing authorities to cost-effectively support efforts to bolster grid reliability. ⚡️💡
Read more:
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Read more:
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
Comments to the Department of Energy on Projects That Can Support Electricity Demand Growth
In September 2025, the Department of Energy issued a request for information on large-scale generation, transmission, and grid infrastructure projects that can accelerate speed to power to support inc...
policyintegrity.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In new public comments, we offer recommendations for how the Department of Energy can use its existing authorities to cost-effectively support efforts to bolster grid reliability. ⚡️💡
Read more:
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
Read more:
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) can be hundreds to thousands of times more damaging to the #climate than carbon dioxide.
EPA recently proposed rolling back or delaying restrictions on certain HFC uses, but the proposal contains legal flaws. We explain in new comments.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
EPA recently proposed rolling back or delaying restrictions on certain HFC uses, but the proposal contains legal flaws. We explain in new comments.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
Comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on the Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons
In October, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed changes to a 2023 regulation that limited the use of hydroflurocarbons in certain sectors. Hydrofluorocarbons are potent greenhouse gases used ...
policyintegrity.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) can be hundreds to thousands of times more damaging to the #climate than carbon dioxide.
EPA recently proposed rolling back or delaying restrictions on certain HFC uses, but the proposal contains legal flaws. We explain in new comments.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
EPA recently proposed rolling back or delaying restrictions on certain HFC uses, but the proposal contains legal flaws. We explain in new comments.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
Today, we launched a tracking tool estimating the lost benefits of 27 environmental and energy regulations that the administration has taken significant action to delay or repeal.
Check out the tool and stay tuned for updates in the future.
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Check out the tool and stay tuned for updates in the future.
policyintegrity.org/tracking-reg...
Tracking the Damages of Regulatory Rollbacks
This tracker lists the estimated effects—including prospective costs to consumers, public health, and the environment—of the repeals of environmental and energy regulations that the second Trump Admin...
policyintegrity.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today, we launched a tracking tool estimating the lost benefits of 27 environmental and energy regulations that the administration has taken significant action to delay or repeal.
Check out the tool and stay tuned for updates in the future.
policyintegrity.org/tracking-reg...
Check out the tool and stay tuned for updates in the future.
policyintegrity.org/tracking-reg...
Big news 🏛️ We've opened a new office in Washington, D.C. to bolster our ability to engage with developments on Capitol Hill, meet with federal policymakers, and collaborate more closely with D.C.-based organizations. Martha Roberts will lead the new office.
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Press Releases
The Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law uses economics and law to support smart policies for the environment, public health, and consumers.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Big news 🏛️ We've opened a new office in Washington, D.C. to bolster our ability to engage with developments on Capitol Hill, meet with federal policymakers, and collaborate more closely with D.C.-based organizations. Martha Roberts will lead the new office.
policyintegrity.org/news/press-r...
policyintegrity.org/news/press-r...
How should future presidential administrations respond to the current administration's abandonment of many norms of governing?
Our Richard Revesz examines the future of norms for the @democracyproject.bsky.social "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series.
democracyproject.org/posts/the-fu...
Our Richard Revesz examines the future of norms for the @democracyproject.bsky.social "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series.
democracyproject.org/posts/the-fu...
The Future of Norms
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
democracyproject.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
How should future presidential administrations respond to the current administration's abandonment of many norms of governing?
Our Richard Revesz examines the future of norms for the @democracyproject.bsky.social "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series.
democracyproject.org/posts/the-fu...
Our Richard Revesz examines the future of norms for the @democracyproject.bsky.social "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series.
democracyproject.org/posts/the-fu...
EPA wants to get rid of a 15-year-old program that collects emissions data from heavy greenhouse gas polluters.
We break down why EPA's proposal to stop collecting these data is unreasonable in feedback submitted to the agency.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
We break down why EPA's proposal to stop collecting these data is unreasonable in feedback submitted to the agency.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
Comments on the Reconsideration of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Since 2009, the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) has collected greenhouse gas emissions data across facilities in many sections of the economy, providing a critical resource to local governmen...
policyintegrity.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
EPA wants to get rid of a 15-year-old program that collects emissions data from heavy greenhouse gas polluters.
We break down why EPA's proposal to stop collecting these data is unreasonable in feedback submitted to the agency.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
We break down why EPA's proposal to stop collecting these data is unreasonable in feedback submitted to the agency.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
EPA has proposed delaying limits on wastewater pollution from coal power plants.
But the agency's own analysis doesn't back up the proposed delay. In new public comments, we identify key flaws in the proposal.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
But the agency's own analysis doesn't back up the proposed delay. In new public comments, we identify key flaws in the proposal.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
Comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on the Delay of Wastewater Regulations for Coal-Fired Power Plants
In October, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to extend compliance deadlines for wastewater discharge standards that apply to coal-fired power plants. Using its authority under the Cl...
policyintegrity.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
EPA has proposed delaying limits on wastewater pollution from coal power plants.
But the agency's own analysis doesn't back up the proposed delay. In new public comments, we identify key flaws in the proposal.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
But the agency's own analysis doesn't back up the proposed delay. In new public comments, we identify key flaws in the proposal.
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
President Trump's #tariffs get a hearing in the #SupremeCourt today. 🚢 🏛️ If the Court rules for the President, a new playbook for bold climate action may open, says our Max Sarinksy in an op-ed on @thehill.com.
thehill.com/opinion/judi...
thehill.com/opinion/judi...
thehill.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
President Trump's #tariffs get a hearing in the #SupremeCourt today. 🚢 🏛️ If the Court rules for the President, a new playbook for bold climate action may open, says our Max Sarinksy in an op-ed on @thehill.com.
thehill.com/opinion/judi...
thehill.com/opinion/judi...
Our summer law clerk application is open ☀️ 🏛️ Policy Integrity is seeking 1L and 2L law students passionate about environmental law, energy law, environmental justice, administrative law, or regulatory policy to assist with our research and advocacy.
Apply now!
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Apply now!
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2026 Summer Law Clerks
The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law is seeking 1L and 2L law students passionate about environmental law, energy law, environmental justice, and/or regulatory polic...
policyintegrity.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Our summer law clerk application is open ☀️ 🏛️ Policy Integrity is seeking 1L and 2L law students passionate about environmental law, energy law, environmental justice, administrative law, or regulatory policy to assist with our research and advocacy.
Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/S...
Apply now!
policyintegrity.org/about/jobs/S...
In November, the #SupremeCourt will hear arguments about the legality of President Trump’s global #tariffs. 💵 🚢 We explain the stakes of the case for the future of administrative law in an amicus brief filed with the court.
Read more in our brief:
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Read more in our brief:
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
Amicus Brief filed in the Supreme Court on the Major Questions Doctrine and the President’s Tariffs
Our amicus brief to the Supreme Court, filed in litigation over the President’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose worldwide tariffs, urges the Court to clarify t...
policyintegrity.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In November, the #SupremeCourt will hear arguments about the legality of President Trump’s global #tariffs. 💵 🚢 We explain the stakes of the case for the future of administrative law in an amicus brief filed with the court.
Read more in our brief:
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
Read more in our brief:
policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
New research ✨ A cross-institutional team including our Elizabeth Stein simulated the #charging economics of six hypothetical medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets under different electricity pricing plans and rates. 🚛 ⚡
Check out the paper!
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Check out the paper!
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Impact of Electric Tariffs on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Charging Costs and Loads
This paper employs an economics-engineering model to simulate the impact of various electric tariff structures and rate levels on the charging economics of six hypothetical medium- and heavy-duty vehi...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New research ✨ A cross-institutional team including our Elizabeth Stein simulated the #charging economics of six hypothetical medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets under different electricity pricing plans and rates. 🚛 ⚡
Check out the paper!
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Check out the paper!
policyintegrity.org/publications...