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Institute for Policy Integrity

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Using economics and law to protect the environment, public health, and consumers. Non-partisan think tank at NYU School of Law

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 4h

We're hiring! 🏛️ 📝Policy Integrity is hiring an attorney or senior attorney with a primary focus on energy law and the efficient decarbonization of the energy system.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting November 7. Apply now!

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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...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 6d

A week ago, leaders in industry, law, and academia joined our #ClimateWeekNYC conference to discuss clean #energy in a time of shifting federal policy. 💡

ICYMI, you can catch up on the day's conversations.

Stay tuned for future events!

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Clean Energy in a Time of Shifting Federal Policy - YouTube

The energy sector is operating in very different conditions than a year ago. Federal deregulatory actions, changes to the Inflation Reduction Act, and other ...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 9d

Today, we welcome Al McGartland to the Institute for Policy Integrity as our new Economic Policy Director.

McGartland served as the Director of the National Center for Environmental Economics at EPA until retiring from the agency this fall.

Welcome, Al! 🎉

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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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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 19d

We're hiring! 🚨 Policy Integrity is seeking applicants for one or two full-time two-year postdoctoral research fellowships in economics. This position is based in NYC.

Applications are due November 14th. Apply now!

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Economic Fellow

The Institute for Policy Integrity is seeking applicants for one or two full-time two-year postdoctoral research fellowships in economics, starting in September 2026. Ideal candidates should have a pr...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 26d

New op-ed ✒️ 📨 The Department of Energy's use of emergency powers to keep power plants running past planned retirement dates interferes with practices essential for long-term grid reliability, writes @jenn-danis.bsky.social. 💡

Read more in Utility Dive:

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DOE’s emergency orders create a moral hazard

The U.S. Department of Energy’s use of Federal Power Act authority to keep retiring fossil fuel plants online could trigger a vicious cycle that ultimately jeopardizes grid reliability.

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 26d

#ClimateWeekNYC is around the corner 🏙️🌎⚡ Join Policy Integrity on September 25 to hear from experts about how the energy industry is responding to federal deregulatory actions, changes to the Inflation Reduction Act, and other policy shifts.

Register now:

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CONFERENCE: Clean Energy in a Time of Shifting Federal Policy

The energy sector is operating in very different conditions than a year ago. Federal deregulatory actions, changes to the Inflation Reduction Act, and other policy shifts have created uncertainty for ...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 26d

New report 💡 Moving the debate on carbon offsets forward may require a more explicit acknowledgement of the risks of using offsets.

Check out our latest work on carbon offsets and markets:

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Integrity, Equivalence, and Imperfect Carbon Offsets

Evidence suggests that many if not most of the carbon credits issued from offset projects suffer from integrity problems, meaning they do not represent the emissions removals or reductions they purpor...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · 29d

Calling law students 🎙️ 🏛️ Are you interested in #environmental law, #energy law, environmental justice, or regulatory #policy? We’re hiring for several research assistant positions that start this fall semester. ⚡🏛️ 🌎 Apply now!

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The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law regularly hires legal/economic fellows and other staff members to conduct research, contribute to policy advocacy efforts, and p...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Sep 5

Join us during #ClimateWeekNYC! 🏙️🌎⚡ On September 25, Policy Integrity will host #energy and #environmental experts for a daylong conference to discuss the rapidly changing landscape of the energy sector.

Register for the conference: lu.ma/9r9v954v

Conference: Clean Energy in a Time of Shifting Federal Policy · Luma

Content The Institute for Policy Integrity’s annual conference will focus on the changing landscape of the energy sector in the wake of recent federal…

Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 We're hiring ✒️ Policy Integrity is seeking applicants for a two-year legal fellowship with a focus on regulatory policy. This position is based in NYC.

Application review will begin November 1st. Apply now!

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The Institute for Policy Integrity (Policy Integrity) is seeking applicants for a two-year legal fellowship with a focus on regulatory policy. This position is based in our New York City office.

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Sep 4

We're hiring! 🏛️ 📝 Policy Integrity is hiring an attorney or senior attorney with a primary focus on emerging administrative law issues. This position may be based in New York City or Washington, DC.

Applications due October 1!

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Attorney or Senior Attorney

The Institute for Policy Integrity (Policy Integrity) seeks applicants for an attorney or a senior attorney position with a primary focus on appellate litigation and emerging administrative law issues...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Sep 3

A recent Department of Energy draft report severely misrepresents #climate economics. 🌎💲

In feedback submitted to the agency this week, we call on the agency to withdraw the report because of its flaws.

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Comments to Department of Energy Rebutting False Economics Claims in Climate Change Report

In July, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a draft report challenging the consensus on the science and economics of climate change. We submitted comments to DOE explaining how the draft re...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Sep 3

Money saved by ditching a set of Biden-era air pollution standards will remain in coal plant owners’ pockets and not translate into more affordable power for households—according to EPA's own analysis.

Pello Aspuru and Bridget Pals explain on @thehill.com.

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Sep 2

New issue brief ✒️ While conversations about the #electricgrid are now in the political mainstream, public officials, policymakers, and experts often misuse important energy terminology.

@jenn-danis.bsky.social and Cristoph Graf break down key grid concepts:

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The Myth of “Baseload” Power in Modern Power Grids

Given the economic, social, and national security importance of having an affordable and reliable electricity grid, it is crucial for energy terminology to be used correctly and well understood. This ...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Aug 27

Are you a law student passionate about environmental law, energy law, environmental justice, or regulatory policy? We're hiring for several research assistant positions that start this fall semester. 🍂

Apply now!

policyintegrity.org/about/jobs

The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law regularly hires legal/economic fellows and other staff members to conduct research, contribute to policy advocacy efforts, and p...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Aug 26

New op-ed✒️ In @bloomberglaw.com, Richard Revesz writes that the current U.S. Solicitor General should no longer be given the deference traditionally accorded to the position, after he made a preposterous claim in a letter to a U.S. appeals court.

Read more:

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Solicitor General Forfeits Deference With ‘Dead Country’ Claim

Opinion: NYU law professor Richard Revesz says US Solicitor General D. John Sauer's use of legal filings to advance outlandish positions should lead to his losing the deference his office traditionall...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Aug 18

"EPA’s proposal to repeal all power plant greenhouse gas #emissions standards gets the law, and the facts, wrong," writes Kate Welty.

In a new post on the Policy Integrity Insights blog, Welty explains why the proposal can't become policy.

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EPA’s Flawed Case for Repealing All Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits for the Power Sector

In June 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to repeal all greenhouse gas emissions standards for the power sector…

Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Aug 15

In a new proposal, EPA slams the breaks on years of effort to control greenhouse gas #emissions from motor vehicles.

Today in @bloomberglaw.com, our Dena Adler and Kate Welty examine why the law and the facts contradict the arguments in EPA's proposal.

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EPA’s Vehicle Emissions Regulation U-Turn Defies Supreme Court

Opinion: NYU School of Law's Dena Adler and Kate Welty write that the EPA's attempt to reverse course on regulating vehicle emissions ignores years of precedent and direction from courts, including th...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Aug 8

Upcoming conference 📣 September 25

Policy Integrity’s annual conference will focus on the changing landscape of the #energy sector in the wake of recent federal deregulatory actions, Inflation Reduction Act changes, and other policy shifts.

Join us during Climate Week NYC:

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Conference: Clean Energy in a Time of Shifting Federal Policy · Luma

Content The Institute for Policy Integrity’s annual conference will focus on the changing landscape of the energy sector in the wake of recent federal…

Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Aug 7

More public comments 📨 🏛️ Neither proposal from EPA to repeal emissions standards for power plants holds up legally or factually.

We argue that EPA should withdraw both proposals and correct failures in its analysis.

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Comments to EPA About Proposed Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Limits for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Power Plants

In June 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed repealing all greenhouse gas emissions limits for fossil-fuel-fired power plants. In the alternative, EPA proposed to repeal the emissi...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Aug 7

New public comments 📨 🏛️ We and 10 organizations responded to a recent EPA proposal to repeal emissions standards for the power sector.

EPA doesn't account for #climate damages, which contradicts the best available science and economics. We argue they need to.

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Comments to EPA on the Failure to Value Climate Damages in Proposed Repeal of Power-Sector Regulations

In its proposed repeal of greenhouse gas emission standards for the power sector, EPA broke from more than 15 years of agency practice by failing to place any value on the climate damages that would r...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our experts were published and quoted in several outlets this week providing analysis of EPA's decision to revoke its "endangerment finding," which underpins key greenhouse gas regulations. Read the coverage here: policyintegrity.org/email/press/...

“If vehicle emissions don’t pass muster as a contribution to climate change, it’s hard to imagine what would,” said Dena Adler, a senior attorney at the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law.

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Jul 28

New issue brief 🚗 EPA is expected to scrap a 15-year-old finding that emissions from vehicles contribute to climate change and harm public heath and welfare.

Policy Integrity authors show that EPA's expected proposal is contradicted by clear and vast evidence.

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The Scale of Contribution: Vehicles

The Trump Administration is expected to rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s fifteen-year-old finding that greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles contribute to climate change and harm p...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Jul 24

New issue brief 🚗 EPA is expected to rescind greenhouse gas standards for vehicles. But the agency's reassessment of these standards is inconsistent with the text, history, and regulatory practice of the Clean Air Act.

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Exhaustive Precedent

The Clean Air Act requires EPA to regulate emissions from new motor vehicles that “cause, or contribute to,” dangerous air pollution. In 2007, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that GHG emiss...

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Institute for Policy Integrity @policyintegrity.bsky.social · Jul 23

New report ⚡ Core features of the #NaturalGas market are not well-suited to serve the demands of electricity generation—in particular, transporting fuel to gas-fired generators when the grid is stressed.

Read about these issues and potential policy reforms:

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Rethinking Gas-Electric Coordination

Severe winter storms have revealed a critical misalignment between the design of natural gas markets and the operational needs of gas-fired power plants, which are increasingly relied upon to maintain...

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