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James Coleman
@EnergyLawProf
Energy law, trade, & regulation. Professor @UofMNLawSchool, @AEI. Previously: @SMULawSchool, @UCalgaryLaw, @HaskayneSchool, @Harvard_Law.
Minneapolis, MN
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Nov 12, 2024
    Huge decision holding that CEQ never had authority to issue the National Environmental Policy Act regulations that have been used for nearly half a century
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    Thomas Hochman
    @ThomasHochman
    Nov 12, 2024
    In other news, this seems like an enormous NEPA decision from the DC circuit today, which rules that the Council on Environmental Quality *lacks the statutory authority to issue binding NEPA regulations.* A BFD which I'm still not sure what to make of. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/…
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Mar 6, 2020
    When you realize how few know the difference between a million & a trillion, policy coverage makes so much more sense that it's almost consoling.
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Jan 21, 2025
    The “Unleashing American Energy” executive order includes this paragraph on electric vehicles, suggesting “terminating, where appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to limit sales of gasoline-powered automobiles” and “considering the elimination of unfair subsidies”
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Jun 16, 2022
    how it started how it's going
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    May 5, 2023
    "To tap the potential of renewable energy, the United States needs to dramatically expand the electric grid between places with abundant wind and sunshine and places where people live and work." @nytimes highlighting my research on how to speed-up clean energy deployment
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    Alec Stapp
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    @AlecStapp
    May 5, 2023
    Replying to @AlecStapp
    Very glad to see the NYT editorial board recognize that NEPA is doing more harm than good in its current form. We’ve come a long way since @elidourado first started talking about this years ago… nytimes.com/2023/05/04/opi…
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Aug 7, 2023
    “Of the major sectors, the highest litigation rate is in solar energy projects, nearly two-thirds of which are litigated. Light Rail Transit projects are litigated at nearly twice the rate of new highway projects and 2.5x the rate of highway improvement projects.”
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    Michael Bennon
    @mbennon
    Jul 7, 2023
    New working paper on permitting and litigation risk for large US energy and transport infrastructure projects, with a focus on the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Nov 12, 2024
    Replying to @EnergyLawProf
    Yes, as Mario says, the Supreme Court now has an opportunity to make the same decision, and we urge it to seize the day! x.com/mario_a_loyola…
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    Mario Loyola
    @Mario_A_Loyola
    Nov 12, 2024
    James @EnergyLawProf is too modest to mention that he and I (and Richard Epstein) took exactly this position in our recent amicus brief for SCOTUS in the unrelated Seven Counties case.
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Apr 6, 2019
    Replying to @EnergyLawProf
    Oil Production by U.S. State 1980-2018
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Apr 6, 2019
    The U.S. oil boom happening now is the biggest commodity boom ever—far bigger than every previous gold rush and ~7x as big as the biggest previous oil boom, which was in Saudi Arabia in the early 1970s.
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    May 9, 2023
    Thrilled to announce I'll be coming to Minnesota in fall 2024! Bittersweet because I love my colleagues @SMULawSchool so much, and am so excited for what we're building here in Dallas. But it's a dream to be joining the tremendous faculty @UofMNLawSchool in my home state!
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    May 2, 2024
    Puzzle: Why has Texas been so dominant in clean energy deployment—3x as much wind as any other state, installing 3x as much solar—when it doesn’t use many conventional “clean energy” policies?
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Jan 21, 2021
    Big news: President Biden issues 60 day moratorium on new permits to drill. doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/…
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Jan 3, 2020
    Replying to @EnergyLawProf and @NoahCRothman
    You can see the boom here as U.S. returns to #1 after 15 years as a distant #3. Oil production by country 1950-2018
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    James Coleman
    @EnergyLawProf
    Jan 26, 2024
    President pauses approval of liquefied natural gas exports. 1) Unlike most U.S. exports, there have already been government studies of the climate impact of LNG exports. They suggest U.S. LNG lowers global carbon emissions. energy.gov/sites/prod/fil…
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    Javier Blas
    @JavierBlas
    Jan 26, 2024
    FULL STATEMENT: And it's official. The White House announces a "temporary pause" on pending approvals of American LNG export terminals. The statement is below, and links here to the comuniqué itself: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/… and a White House factsheet: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
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