Archives for September 2020

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 state electric decarbonization statute is based on 2019 legislation enacted in Washington State, the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA), which … Read More

The LPDD team is proud to announce the release of a new model law amending the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, available here. In LPPD chapter 17, chapter author Aoife O’Leary of the Environmental Defense Fund made the recommendation that “Congress should require all ships to track and then report all greenhouse gases emitted from … Read More

We’re thrilled to announce the publication of a new LPDD model legal document, a model conservation easement and declaration of covenants. Conservation easements are an important tool to promote biologic carbon sequestration in forests. The grant was prepared originally by the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, and edited by our team in order to enhance terms … Read More

The LPDD team is thrilled to announce the release of a new model state law addressing the decarbonization of electricity generation. The model law was drafted by Craig Gannett, Patrick Ferguson, Katie Jorrie and Anna Fero of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, in consultation with LPDD chapter author Jim Rossi, Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt … Read More