LPDD In The News We’re proud to note that LPDD was recently featured in Sierra, the online magazine of the Sierra club. John Dernbach and Joe DiMona write of our project: For too long there has been no single source of model laws to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Now there is. It’s called the Legal Pathways … Read More
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LPDD Featured in Sierra Club Magazine
In Sierra, the online magazine of the Sierra club, John Dernbach and Joe DiMona write of LPDD: For too long there has been no single source of model laws to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Now there is. It’s called the Legal Pathways for Deep Decarbonization in the United States (LPDD) project, an important resource for state and local governments, … Read More
LPDD Top Tens: New Buildings
LPDD.org is an extraordinarily vast database, spanning more than 2,000 model laws, best practices, and policy documents touching on 34 different pathways to reducing emissions in the United States, at every level of government (and some in the private sector). To help the busy changemaker approach our database in a brief time, we’ve drafted Top … Read More
LPDD Top Tens: Light-Duty Vehicles
For those in search of a shortcut through the vast LPDD database, we’re proud to highlight a subset of our most useful pathways for state and local government leaders on light duty vehicles here, LPDD Top 10 – Light Duty Vehicles.
LPDD Newsletter: May 2022
New External Resources LPDD.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources of special interest: Washington’s Heat Pump Requirement for New Commercial Buildings: In April, Washington’s Building Code Council voted 11–3 to restrict the use of gas in new office complexes, apartment towers and other large facilities starting in … Read More
LPDD Newsletter: April 2022
New LPDD Model Resources Last week, the LPDD team published an Instruction Memorandum (IM) for geologic carbon sequestration on federal lands. This model document proposes an update to the Bureau of Land Management’s Instruction Memorandum on the same subject, which had been limited to information gathering and expired in 2013. The proposed language would expand the scope … Read More
New LPDD Model Instruction Memorandum for Geologic Carbon Sequestration on Federal Lands
The LPDD team is thrilled to announce the publication of another model legal document, an Instruction Memorandum (IM) for geologic carbon sequestration on federal lands. It is available to view here. This model document proposes an update to the Bureau of Land Management’s IM on the same subject, which had been limited to information gathering … Read More
LPDD March 2022 Newsletter
New External Resources LPDD.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources of special interest: PG&E, GM pilot using EVs to power homes: In March, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and General Motors (GM) announced a pilot project aimed at using electric vehicles as on-demand home … Read More
February 2022 LPDD Newsletter
New External Resources LPDD.org is being continually updated with new, external legal resources. Below is a selection of recently added resources of special interest: IREC Report, Enabling Equitable Electric Vehicle Shared Mobility Programs: This February report from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council surveys new models of transportation planning that integrate shared mobility programs and the … Read More
Land Use and Zoning at LPDD
Forthcoming in the February edition of the Zoning and Planning Law Report, members of the LPDD team have recently drafted an article surveying decarbonization trends and the many resources for zoning and land use practitioners at LPDD.org. The article surveys the impacts of zoning and land use on energy siting, building efficiency, and transportation emissions. … Read More