EPA announced annual adjustment factors that will be used to calculate excess emission penalties for the acid rain program during compliance years 2019 and 2020.

The October issue of News & Analysis presents articles on: the judicial role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from land use and transportation, EPA's existing authority to impose a carbon tax, assessing FERC's authority to decommission dams,and the constitutionality of taxing agricultural and land use emissions. The issue also includes a transcript from an expert panel that ELI hosted in June that explored wildfire liability, the vaibility of various wildfire mitigation strategies, and the potential for incorporating climate impact research into wildfire policymaking.