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Jamie Pleune
Aug 31, 20238 min read
How should we determine the reasonableness of permitting timeframes?
Reposted from the Wallace Stegner Center Law & Policy Blog It has been almost a year since Senator Manchin thrust the phrase “permit...

Jamie Pleune
Jun 4, 20231 min read
Testifying Before Congress on Evidence-Based Recommendations for Permit Reform
The Law and Policy Program of the Wallace Stegner Center within the S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah aims to produce...

Jamie Pleune
Apr 24, 20233 min read
Applying Lessons from the BP Oil Spill to Permit Reform
Picture of a pelican bathed in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Image by Win McNamee/Getty Images and featured in NYT article by...

Jamie Pleune
Mar 15, 20234 min read
The Tension Between Speed and Safety
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the Roosevelt Institute will host a one-day in-person conversation about permit reform in Washington D.C....

Jamie Pleune
Feb 27, 20232 min read
Calling a Spade a Spade
Permitting reform is about to take the stage again. As the players begin practicing their lines, it appears that some politicians intent...

Jamie Pleune
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Talking About Permit Reform with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
I recently joined five other experts to explore the nuances of the permit reform debate in an article published by the Bulletin of...


Jamie Pleune
Dec 28, 20221 min read
Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources, and the Environment
It is fitting that Wallace Stegner once observed, "some are born in their place, some find it, and some realize after long searching that...

Jamie Pleune
Dec 22, 20222 min read
Featured on Yale's Law & Political Economy Blog
December 21, 2022 Yale’s Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project brings together a network of scholars, practitioners, and students to...

Jamie Pleune
Dec 20, 20222 min read
Distinguishing between Productive and Unproductive Causes of Delay in Critical Mineral Permitting
November 15, 2022 Our latest article, Playing the Long Game: Expediting Permitting Without Compromising Protections, recommends three...

Jamie Pleune
Dec 18, 20222 min read
Podcasting with Center for Western Priorities about Permitting Reform
Sept. 30, 2022 We had a great conversation with Kate Groetzinger and Aaron Weiss from Center for Western Priorities on their podcast, The...

Jamie Pleune
Dec 18, 20221 min read
Do We Have to Choose Between Speedy Development and the Environment?
Aug. 30, 2022 We were thrilled to have an opportunity to speak with Laura Gersony at Circle of Blue about our research on causes of delay...


Jamie Pleune
Dec 18, 20221 min read
A Big Step Forward for the National Environmental Policy Act
May 2, 2022 So pleased to have our Op-Ed, A Big Step Forward for the National Environmental Policy Act published by the Hill today. As...

Jamie Pleune
Dec 18, 20222 min read
Evidence-Based Recommendations for Improving National Environmental Policy Act Implementation
April 10, 2022 I look forward to presenting at the Climate Change Symposium hosted by the Sabin Center for Climate Change and the...


Jamie Pleune
Mar 27, 20212 min read
Legal Long Games: Acting Chair of SEC Links Climate Risk and Financial Regulation
Nine months after Larry Fink famously told his investors that "climate risk is investment risk," Commissioner Allison Herren Lee made the...
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