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Building performance standards are likely not preempted by federal law, attorney says
Building performance standards, an increasingly popular policy among decarbonization-minded cities and states, are very likely safe from lawsuits arguing such rules are preempted by a federal energy law. That’s according to Daniel Carpenter-Gold, staff …