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Corporate, industrial, and institutional (C&I) buyers are choosing renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) for three primary reasons.  As they stand today, federal subsidies and technology improvements make both wind and solar PPAs financially attractive.  PPAs also help companies manage risks associated with carbon, climate change, and a short position on energy. Finally, PPAs are a meaningful way for companies to achieve their environmental goals. However, these are not the only benefits of renewable PPAs.  These other criteria—referred to as co-benefits —tell a compelling story about the value of renewable energy beyond cost and carbon mitigation. The many co-benefits of renewable energy power purchase agreements include: Reduced water consumption . Water use and conventional energy production are intimately linked.  Water is used to obtain fossil fuels, to generate steam to power turbines, to extract pollutants from exhaust, and to cool product...

New DOJ Policy on Gag Orders Is Good, But the Courts Could Have Done Better The Department of Justice is making significant changes to its policy for seeking gag orders under Section 2705 of the Stored Communications Act. These orders routinely accompany search warrants, subpoenas, and other requests to service providers and prevent the companies from notifying users that their information has been obtained by the government. Last year Microsoft filed a lawsuit arguing that Section 2705 violates the First Amendment, and it appears that the DOJ made the policy change rather than risking a broad ruling that the law is unconstitutional. (That lawsuit should not be confused with a different   case involving DOJ access to Microsoft user data stored in Ireland that will soon be heard by the Supreme Court .) Under the new policy, federal prosecutors must demonstrate an “appropriate factual basis” in order to apply for a gag order. Gags must also be limited to a duration of one year...