Jonathan Zasloff May 30, 2025 Left NIMBYs Strike Out Yet Again The Urban Institute study that they cite as evidence for stopping housing does not say what they claim.
Dan Farber May 29, 2025 Environmental Rollbacks: Will the Trump Administration Overplay Its Hand? The odds are good that Trump agencies will go too far out on a limb.
Evan George May 28, 2025 Gas Price Politics and Desperate Moderates The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
Dan Farber May 26, 2025 Trump Goes Nuclear Four new executive orders try to launch a nuclear renaissance.
Dan Farber May 26, 2025 What Happened to EPA Enforcement? Enforcement efforts peaked long ago and have been in long-term decline. Trump will accelerate that.
Jonathan Zasloff May 23, 2025 Calling Captain Renault We are shocked – SHOCKED – that building more housing causes rents to fall
Ethan Elkind May 23, 2025 The CEQA Poison Pill In SB 607 Weakening the statewide standard of review benefits polluting facilities
Marie Grimm Molly Bruce Michael Kiparsky May 23, 2025 We need integrated funding to scale up multibenefit projects by Marie Grimm, Anna Serra-Llobet, Molly Bruce, and Michael Kiparsky
Dan Farber May 22, 2025 Executive Disorders One after another, Trump has let loose destructive blasts at the environment to promote fossil fuels, mining, and logging.
Evan George May 21, 2025 The Problem is Not Brazil. The Problem is COP The Drain is a weekly roundup of climate and environmental news from Legal Planet.
Ann Carlson May 19, 2025 Why You Should Care That Congress Might Use the CRA to Overturn California Waivers Here are at least six reasons.
Jonathan Zasloff May 2, 2025 Governor Narcissist Gavin Newsom’s snub of LA Mayor Karen Bass demonstrates that he cares about only one thing: himself.
Evan George May 5, 2025 If Dodgers Don’t Quit Big Oil, the Olympics May Make Them The Olympic Committee’s ban on most advertising could finally force the Dodgers to drop the 76 sponsorship from Dodger Stadium, which is now an LA 2028 venue.
Eric Biber May 5, 2025 Fix Our Forests, version 2 A revised bipartisan proposal in the Senate is a step forward in the right direction
Eric Biber May 6, 2025 Permitting Reform as Policy Stability Compromise Congressional legislation could dampen the swings of Presidential regulatory policy
Denise Grab May 7, 2025 California Lawmakers Vote on Energy Affordability Soon Senate Bill 254 is the most ambitious energy affordability legislation proposed in recent years.
Sharon Jacobs May 7, 2025 Defunding the Energy Transition The President Proposes Deep Cuts to Climate and Clean Energy Spending for FY 2026
Cara Horowitz May 8, 2025 DOJ vs. C&T What Trump’s new lawsuits against two states may mean for California’s cap-and-trade program.
Jonathan Zasloff May 9, 2025 Worthwhile Canadian Initiative! Really! McGill University’s Sustainability Academic Network provides a useful — and potentially crucial — new platform.
Jim Salzman May 13, 2025 The $133 Million Bat Tunnel Here’s what permitting reform in the United Kingdom can teach the United States about building and abundance.