• Eric Biber
• July 22, 2021

Towards Optimal Climate Policy, Part II

The future of effective climate policy requires balancing equity, efficiency, political feasibility, and technological innovation

• Eric Biber
• July 21, 2021

Towards Optimal Climate Policy, Part I

Moving the debate beyond equity and efficiency

• Eric Biber
• June 15, 2021

Small Cannabis Growers and Large Red Tape?

A complicated cannabis regulatory system may be squeezing out small cannabis cultivators

• Eric Biber
• June 14, 2021

Diagnosing Why More Growers Aren’t In California’s Cannabis System

Understanding why more outdoor cultivators aren’t entering into the new legal regulatory system for cannabis is important for reducing the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation

• Eric Biber
• April 10, 2021

Designing Policy to Advance Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide

Direct air capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide will be central to climate policy this century, but how can we advance it through policy?

• Eric Biber
• March 18, 2021

When “Stay In Your Lane” Is Wrong

Technical policy questions often involve ethical political questions that the public must have a say in

• Eric Biber
• March 11, 2021

Keeping It All In the Ground?

Exploring legal options for congressional and executive actions to terminate existing fossil fuel leases on federal lands.

• Eric Biber
• January 20, 2021

The problem with “follow the science”

Science is necessary, but not sufficient, for good policymaking

• Eric Biber
• January 14, 2021

How Cities Can Use California’s Housing Element to Get New Housing Built

New changes in state law allow local governments to commit to long-term production of housing

• Eric Biber
• October 4, 2020

How Climate Disruption May Undermine Climate Policy

The long-term harms from climate change over the next decades may undermine support for efforts to reduce emissions