Gabriel Greif

UCLA School of Law

Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law

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Gabe Greif is an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law for 2022-2024. He was previously an Emmett Family Public Service Fellow in Environmental Law with Communities for a Better Environment.

Greif received his B.A. in Business Economics magna cum laude from UC Riverside. He earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law with a specialization in Environmental Law. During law school, Greif was a summer law clerk with Mental Health Advocacy Services and Los Angeles Waterkeeper and was a legal extern at Earthjustice. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.

Greif’s comment addressing statutory climate protections for unhoused persons in California has been published in the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.

More BY Gabriel Greif

New Bill Takes Up Local Oil Drilling Phase-Outs

Oil and gas interests want to weaponize new case law from the California Supreme Court. AB 3233 would clarify the scope of local authority over drilling operations.

Critical Insights on the Mineral Boom: Part III

On the rise of resource nationalism and building an equitable supply chain: Insights from the Emmett Institute’s “Powering the Future” symposium.

The New Frontier of Methane Regulation 

Nations, companies, and NGOs are targeting methane like never before using satellite data. A new UCLA paper outlines what that could mean for regulation. 

Governor Newsom’s CEQA Bills Could Be a Modest Step in the Wrong Direction

Governor Newsom’s CEQA trailer bills probably won’t do much. But his heavy-handed rhetoric foreshadows a larger anti-CEQA push that should worry communities that rely on California’s premier public participation statute.

Local Authority Over Oil Drilling Heads to California Supreme Court

Cities and counties have long held authority to decide where and whether to allow oil and gas exploration and extraction. The state’s high court can make that crystal clear.

The Impacts of Explicitly Racist Land Use Practices Persist in California Communities. Is It Time for State Intervention?

A new report from the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic explores the relationship between California’s long history of racism in land use and environmental permitting. It also shows the path forward.

A New Battleground in Big Oil’s War on Drilling Setbacks

Big Oil’s referendum on setbacks is the latest in a line of questionable signature-gathering campaigns. Would a new bill reform California’s referendum process?

Unraveling LA’s Hydrogen Combustion Experiment

Combusting hydrogen could keep natural gas plants online, but they won’t be “green” for years––if ever.

Unraveling Hydrogen: Part I

The first in a series that examines the hype around hydrogen production.