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A Wavering Federal Policy on Climate Change?

President Obama yesterday made official (sort of) his plan to fulfill a campaign pledge to grant the State of California authority to adopt pioneering greenhouse gas emission controls for vehicular sources. That announcement, while expected, is a breath of fresh air when it comes to state-federal environmental policymaking. It comes after eight frustrating years in …

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Good News for California

According to the Washingston Post: Obama will instruct the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider whether to grant California a waiver to regulate automobile tailpipe emissions linked to global warming, sources said, and he will order the Transportation Department to issue guidelines that will ensure that the nation’s auto fleet reaches an average fuel efficiency of …

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New research points to the need to build resilience to climate change’s impacts

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Except when he does not!

While many among us are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the climate is already changing and will continue to change for a long while even if we do everything we can to reduce emissions. As a result, we will need to adapt to our new reality, by building the resilience to deal with changing …

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Obama and Climate Change

The Obama Administration will face hard regulatory choices on climate change almost immediately.

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Judge Smacks Down EPA’s Attempt to Revoke Six of California’s Waivers

She calls EPA’s legal arguments Orwellian.

The Bottleneck in Forest Monitoring Isn’t in Orbit

Groups on the frontlines fighting deforestation are held back by institutional constraints – not just technological barriers – according to a new study from UCLA, NYU, World Resources Institute, and the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force.

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Groups on the frontlines fighting deforestation are held back by institutional constraints – not just technological barriers – according to a new study from UCLA, NYU, World Resources Institute, and the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force.

An overview of my analyses of Proposition 45

Frantic federal efforts to keep uneconomical coal plants from closing met their doom in a new court decision.

Not quite, but the combination of the Trump Admin and Prop 45 will drastically reduce protections.

If Proposition 45 is passed, you may get blindsided by projects you cannot stop. You may want to prepare yourself.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom’s term ends, these two bills present an opportunity to promote ratepayer affordability.

In the midst of a historic heat wave, the state’s power grid has so far passed with flying colors

Considering the arguments in a recent op-ed arguing Prop 45 does not cover data centers

The Drain is a roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

About the best he can hope for in the long run is to maintain the status quo.

She calls EPA’s legal arguments Orwellian.

Groups on the frontlines fighting deforestation are held back by institutional constraints – not just technological barriers – according to a new study from UCLA, NYU, World Resources Institute, and the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force.

Not quite, but the combination of the Trump Admin and Prop 45 will drastically reduce protections.

If Proposition 45 is passed, you may get blindsided by projects you cannot stop. You may want to prepare yourself.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom’s term ends, these two bills present an opportunity to promote ratepayer affordability.

Considering the arguments in a recent op-ed arguing Prop 45 does not cover data centers

The Drain is a roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

About the best he can hope for in the long run is to maintain the status quo.

UCLA Law experts explain everything you need to know about Suncor v. Boulder as the climate case heads to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Today’s entering law students are preparing to start careers at a critical time for the environment.