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Cara Horowitz is the executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. The Emmett Institute was founded as the first law school center in the nation focused on climate change law and policy.

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The Multiple Goals of Climate Policy

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A Framework for Equity and Local Leadership in the EV Transition

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If you read Legal Planet, you know the work of the environmental law centers at Berkeley and UCLA is critical. Now is the time to support it.

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Government by Reconciliation

The reconciliation process avoids the risk of a Senate filibuster. But it comes wth procedural and political complications.