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Dan Farber
Dan Farber has written and taught on environmental and constitutional law as well as about contracts, jurisprudence and legislation. Currently at Berkeley Law, he has also spent time at Minnesota Law School (where he became the first Henry J. Fletcher Professor of Law in 1987), Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Law School (where he was named McKnight Presidential Professor of Public Law in 2000). He is also a pioneer in the emerging field of Disaster Law, which examines legal issues related to society’s ability to deal effectively with the aftermath of catastrophes and the risk of future disasters.
You're right that NEPA can be a potential issue for clean energy projects as well as for fossil fuels. However,…
On The 2023 NEPA Rewrite and the Supreme Court’s New Climate Case
I agree that the Supreme Court has been no friend of NEPA. I think the government is right, however, that…
On The 2023 NEPA Rewrite and the Supreme Court’s New Climate Case
I did enjoy being called languorous -- "characterized by tiredness or inactivity, especially of a pleasurable kind." I can't help…
On Hillary Clinton, Climate Change, and the ‘Sliding Doors’ of History
I wanted to add a thanks for raising this issue. I'm enthusiastic about the IRA but don't want to gloss…
On Could Trump Cancel the IRA?
I think you may have read too hastily. If you take another look, you'll see that I didn't say that…
On Shanahan, Kennedy and Climate Change: Unanswered Questions
Thanks, David!
On Ranking the Candidates’ Focus on Energy & Climate
Hi David. I thought about trying to calculate the percentage of words on their total websites devoted to climate and…
On Ranking the Candidates’ Focus on Energy & Climate
I'm definitely in favor of forest restoration! But I worry that countries are making unrealistic assumptions about the magnitude of…
On Misusing Carbon Removal as a Climate Response
Hi Sam - Thanks for both of your thoughtful comments today. I should have said something like "even in the…
On Misusing Carbon Removal as a Climate Response
It's always good to know that your thoughts are reaching people, even if they don't agree. The Washington Post has…
On RFK Jr. Joins the War on Climate Scientists