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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.
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
I'd be happy to be proved wrong. If you could direct me to a site where he calls for regulating…
On RFK Jr. Joins the War on Climate Scientists
I talk about some of the issues you raise in an earlier post: https://legal-planet.org/2023/10/23/california-climate-policy-a-preliminary-report-card/. I'd define leadership in terms of…
On California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline
He's not in this ranking because climate change wasn't on the agenda that earlier. In terms of environmental progress during…
On Ranking Presidents on Climate Change