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Eric Biber is a specialist in conservation biology, land-use planning and public lands law. Biber brings technical and legal scholarship to the field of environmental law. Prior to joining Berkeley Law in 2006, he worked in the Denver office of Earthjustice, a public-interest nonprofit organization specializing in public lands and other environmental cases. His principal research interests include environmental and natural resources law, administrative law and property.

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If you are not directly quoting us, you are welcome to rely on my analysis without citation. If you are…

On BACA and Data Centers, Part I

Thanks John, it's been corrected. I was tripped up by the Order using the "and", which interestingly makes the Order…

On What does UUD mean?

Yes, thanks for catching that, will edit.

On Using Maps to Make Housing Politics Easier

Thanks for the thoughtful comment Mark. Two reactions. (1) The Rosemont decision was apparently important enough for *someone* to want…

On A Rock and a Hard Place

So I agree with you, and our project is not intended to provide a comprehensive answer to the question of…

On Understanding why California housing costs so much

Excellent question Michael. I don't know why the carbon tax language caught on. You're right that the government switched it…

On Australia’s repeal of its carbon tax

The CRA only provides for expedited procedural steps within Congress for joint resolutions to overturn regulations. But for Congress to…

On The 2014 Midterm Elections and the EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule

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