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Meredith Hankins is the Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law for 2017-2019.

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Emmett Institute Publishes Issue Brief on California's Clean Air Act Vehicle Authority
I’ve Been Waiting My Whole Life for a Green New Deal
EPA’s Return to Bush-Era Clean Air Act Reforms Sacrifices Agency’s Duty to Protect Environment, Ignores the Law
Are Buses the Silver Bullet to Reduce Declines in Transit Ridership?
We’re Never Going to Meet Our GHG Transportation Goals Unless We Radically Rethink Our Cities
Sessions Out, Whitaker In: What Might the DOJ Shakeup Mean for Environmental Enforcement?
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Scooter
Trump Administration’s Quiet Policy Change Could More Than Double Hazardous Air Pollution in California
Californians Strongly Oppose Rolling Back Clean Car Standards
UCLA’s Environmental Law Clinic Files Brief on Behalf of Amici League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties

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