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Sean B. Hecht is the Co-Executive Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Evan Frankel Professor of Policy and Practice, and Co-Director of the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic at UCLA School of Law. He teaches Public Natural Resources Law and Policy, Environmental Law, the Environmental Law Clinic, and a California state environmental law seminar. Sean builds collaborations and conducts research on environmental issues involving academia, practicing environmental lawyers, advocacy organizations, policymakers, and the business community.

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Thank you, Dan. Very helpful.I'll adjust the post to reflect that it's an informational hearing.

On The Future of California’s Greenhouse Gas Cap and Trade Program After 2020: A Conversation

Thanks, Anthony. I don't despair, but I share your view that our country is very much going on the wrong…

On Cutting Through the Smog

Please see my comment above at http://legal-planet.org/2017/04/05/cutting-through-the-smog/#comment-29968.

On Cutting Through the Smog

Thanks for your comments, Anthony. Our legal academics' solutions are proposed in several forms, aside from the more traditional publication…

On Cutting Through the Smog

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On The Overlooked Part of Trump’s Executive Order on Climate Change

Update: It seems there is a problem with all our posts being blocked from sharing on Facebook. We're working on…

On The Overlooked Part of Trump’s Executive Order on Climate Change

bqrq: You seem to have fallen prey to the dreaded Dunning-Kruger Effect. Scientists, medical researchers, and epidemiologists know their fields…

On Trump’s Executive Order: Bad Policy and More Uncertainty

And if you have an issue with the data that Nick and I have cited, you should provide contrary data…

On Trump’s Executive Order: Bad Policy and More Uncertainty

bqrq, you appear to be arguing against a claim that no one here has made. I would be very interested…

On Trump’s Executive Order: Bad Policy and More Uncertainty

bqrq, you should educate yourself before expressing views on issues you know little about. Your argument ignores an enormous body…

On Trump’s Executive Order: Bad Policy and More Uncertainty

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