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Sean Hecht
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.
Bqrq, our comment policy states: "The Legal Planet team appreciates your comments, and reserves the right to remove any abusive…
On Trump’s Executive Order: Bad Policy and More Uncertainty
(1) support organizations that will take legal action to attack any unlawful things the administration does to harm the environment;…
On Trump’s EPA Budget in Perspective
Water vapor is indeed responsible for most of the greenhouse effect (which overall has made our planet habitable). But today's…
On Pruitt Shows His True Colors
bqrq, your comment barely, if at all, relates to Dan's original post. Dan's post mentions neither climate change generally nor…
On The End of the Cost-Benefit State?
Texas certainly has cheaper housing. There may be other challenges, however: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/outside-the-boardroom/article/Texas-economy-ranked-21st-in-nation-9179295.php
On Understanding why California housing costs so much
bqrq, please keep your comments civil (meaning, among other things, free of ad hominem attacks and gratuitous personal insults).
On About that carbon tax idea….
For starters: North Carolina, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana. It's also interesting that over a dozen states have specifically…
On Trump’s Environmental Assault Begins
The other serious concern I have about his view of separation of powers is about his apparent belief in a…
On Predicting How Neil Gorsuch Would Rule on Environmental Issues
Step one is necessary at least in theory to ensure that where a court believes that statutory language is clear,…
On Predicting How Neil Gorsuch Would Rule on Environmental Issues
Generally, it's the same rulemaking procedure. Not easy to do without ample administrative process. That in itself will make it…
On The Dangers of the New Executive Order on “Reducing Regulation”