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Syria: The Wages of Climate Change

In considering the complex and painful question of whether to intervene in Syria, policymakers should take a close look at the memorandum published Monday on the Atlantic Monthly’s website by William R. Polk, a State Department Policy Planning Staff member during the Kennedy Administration. I don’t agree with everything Polk says, but it is one …

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Should Environmentalists Worry About Chuck Hagel?

Reports out today indicate that within the next few days, President Obama will appoint former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to succeed Leon Panetta as Defense Secretary. Even though Hagel himself is a Republican, the GOP has already promised a fight, ostensibly on the entirely specious grounds that Hagel is anti-Israel. Hagel…hmmm…where have environmentalists heard that …

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Appeals Court Nixes NYC Climate Lawsuit

With a clever if contrived argument, the Second Circuit tries to eliminate climate change litigation.

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A Preview: Major Property Rights Case Currently Before U.S. Supreme Court

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The regulatory history is dauntingly convoluted. This sixteen year regulatory saga has lessons for climate policy.

Solar Geoengineering and Public Engagement Trolling

A first test of a long-planned outdoor solar geoengineering experiment has been delayed–again. Why?

Deforestation and the Climate Crisis in a Time of Pandemic

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Direct air capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide will be central to climate policy this century, but how can we advance it through policy?

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Communities for a Better Environment and UCLA Environmental Law Clinic Urge State Agency to Reevaluate Inequitable Cleanup Proposal

U.C. Davis School of Law Hosts “CEQA at 50” Conference on April 16th

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SB 85 and SB 63 create opportunities for wildfire prevention strategies proposed by UCLA California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic