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Hot Spots

Climate change isn’t uniform. Some parts of the U.S. are seeing conditions that won’t hit elsewhere for decades.

Friday’s Washington Post had a fascinating article about climate change hotspots within the United States. The largest one was on the Western Slope of the Rockies, which has already seen 2 °C of warming. The story is a reminder that the impacts of climate change will be global and yet also very much local. Before …

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Norris C. Hundley, Jr., 1935-2013

Environmental scholarship has lost a real giant: Norris Cecil Hundley Jr., a former resident of Pacific Palisades, passed away peacefully on April 28. He was 77. Born to Norris and Helen Hundley on October 26, 1935 in Houston, Texas, Norris is survived by six younger siblings… Norris graduated from Whittier College in 1958. After receiving his Ph.D. …

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The Future of the Colorado

The Bureau of Reclamation has issued an important new report on the future of the Colorado River. The Colorado supplies drinking water to 40 million people and irrigation water to nearly 5.5 million acres of land. The report projects decreases in supply over the next fifty years, including a 9% decrease in average flow and a …

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What are the Top 10 Natural Resources Stories?

Lots of folks in legal academia are familiar with Foundation Press’ popular Law Stories series; around here on Legal Planet, we are particularly familiar with Environmental Law Stories (pictured right), edited by Richard Lazarus and Oliver Houck, to which Dan and Holly contributed a chapter. It’s a very useful book, and I’m a fan. But …

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More accusations of politics trumping science and law at Interior

The Washington Post reports that officials at the Department of Interior ignored “key scientific findings” and the views of National Park Service officials “when they limited water flows in the Grand Canyon to optimize generation of electric power there, risking damage to the ecology of the spectacular national landmark.” The Post story, written by Juliet …

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Why I Was Wrong About Methane

I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

Small Cannabis Growers and Large Red Tape?

A complicated cannabis regulatory system may be squeezing out small cannabis cultivators

Diagnosing Why More Growers Aren’t In California’s Cannabis System

Understanding why more outdoor cultivators aren’t entering into the new legal regulatory system for cannabis is important for reducing the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation

The Hidden Green-Infrastructure Bill

Every year, Congress provides lavish funding for clean energy and climate adaptation. No one notices.

Anti—Anti-#ClimateEmergency

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

What Have We Learned from Recent Disasters?

Disasters are getting bigger, badder, and less predictable. We need to adjust.

The Turning Tide

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

Miami’s New Chief Heat Officer Is a Model for California Cities

Local leaders should embrace the approach

Nature As A Carbon Sequestration Solution

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

Why I Was Wrong About Methane

I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Biden EPA

The recent rescission of a Trump rule hints at how the Biden Administration views the role of cost-benefit analysis.

Getting the Lead Out

The Ninth Circuit tells EPA to determine safe levels for lead based solely on science.

How Harmful Was Trump’s COVID Response?

We know it was bad, but how much of the U.S. death rate can be attributed to him rather than circumstances?

War and the Environment

War brings devastation to people’s lives. And to the planet itself.

Nature As A Carbon Sequestration Solution

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

Miami’s New Chief Heat Officer Is a Model for California Cities

Local leaders should embrace the approach

Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

The Turning Tide

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

Anti—Anti-#ClimateEmergency

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

Colorado River

Climate change isn’t uniform. Some parts of the U.S. are seeing conditions that won’t hit elsewhere for decades.

TRENDING

I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

A complicated cannabis regulatory system may be squeezing out small cannabis cultivators

Understanding why more outdoor cultivators aren’t entering into the new legal regulatory system for cannabis is important for reducing the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation

Every year, Congress provides lavish funding for clean energy and climate adaptation. No one notices.

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

Disasters are getting bigger, badder, and less predictable. We need to adjust.

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

Local leaders should embrace the approach

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

The recent rescission of a Trump rule hints at how the Biden Administration views the role of cost-benefit analysis.

The Ninth Circuit tells EPA to determine safe levels for lead based solely on science.

We know it was bad, but how much of the U.S. death rate can be attributed to him rather than circumstances?

War brings devastation to people’s lives. And to the planet itself.

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

Local leaders should embrace the approach

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.