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A decade of unraveling the effects of regulation on water innovation

By Michael Kiparsky, with Dave Smith, Nell Green Nylen, Luke Sherman, Alida Cantor, Anita Milman, Felicia Marcus, David Sedlak, Bernhard Truffer, Christian Binz, Sasha Harris-Lovett, Jeff Lape, Justin Mattingly, Dave Owen, Lars Tummers, Buzz Thompson

In a recent post, my colleagues and I reported on our most recent research output in a long series of projects examining the effect of regulation on water innovation. The post describes a new framework for understanding and, ultimately, improving relationships between regulators and wastewater utility managers who are seeking to implement novel technical solutions, …

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How States Can Defend Themselves Against Trump

States have a number of tools for protecting their own environments from the Feds.

Suppose the Trump Administration launches environmentally harmful projects in a state or wants to allow more pollution there than the state wants. Does the state have any possible recourse? The answer is yes, although states’s defenses have their limitations. There are a number of mechanisms states can use to defend their own environments, if not the …

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What’s in the final 2012 spending bill?

I’ve just finished plowing through H.R. 2055, the2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which was signed by President Obama last week. I was curious to see how many anti-environmental riders made it into the final bill. I haven’t seen much news coverage of the details of the final bill, and the White House offered no comment when …

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Why Do Heat Pumps Have a Bad Rap? Lies

The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

How To Botch A CEQA Analysis

LA Metro’s draft EIR for the crucial Sepulveda Transit Corridor is thorough and careful, but it misses a key point: heavy rail is environmentally superior.

What Have We Learned About Rebuilding from Fire?

Woolsey Fire survivors reflect on the rebuilding process and what might help rebuild more resiliently after the January fires.

(In?)sane With the Membrane

New developments in Deep Sea Desalination hold important promise for the freshwater crisis – and might require an amendment to Clarke’s Third Law.

The Most Important Law Most People Have Never Heard Of

Here’s how the APA bolsters the rule of law and protects the environment.

The California Legislature Halftime Report

In a year defined by affordability and climate crises, several bills aimed to alleviate pressures on both fronts are advancing in the Legislature.

Here’s How the Palisades and Altadena Can Rebuild Better

In partnership with UCLA, the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery has released its final recommendations.

Can Public Ownership Fix Our Electricity Woes? It’s Complicated

New UCLA report “Power Struggle: California’s Electric Utility Ownership Dilemma” by Sylvie Ashford, Mohit Chhabra, and Ruthie Lazenby

Thoughts on AB 131

Overall a good bill, but the definition of natural and protected lands is inadequate

The Emperor’s New Endangerment Theory (Part III)

How did EPA get to the absurd conclusion that 1.5 billion tons of carbon emissions aren’t significant? Well might you ask.

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By Michael Kiparsky, with Dave Smith, Nell Green Nylen, Luke Sherman, Alida Cantor, Anita Milman, Felicia Marcus, David Sedlak, Bernhard Truffer, Christian Binz, Sasha Harris-Lovett, Jeff Lape, Justin Mattingly, Dave Owen, Lars Tummers, Buzz Thompson

States have a number of tools for protecting their own environments from the Feds.

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California has long leaned heavily on CEQA to cover gaps in other environmental laws. That will have to change when we reform CEQA.

Trump replaced a coherent set of rules governing the executive branch with a welter of agency-specific regulations.

The Founding Fathers were more environmentally aware than we give them credit for. Woke, even.

According to the D.C. Circuit, the answer is no.

The latest failed effort at privatization of federal lands shows the modern political weakness of land transfer movements

The Fuel Emissions Freedom Act may be a stunt, but it’s worth examining

The Court left open a variety of workarounds. At least for the now.

Guest Contributor Emma Rose Shore, a UCLA Law student, reflects on the current administration’s attack on civil servants and the cancellation of summer internships.

Overall a good bill, but the definition of natural and protected lands is inadequate

LA Metro’s draft EIR for the crucial Sepulveda Transit Corridor is thorough and careful, but it misses a key point: heavy rail is environmentally superior.

The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

LA Metro’s draft EIR for the crucial Sepulveda Transit Corridor is thorough and careful, but it misses a key point: heavy rail is environmentally superior.

Woolsey Fire survivors reflect on the rebuilding process and what might help rebuild more resiliently after the January fires.

New developments in Deep Sea Desalination hold important promise for the freshwater crisis – and might require an amendment to Clarke’s Third Law.

Here’s how the APA bolsters the rule of law and protects the environment.

In a year defined by affordability and climate crises, several bills aimed to alleviate pressures on both fronts are advancing in the Legislature.

In partnership with UCLA, the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery has released its final recommendations.

New UCLA report “Power Struggle: California’s Electric Utility Ownership Dilemma” by Sylvie Ashford, Mohit Chhabra, and Ruthie Lazenby

Overall a good bill, but the definition of natural and protected lands is inadequate

How did EPA get to the absurd conclusion that 1.5 billion tons of carbon emissions aren’t significant? Well might you ask.