DORMANT COMMERCE CLAUSE

Richard Frank January 3, 2018

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Most Important Environmental Law Decisions of 2017

Constitutional Issues, Water Law, Native American Rights Dominate Court’s Environmental Docket

Dan Farber July 13, 2017

A Victory for Renewables

The Second Circuit has carved out some safe space for state renewable energy programs.

Richard Frank November 11, 2016

What Does a Trump Presidency Portend for California’s Environmental Policies?

Constitutional Issues Loom Large in Future, Likely Federal-California Legal Confrontations

Dan Farber July 15, 2015

Departure of E.T. (the ExtraTerritorial)

The Tenth Circuit dispels extraterritoriality attacks on state renewable energy regulations.

Richard Frank August 17, 2014

Closely Confined Chickens, Interstate Conflict & the Dormant Commerce Clause

Is Proposition 2, California’s Pioneering Animal Welfare Law, Unconstitutional?

Richard Frank June 30, 2014

Update: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review in California Low Carbon Fuel Standard Case

Justices Decline to Address Constitutionality of LCFS

Richard Frank June 26, 2014

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Before the Supreme Court

Will the Justices Choose to Decide the LCFS’s Constitutionality?

Dan Farber June 24, 2013

Regulators Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Extraterritorial Dilemma

Dan Farber June 17, 2013

Constitutional Issues in Cap and Trade: New Light from an Unexpected Source

Megan Herzog January 8, 2013

Supreme Court agrees to hear TX-OK water dispute: Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann

Older Posts

The Governance of Solar Geoengineering Managing: Climate Change in the Anthropocene

My book is now available!

Dan Farber May 22, 2019

EPA’s Magic Disappearance Trick

The Trump EPA has come up with a way to hide hundreds of deaths in plain view.

Jesse Reynolds May 21, 2019

Genetically Modifying Wild Populations

The third in a series examines powerful new gene drive tools

Dan Farber May 20, 2019

Getting to 2050

A roadmap for achieving an 80% emissions cut.

Ethan Elkind May 17, 2019

Sen. Portantino Spikes California’s Critical Housing & Climate Legislation

Will Gov. Newsom and Sen. Atkins Rescue SB 50?

Daniel Melling May 17, 2019

Bike Week 2019: Los Angeles Cyclists Dream of Protected Bike Lanes

Jonathan Zasloff May 16, 2019

California Housing Reform Goes Into Suspended Animation

NIMBYs Win A Battle, But Trench Warfare Continues

Sean Hecht May 16, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Revive Challenge to Oregon Clean Fuels Program

Legal Challenges to Oregon & California Vehicle Fuel Carbon-Intensity Standards Close to the End of the Line, Clearing Path Forward to Transformative Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Sector

Dan Farber May 16, 2019

Phase Changes in Public Opinion

Public opinion on an issue like climate change can sometimes flip quickly. Here’s why.

William Boyd May 15, 2019

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