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What Democrats Can, And Should, Do with Their New Majority
“Green Ideas for the New Blue Majority” is a series from UCLA Law faculty exploring legislative opportunities for the 120th Congress.
Democrats achieved a generational landslide victory in the 2026 midterm elections largely by campaigning on affordability, fighting corruption, and acting as a check on unpopular Trump policies. To date, Democrats have won at least 253 seats in the House and 54 in the Senate. For the first time this century, Democrats won statewide in Texas …
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CONTINUE READINGSharing Our Advice with California’s Next Governor
Climate and Environmental Policy, Process, and Governance: Advice for California’s Next Governor
Over the past year, CLEE partnered with dozens of organizations and individuals to develop and share information on key energy, environmental, and climate change topics in California’s gubernatorial election. This work included co-hosting a forum with candidates in January focused on energy, environmental, and climate change topics; development of a series of policy briefs that …
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CONTINUE READINGModel Uncertainty in Politics and Climate Policy
The polls could be systematically off, not just due to random error. That’s a worry with climate models as well.
Yes, your favored candidate could sweep the swing states, and yes, climate change could be more moderate than we now expect. But that shouldn’t give you much comfort on either issue, since the errors could equally be in the opposite directions.
Obviously, we’d like to improve our models, but that’s not always easy. In the meantime, the smart thing is to plan on the basis of the best models we have but avoid overconfidence about our predictions.
CONTINUE READINGBerkeley Law/CLEE Publish White Paper on Efforts to Suspend California’s AB 32
Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) has today published, “California at the Crossroads: Proposition 23, AB 32 and Climate Change.” This white paper is intended to provide an objective, non-partisan analysis of California Proposition 23, an initiative measure that will appear on California’s November 2nd general election ballot. If enacted, Proposition …
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CONTINUE READINGThe Looming Political Battle Over AB 32 & California’s Environmental & Economic Future
Today, proponents of an initiative measure designed to “suspend” California’s landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) are scheduled to submit signatures to state election officials designed to qualify the measure for the November 2010 ballot. Bankrolled by two Texas-based oil companies, Tesoro Corporation and Valero Energy Corporation, the initiative measure would preclude …
CONTINUE READINGWhen Will Congress Act? Our Poll Results
During Obama’s second year in office 43% During Obama’s third or fouth year 29% During Obama’s first year in office 20% Never 6% After the 2012 elections 1 3%
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