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Justice Breyer’s Nuanced Voice in Environmental Law

In a thoughtful, undramatic way, Breyer has turned out to be a valuable supporter for environmental regulation.

Given Justice Breyer’s announced retirement, it seems like a good time to assess his contribution to environmental law. When Bill Clinton nominated him for the Supreme Court, there was a great deal of uneasiness among environmentalists about Justice Breyer. As an academic, he had sounded a cautious note about government regulation, calling for more deliberation …

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Breaking News: Supreme Court Rules Federal Agricultural Program a Taking

Justices Uphold California Raisin Growers’ Fifth Amendment Challenge

The United States Supreme Court today ended a David-and-Goliath-style, 10-year legal battle between a pair of California raisin growers and the federal government, declaring that the government triggered a compensable taking of the growers’ private property when a federally-controled agricultural board ordered seizure of a portion of their crop. The Court’s decision can be accessed …

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Declaring a Climate Change Emergency: A Citizen’s Guide

Would it be legal to declare a national emergency for climate change? Would it be useful? Here’s what you need to know.

Stanford’s Sustainability School: A Good Model?

There are pros and cons, but it makes sense to bring the university org. chart into the 21st century.

What the Supreme Court Left Standing

No, the Court didn’t eliminate EPA’s ability to fight climate change.

The climate bill and oil and gas leasing

Provision in big climate bill that mandates oil and gas leasing on federal lands has limited reach

Environmental Law in US Law Schools

There are strong programs in schools up and down the pecking order.

The Major Money Doctrine

Senate passes biggest climate legislation ever.

Making Climate Policy Work

New book highlights the weaknesses of carbon pricing in addressing climate policy

Why We Can’t Wait

In climate policy, delay is deadly.

The Inflation Reduction Act and the Sequencing of Climate Policy

Why subsidies for clean energy generally are preconditions for other climate policies

A Great Day for Climate Policy

A short video explainer of why passage of the IRA bill is such a big deal.

Justice Breyer

In a thoughtful, undramatic way, Breyer has turned out to be a valuable supporter for environmental regulation.

Justices Uphold California Raisin Growers’ Fifth Amendment Challenge

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A short video explainer of why passage of the IRA bill is such a big deal.

Why subsidies for clean energy generally are preconditions for other climate policies

There’s an embarrassing economic blunder in how OIRA’s jurisdiction is defined.

In climate policy, delay is deadly.

New book highlights the weaknesses of carbon pricing in addressing climate policy

Senate passes biggest climate legislation ever.

We’re about to find out in an upcoming case.

California needs to lead in developing critical carbon removal technologies

Climate legislation sets the stage not just for decarbonization now, but greater policy success later on

There are strong programs in schools up and down the pecking order.

Would it be legal to declare a national emergency for climate change? Would it be useful? Here’s what you need to know.

There are pros and cons, but it makes sense to bring the university org. chart into the 21st century.

No, the Court didn’t eliminate EPA’s ability to fight climate change.

Provision in big climate bill that mandates oil and gas leasing on federal lands has limited reach

There are strong programs in schools up and down the pecking order.

Senate passes biggest climate legislation ever.

New book highlights the weaknesses of carbon pricing in addressing climate policy

In climate policy, delay is deadly.

Why subsidies for clean energy generally are preconditions for other climate policies

A short video explainer of why passage of the IRA bill is such a big deal.