Jonathan Zasloff July 11, 2025 We Built This City On Urban Form California’s CEQA reforms will require rethinking how we code our cities
Dan Farber July 11, 2025 Trump’s Funniest Executive Orders Yes, they’re destructive and often cruel. But sometimes, they’re also unintentionally funny.
Evan George July 10, 2025 Why is EPA at War with Its Own Employees? The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
Ted Parson July 9, 2025 A Landmark Geoengineering Conversation in the Global South The UCLA Emmett Institute helps sponsor and organize the Degrees Global Forum, the largest event of its kind to date.
Eric Biber July 7, 2025 Filling the gaps from CEQA reform California has long leaned heavily on CEQA to cover gaps in other environmental laws. That will have to change when we reform CEQA.
Dan Farber July 7, 2025 Shortchanging the Environment While Making NEPA More Chaotic Trump replaced a coherent set of rules governing the executive branch with a welter of agency-specific regulations.
Dan Farber July 3, 2025 Jefferson, Adams, and the Environment The Founding Fathers were more environmentally aware than we give them credit for. Woke, even.
Dan Farber July 2, 2025 Does the Law Require Cost-Benefit Analysis? According to the D.C. Circuit, the answer is no.
Eric Biber July 1, 2025 A Pale Echo of the Sagebrush Rebellion The latest failed effort at privatization of federal lands shows the modern political weakness of land transfer movements
Ted Lamm June 30, 2025 A Very Bad House Vehicle Pollution Bill The Fuel Emissions Freedom Act may be a stunt, but it’s worth examining
Jonathan Zasloff June 27, 2025 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.
Evan George June 25, 2025 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.
Jonathan Zasloff June 13, 2025 (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.
Evan George July 10, 2025 Why is EPA at War with Its Own Employees? The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
Sabrina Ashjian June 13, 2025 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.
Julia Stein June 23, 2025 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.
Eric Biber June 28, 2025 Thoughts on AB 131 Overall a good bill, but the definition of natural and protected lands is inadequate
Ruthie Lazenby June 18, 2025 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
Dan Farber June 26, 2025 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.
Dan Farber July 11, 2025 Trump’s Funniest Executive Orders Yes, they’re destructive and often cruel. But sometimes, they’re also unintentionally funny.