Dan Farber January 15, 2026 MAHA’s Evidence-Free Health Policy No matter how good your intentions, ignoring the evidence is a recipe for disaster.
Elias Van Emmerick January 14, 2026 Crafting a Roadmap for Zonal Decarbonization in California A new series of briefs from the UCLA Emmett Institute offers legal insights for the gas transition. First up: SB 1221.
Evan George January 13, 2026 Big Decisions to Come in 2026 The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
Dan Farber January 12, 2026 Is This the End of Cost-Benefit Analysis? Trump’s EPA is effectively abandoning economic analysis
Dan Farber January 12, 2026 A Procedural Snarl in the Oil Patch Can oil companies use World War II contracts to vault from state to federal court in cases about present-day coastal damage?
Cara Horowitz January 9, 2026 Voices from a Climate Law Classroom A snapshot of what tomorrow’s environmental law leaders are thinking
Jonathan Zasloff January 9, 2026 Takings Between the Sheetz …in which I actually praise Brett Kavanaugh
Chloé F. Smith January 8, 2026 From Sivuqaq’s Shores in Alaska to the UN: The Fight for Military Cleanup & Indigenous Rights Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as ‘forever chemicals’ are intoxicating the Sivuqaq people
Dan Farber January 8, 2026 The U.S. Has Now Become a Rogue Nation By pulling out of the UNFCCC and dozens of international organizations, Trump has isolated the United States and ceded influence to China and the EU.
William Boyd January 8, 2026 Rollin’ Coal! One year in on Trump’s ‘Toxic First’ Agenda and the MAGA assault on environmental law.
Jonathan Zasloff December 22, 2025 Can Anyone Stop The Kennedy Center Abomination? The answer may surprise you!!
Jonathan Zasloff January 4, 2026 Is Venezuela a “War For Oil”? It’s an overused cliche, but there is one way in which oil might figure in the recent illegal war: go to Africa to see it
Jonathan Zasloff December 19, 2025 Eliminate the Imperial Irrigation District? Not yet, but maybe soon: a new UCLA report shows how Big Ag water agencies are robbing the rest of the state blind
Dan Farber January 8, 2026 The U.S. Has Now Become a Rogue Nation By pulling out of the UNFCCC and dozens of international organizations, Trump has isolated the United States and ceded influence to China and the EU.
Eric Biber December 23, 2025 Using Maps to Make Housing Politics Easier Setting clear borders as to where upzoning to advance housing would apply may help ease the politics of housing policy
Evan George January 13, 2026 Big Decisions to Come in 2026 The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
Dan Farber January 12, 2026 Is This the End of Cost-Benefit Analysis? Trump’s EPA is effectively abandoning economic analysis
Cara Horowitz January 9, 2026 Voices from a Climate Law Classroom A snapshot of what tomorrow’s environmental law leaders are thinking
Eric Biber January 3, 2026 Stuck in the swamp? Proposed Trump revisions to the definition of “waters of the United States” would reduce wetlands protections, but may (mostly) be required by the Supreme Court.
Eric Biber January 3, 2026 Ping-pong government and the ESA Recent proposed revisions for the ESA just reset the clock to 2020.